Bitexco Financial Tower - Vietnam

Bitexco Financial Tower - Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam

Saigon's tallest building: Bitexco Financial Tower

Vietnamese skyscrapers

The skyscraper Bitexco Financial Tower with its 262 meters is the tallest building of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and the second tallest tower all over Vietnam, only beaten by Keangnam Landmark Tower in Hanoi with a height of 336 meters.

During the year 2010, Bitexco Financial Tower had the honor of being Vietnam ceiling, but that period of time was very short because in 2011 Keangnam Landmark Tower in Hanoi, conquered that title.

In Vietnam this building is also known as Lotus building, due to its design, inspired by a lotus flower, a symbol for Vietnam. However, it has some resemblance with Burj al Arab in Dubai, I guess because of the heliport on one of the sides of the building instead of on the top of the skyscraper.

Bitexco Financial Tower data

This giant has 65 floors and 3 underground levels, all of them sum a total of 262 meters. It took 3 years to build it (from june 2007 to mid 2010). It belongs to a Vietnamese company, Bitexco group. Carlos Zapata studio in Nueva York was in charge of the design. The total cost of the project was 270 million dollars.

Skyscraper facilities

The facilities of this tower are 16 elevators, which they say, they are capable of reach any level in less than 45 seconds. An heliport located on the 50th floor, an observation deck on the 49th floor (called Saigon Skydeck, with a unique view of the city, unfortunately the access is not free, the entrance fee is 200.000VND* *see Vietnam currency), a restaurant will be open on the 47th and 48th floor, a convention center from the 61th to the 63th floor, a shopping mall that will cover the lower levels and of course, offices.

Heliport on Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon) skyscraper, Vietnam

Lotus building (Bitexco Financial Tower) Ho Chi Minh - Saigon - Vietnam

Location

Bitexco Financial Tower, as couldn't be in any other way, is located on the heart of the city, Ho Chi Minh city district 1, on 2 Hàm Nghi street.

Pictures of Ho Chi Minh City tallest building

These are some pictures of the skycraper of Ho Chi Minh City.

Torre Bitexco, april 2011. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Bitexco Financial Tower main door. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Night view of Bitexco skyscraper. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

View of Bitexco skyscraper from Ben Thanh Market. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Bitexco Financial Tower heliport. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam

Saigon Bitexco skyscraper facade

Side view of the tallest building in Ho Chi Minh city, Bitexco Financial Tower

Access gate with the sign Bitexco Financial Tower. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Financial tower of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Torre Bitexco on april 2010. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Comparison of Vietnamese skyscrapers. Source wikipedia VN

Videos of Bitexco skyscraper in Saigon

A couple of videos of Bitexco Financial Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and the second skyscraper in Vietnam.

Video of the surroundings and the main door to access the skyscraper. You can clearly see how they are still constructing the shopping mall in the lower levels.

The view from the 49th floor Saigon Skydeck, the observatory deck of the tower at night. A superb view of the Reunification Palace of Saigon, Ben Thanh Market, the Municipal Theatre of Saigon, Notre Dame Cathedral, the City Hall, the Central Post Office...

Light effects inside the observatory, in the 49th floor, any regular night in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).

Related to Bitexco Financial Tower

• Torre Bitexco (versión en Español)
• Saigon Skydeck
• Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower The tallest building all over Vietnam