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Facts
Official Name Bitexco Financial Tower
Former / Other Name The Financial Tower of Ho Chi Minh City
Type building
Status Completed
Country Vietnam
City Ho Chi Minh City
Street Address / Map 1 Ho Tung Mau Street
Building Function office
Structural Material composite
Proposed 2005
Start of Construction 2006
Completion 2010
Global Ranking #149 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #68 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #2 tallest in Vietnam
City Ranking #1 tallest in Ho Chi Minh City
Official Website Bitexco Financial Tower
Figures
Height: Architectural 262.5 meter / 861 feet
Height: Occupied 240.1 meter / 788 feet
Height: To Tip 264.0 meter / 866 feet
Height: Observatory 181.9 meter / 597 feet
Height: Helipad 191.4 meter / 628 feet
Floors Above Ground 68
Floors Below Ground 4
# of Elevators 14
Tower GFA 114,000 m² / 1,227,086 ft²
# of Parking Spaces 100
Companies Involved
Owner Bitexco Group
Developer Bitexco Land
Design Architect Carlos Zapata Studio
Associate Architect AREP Ville
Structural Engineer Leslie E. Robertson Associates
MEP Engineer dsa Engineering
Project Manager Turner Construction
Main Contractor Hyundai Engineering & Construction
Other Consultants Dow Corning Corporation
Other CTBUH Links
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CTBUH Shanghai Congress, 2012
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Report, 2011
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
CTBUH Report, 2011

News Articles
Vietnam skyscraper appears on CNN (video)
Tuoitrenews.vn, 2011-10
Ho Chi Minh City's highest building opened
SGGP, 2010-10
Vietnam's Tallest High-rise to Open in October 2010
Saigon, 2010-04
Tower Achieved 1 Million Working Hours Without Lost-time Incident
CTBUH, 2009-04
Vietnam's Tallest Build Commences
World Architecture News, 2009-04
Work Begins On Vietnams Tallest Tower
SkyscraperNews.com, 2009-04