February 14, 2017 | 15:50 (GMT+7)
Presidential Palace named among world’s best palaces
PANO - The Presidential Palace in Hanoi was among the 13 most beautiful palaces in the world by US magazine Architecture Digest.
Presidential Palace in Hanoi. Photo: hanoiiplus.com
According to the magazine, the Presidential Palace, the official home of Vietnam’s president, is a three-storey structure with 30 rooms in different styles.
The bright yellow palace was completed in 1906, by French architect Auguste Henri Vildieu. The palace is surrounded by gardens, an orchard and the famous Mango Alley, a 300 feet long boulevard which leads from the palace to the stilt house where Ho Chi Minh lived.
Translated by Song Anh