Built between 1901 and 1908 in French colonial baroque style, the Hôtel de Ville de Saigon is one of the most photographed buildings in Ho Chi Minh City. It sits at the northern end of Nguyen Hue Boulevard, its cream-and-yellow facade and clock tower framing the pedestrian promenade below.
The building now houses the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and is not open to the public, but the exterior and the square in front are worth seeing — especially at night when it is lit up in amber light and the boulevard fills with families and food carts. The Ho Chi Minh statue in the forecourt, added after reunification, has become a fixture of the scene.