Bitexco Financial Tower
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Saigon Trade Center
- Surpassed by
- Landmark 72
- Status
- Completed
- Type
- Office (primary) , Shopping mall , Restaurant
- Architectural style
- Neo-futurism
- Location
- No. 2 Hải Triều Street, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
- Groundbreaking
- September 2005 ; 20 years ago ( 2005-09 )
- Construction started
- June 2007 ; 19 years ago ( 2007-06 )
- Topped out
- 2010 ; 16 years ago ( 2010 )
- Opening
- 31 October 2010 ; 15 years ago ( 2010-10-31 )
- Owner
- Bitexco Group
- Operator
- Turner International , DLS
- Roof
- 262.5 meters (861 ft)
- Top floor
- 258.5 meters (848 ft)
- Observatory
- 178 meters (584 ft) at Level 49
- Floor count
- 68 (and 3 basement floors)
- Floor area
- 114,000 square metres (1,230,000 sq ft)
- Architects
- Carlos Zapata Studio , Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Etienne Tricaud
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Encyclopedic overview
Bitexco Financial Tower (Vietnamese: Tháp Tài chính Bitexco) is a skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. At its completion in 2010, it became the tallest building in Vietnam and kept this status until January 2011, when it was surpassed by Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower. With 68 floors above ground and three basements, the building has a height of 262.5 metres (861 ft), making it the second tallest building in the city, fourth tallest in Vietnam, and the 412th tallest in the world, as of May 2022.
The tower is owned by Bitexco Group, a Vietnamese multi-industry corporation, with a focus on real estate development. The building also houses the Ho Chi Minh City representative office of Bitexco Group, while its headquarters are in Hanoi.
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