Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard () is a thoroughfare in District 1, Downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The boulevard stretches from Lê Duẩn Boulevard to the north end of the Khánh Hội Bridge, with more than half of its length running along the west bank of the Saigon River.
History Present-day Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard incorporates Saigon's two colonial streets.
The first street was from the river bank to the former citadel of Saigon. On 17 February 1859, the French Indochina troops took this street to capture Saigon. In 1865, it was named boulevard de la Citadelle. This name lasted until 1901, when the artery was renamed boulevard Luro. The boulevard runs alongside the Saigon Naval Shipyard and the buildings of the naval barracks in its southeastern part. In 1955, the boulevard was renamed Cường Để Boulevard, named after the 20th century Vietnam revolutionary Cường Để, by the government of South Vietnam. Following the 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état, the Cộng Hòa Barracks (now is buildings of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy and VNU-HCM USSH) were demolished and Cường Để Boulevard was extended as far as Hồng Thập Tự Street (present-day Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street). In August 1975, it became part of the Đinh Tiên Hoàng Boulevard, which then stretched from Saigon River, cross the Nhieu Loc–Thi Nghe Channel by Bông Bridge, all the way to Bình Hòa and Bà Chiểu (now Gia Định ward), the provincial capital of former Gia Định province with its administrative hall, now is Bình Thạnh administrative center.
The second street ran along the bank of Saigon River, it is further separated into two parts, then known as the quays, by the Place Rigault de Genouilly (present-day Mê Linh Square). The southern quay had its name changed quite often throughout the French colonial period. Initially quai de Donnai, the name of the quay was successively changed to quai Napoléon (1865), quai du Commerce (1870), quai Francis Garnier (1896) and finally quai le Myre de Vilers (1920). The northern quay, located immediately in front of the naval barracks, also had two different names, initially quai Primauguet and then changed to quai d'Argonne in 1920. In 1955, both quays were given a single name, Bạch Đằng Quay (), by the South Vietnamese government.
In 1980, the Bạch Đằng Quay and a section of Đinh Tiên Hoàng Boulevard (former Cường Để Boulevard) was named Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard to commemorate the second president of Vietnam, Tôn Đức Thắng, who passed earlier that year and was closely associated with the Ba Son Shipyard in Saigon, where he organized and led the workers' movement, most notably the historic strike of 1925.
Buildings List of notable buildings on the throughfare, starts from Lê Duẩn Boulevard to Khánh Hội Bridge. Buildings with addresses not on Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard are on the corner streets with the boulevard. Address Alternative nameImage Notable tenants, users and notesBa Son ComplexNo. 2 Tôn Đức ThắngMarina Central SaigonGrand Marina Saigon – Residences by Marriott InternationalUOB Vietnam PlazaUOB. Planned, not built yetVinhomes Golden RiverBa Son Traditional HouseFormer Cường Để Boulevard15 Lê Duẩn BoulevardPetrolimex SaigonInitially used by the Compagnie Franco-Asiatique des Pétroles then Shell plc as their headquarters in Vietnam6B Tôn Đức ThắngAudi Ho Chi Minh City6 Tôn Đức ThắngSaint Joseph Seminary of Saigon Archdiocese6bis Tôn Đức ThắngSaigon Archdiocesan Pastoral Center4 Tôn Đức ThắngSisters of St. Paul of Chartres conventSaigon University – Campus 2Faculty of Kindergarten Pedagogy37 Tôn Đức ThắngSaigon Trade CenterPrudential plc, Chinese Visa Application Service Center, Standard Chartered. It was the tallest building in Vietnam in 1997–201035 Tôn Đức ThắngGreen Power TowerVietnam Electricity, Hanjin Global Logistics33 Tôn Đức ThắngCarmelite Monastery of Saigon29 Tôn Đức ThắngVFC Tower9–11 Tôn Đức ThắngLim TowerManulife, Consulate General of Hungary; also known as 9 Tôn Đức Thắng Tower or Lim Tower 1.First part of Bạch Đằng Quay1–1A Tôn Đức ThắngThe Waterfront SaigonThe Ascott Limited, Starbucks3A–3B Tôn Đức ThắngVietCapital CenterNobu Hotel & Restaurant Ho Chi Minh, The Vertex Private ResidencesThe NexusJ.P. Morgan & Co., L'Oréal, Keyence. Initially named as The Nexus 2The KrossInitially named as The Nexus 3, then formerly known as The Lotus TowerRiverfront Financial CentreVPBank [vi]. Initially named as The Nexus 1, then formerly known as VPBank Tower Saigon3C Tôn Đức ThắngRiverbank PlaceLe Méridien Saigon Hotel, Mirae Asset Securities2A–4A Tôn Đức ThắngLotte Hotel SaigonCrystal Jade. Originally was Legend Saigon Hotel in 2001, then added the prefix "Lotte" after being sold in 2013 and changed to the current name in 2020 Saigon Riverside Office CenterEVA Air, Shinhan Bank4B Tôn Đức ThắngHoa Lâm BuildingEximbank5B Tôn Đức ThắngThe LandmarkMUFG5 Tôn Đức ThắngTôn Đức Thắng Museum1A (or 5A) Tôn Đức ThắngVietnam People's Naval Army BarracksKiosk of Egg Coffee 3T Mê Linh Square to Khánh Hội Bridge1A Mê Linh SquareIBC BuildingSanyo, Metrang Coffee, GS253 Mê Linh Square & 2–4–6 Hai Bà TrưngSaigon Melinh TowerOn hold and canceled, temporaily used by Rạn Biển City Center Restaurant while waiting for re-auction5 Mê Linh SquareVietcombank TowerVietcombank, GS Energy, Heineken N.V., Hoa Sen Group, Idemitsu Kosan, Petrovietnam, Johnson & Johnson, Sun Life Financial, Shiseido, Sojitz, Pernod Ricard Vietnam11 Mê Linh SquareHilton Hotel SaigonLamborghini showroom2 Ngô Đức KếMelinh PointFrasers Property, Regus, VIB8–15 Tôn Đức ThắngRenaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon17 Tôn Đức ThắngLiberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel18–19–20 Tôn Đức ThắngRiverside Hotel SaigonSaigonbank [vi]2–4–6 Đồng KhởiSeaprodex BuildingJumbo Seafood, Casa Đồng Khởi, RuNam1 Đồng Khởi and 2–4–6 Nguyễn HuệHotel Majestic Saigon21 Tôn Đức ThắngHo Chi Minh City Customs DepartmentThe entrance on this boulevard is Gate C. Main gate address is 2 Hàm Nghi Blvd34–34A Tôn Đức ThắngIFC One Saigon10B Tôn Đức ThắngBạch Đằng QuaySaigon Waterbus, Starbucks Waterbus Bạch Đằng, Katinat Bạch Đằng Quay, ROS Yacht Club
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See also Mê Linh Square Ba Son Bridge
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