State Guest House (Vietnam)

State Guest House
(Tonkin Palace)
Native name
Vietnamese: Nhà khách Chính phủ (Bắc Bộ Phủ)
Tonkin Palace functions as Vietnam's State Guesthouse today
Location Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Area 15,000 m2 (160,000 sq ft) (floor space)
117,000 m2 (1,260,000 sq ft) (site)
Built for French Governor of Tonkin
Architect Auguste Henri Vildieu
Architectural style(s) French Colonial

The State Guest House (Vietnamese: Nhà khách Chính phủ) is a historical monument in Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi, Vietnam. It originally was the Residential Palace of the Tonkin Governor (French: Le Palais du Résident Supérieur du Tonkin, Vietnamese: Dinh Toàn Quyền Bắc Kỳ), built between 1918 and 1919 to house the French Governor of Tonkin. It was later renamed the Tonkin Palace (Vietnamese: Bắc Bộ Phủ) when the Viet Minh took over northern Vietnam. The building is a representative of French Colonial architecture in French Indochina.

History

The Viet Minh uprising on August 19, 1945.

The palace was built by Auguste Henri Vildieu between 1918 and 1919 to house the French Governor of Tonkin.

The building was the location of Viet Minh's takeover of northern Vietnam, following the August Revolution[1].

In modern time, it is used as the State Guest House of the Vietnamese Government.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.vietnamplus.vn/cach-mang-thang-tam-ky-nguyen-moi-cua-dan-toc-viet-nam/337556.vnp

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