The 114-year-old office building of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee will open its doors to visitors on the last weekend of each month until late 2023

The hall will welcome visitors on September 1 and 2 in celebration of National Day (September 2), the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said on Saturday.

Apart from its opening during the upcoming National Day holiday, lasting from September 1 to 4, the venue will be open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays in late September, October, November, and December.

Each group of 30 visitors will be allowed to spend 60 minutes in the hall learning about its history and architectural highlights, and visiting several rooms in the building such as the international reception room, the meeting room, as well as exhibition spaces.

Visitors should register for entrance in advance and be present at the gate 15 minutes prior to their tour time.

To get into the hall, visitors must show their passports or identification cards.

In addition, visitors will not be allowed to bring along luggage, backpacks, handbags, cameras, video recorders, weapons, flammable substances, toxins, and unlawful drugs when they are in the hall.

Also, tourists will not be permitted to record, film, and live-stream in prohibited areas of the hall.

Moreover, guests must not smoke, and not wear shorts, shirts without sleeves, and sandals during their free-of-charge tour.

Earlier, the City Hall received visitors for the first time during this year's public holiday celebrating Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1), attracting 1,500 Vietnamese and international visitors.

The city’s tourism department expects to offer various unique tourism products and services in the coming time to serve local and international travelers.

Designed by French architect Femand Gardes, the edifice which is one of the city’s classic architectural structures was built in 1898 and completed in 1909.

During the French colonial time, the building was called Dinh Xa Tay.

Before 1975, the year when Vietnam was reunified, it was named Saigon City Hall, where city government officials worked and held meetings.

Since April 30, 1975, the building has become the workplace of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and People’s Council.

Located at 86 Le Thanh Ton Street in District 1, the building faces Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street and overlooks the Saigon River.

In 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism recognized it as a national architectural relic site.

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