22 Gia Long Building

22 Gia Long Street, now 22 Lý Tự Trọng Street, is an apartment building in , . In April 1975, photojournalist Hubert van Es, working for UPI, captured an iconic photo of U.S. government employees evacuating the city by helicopter during the fall of Saigon, the last major battle of the Vietnam War.
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  • Type: Apartment building
  • Description: an apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City, then called Saigon, that became an icon of the Fall of Saigon when chosen as an assembly point for Operation Frequent Wind in 1975
  • Also known as: “22 Gia Long Street”, “22 Lý Tự Trọng Street”, “22 Ly Tu Trong Street”, “Toà nhà 22 Gia Long”, and “Tòa nhà 22 Gia Long”
  • Address: 22 Đường Lý Tự Trọng, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Phường Bến Nghé, Quận 1

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ho Chi Minh City Hall and Chi Lang Park.

Town hall
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, officially called the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee Head Office, is the city hall of , . is situated 210 metres south of 22 Gia Long Building.

Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
Chi Lăng Park is a located in the heart of , , within the jurisdiction of . It was named after the Battle of Chi Lăng in .

Theater building
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saigon Opera House, officially named Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony, Orchestra and Opera, is a municipal opera house in downtown , . is situated 290 metres southeast of 22 Gia Long Building.

22 Gia Long Building

Latitude
10.77849° or 10° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
106.70125° or 106° 42′ 5″ east
Levels
9
Open location code
7P28QPH2+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 801710772
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Wiki­data ID
Q4631304
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“22 Gia Long Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “加隆路22号大楼”
  • Chinese: “嘉隆街22號”
  • German: “22 Gia Long Street”
  • German: “22 Lý Tự Trọng Street”
  • Igbo: “22 Okporo ámá Gia Long”
  • Indonesian: “22 Gia Long Street”
  • Vietnamese: “22 đường Lý Tự Trọng”
  • Vietnamese: “22 Gia Long”
  • Vietnamese: “số 22 đường Gia Long”
  • Vietnamese: “Số 22 Gia Long”

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Highlights include CGV Cinema and Vincharm Spa.

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