Landmark 81

Landmark 81 is a supertall skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. At 461.2 metres and 81 storeys it is the tallest building in Vietnam and the second-tallest in Southeast Asia. It was built by Vinhomes, the largest real-estate developer in Vietnam, in the middle of Vinhomes Central Park on the western bank of the Saigon River.

Its shape is partly inspired by a bundle of bamboo sticks, which in Vietnamese culture stands for strength. The complex has a hotel, luxury apartments, offices, a shopping mall, restaurants and an observation deck. Construction started in 2014 and the spire was added in 2018.

Building it

The ground-breaking ceremony was on 13 December 2014. By October 2017 it had reached floor 69 and 270 metres, which already made it the tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City, beating the Bitexco Financial Tower. All floors were done by January 2018, and the last piece of the spire was added on 10 April 2018. The six-floor base, with 50,000 square metres of space, opened on 26 July 2018.

SkyView

The SkyView observation deck opened on 28 April 2019. It runs from the 79th floor, at 369.65 metres, to the 81st floor, at 382.65 metres, and is the highest observation deck in Vietnam. Tickets in the sources ranged from 403,000 Vietnamese dong for children to 810,000 dong for adults at the time of writing.

The hotel

On 21 September 2022 an Autograph Collection hotel opened on floors 47 to 71, with 223 rooms. All the rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the city or the Saigon River. The top levels of the hotel hold a club lounge on the 71st floor. The tower is next to the Saigon Bridge, in the northeast side of the historic city centre.

On the globe

The model shows a cluster of glass tubes of different heights rising to a slender crown and spire; look for the tallest tower.