Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City was the home and workplace of South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu from 1967 until the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. The building replaces Norodom Palace, which previously occupied the same site until it was bombed in 1962 by South Vietnam’s own air force. The new building features an extensive bomb shelter in the basement. Hidden within the maze of tunnels are offices, a telecommunications centre and a war room, the walls covered with detailed maps of the campaigns. From here Thieu could track the progress of the war and command the South Vietnamese forces.

The entire palace, including the basement, was supposedly left just as it was found by the North Vietnamese in April 1975 when a tank crashed through the main gates of the compound and ended the war.