Union Square Saigon

This article is about complex building in Ho Chi Minh CIty, Vietnam. For other uses, see Union Square (disambiguation).

Union Square Saigon, also known as Union Square Vietnam or simply Union Square (stylized as UNIONSQUARE) is a building of shopping centre and hotel located in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, which opened to the public on 10 October 2012. The centre contains a covered shopping mall and a Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Located on a 4-way urban block, including streets of Đồng Khởi, Lê Thánh Tôn, Nguyễn Huệ and Lê Lợi, opposite the Ho Chi Minh City Hall and Saigon Opera House.

Union Square

Tứ giác Eden
Union Square before renovating for Mandarin Oriental, Saigon on Lê Lợi Boulevard
Location	Bến Nghé, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Coordinates	10.776480°N 106.701606°E / 10.776480; 106.701606
Address	53 Lê Thánh Tôn – 171 Đồng Khởi Street – 6A Lê Lợi Boulevard – 116 Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard, Saigon
Opening date	October 10, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-10)
Previous names	Vincom Center A
Developer	Vingroup
Owner	VIPD Group
No. of stores and services	25
Total retail floor area	38,000 m2 (410,000 sq ft) (Total 91,000 m2 (980,000 sq ft))
No. of floors	9 (+6 basements)
Parking	190 cars and 2300 motorbikes at B4, B5, B6
Public transit access	L1 Opera House station
Website	UNION SQUARE Vietnam

Union Square main gate on Lê Thánh Tôn Street before establishing new logo

History

The Eden Center before being demolished, looks toward the Paris Commune Square

In the past, this was the place of Eden Center (Thương xá Eden), also known as Passage Eden (Hành lang Eden), this building was an apartment for the half upper floors and the rest are for retail and movie theater named Eden, its name was taken to called the whole building.

In December 1998, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee issued Decision No. 6780 approving the adjustment of the general planning of District 1, according to which the Eden quadrangle (limited to 4 routes Đồng Khởi – Lê Thánh Tôn – Nguyễn Huệ – Lê Lợi, Bến Nghé ward, District 1) is included in the planning of the Administrative - Commercial Center. At the same time, according to the 5-year land use plan (2006-2010) in District 1 (approved by the City People's Committee in Decision 3291 in July 2008), the project "Expansion of Eden Commercial Center at 108 Nguyễn Huệ with an area of nearly 0.9 hectares with an implementation plan from 2006-2010" was determined. According to the Compensation and Site Clearance Board of District 1, it is expected that the handover of the site will be basically completed before April 30, 2010 with a total of 1,493 billion VND used for relocation and site clearance.^[1] However, the site clearance was not done until December 2010.^[2]

Union Square Saigon looks toward the Paris Commune Square

The construction was started in early 2011, the project was then renamed to Vincom Center A by Vincom (now is Vingroup) and opened in October 2012^[3], it was a part of Vincom Center Complex in Ho Chi Minh City along with Vincom Center B (which is Vincom Center Đồng Khởi), the whole project was one of their first properties in this city. Both have distinguished functions, the Vincom Center A, a building with New Classical architecture, is for luxury shopping mall, convention center and hotel (Vincom Luxury Hotel was planned to open here), while the Vincom Center B with modern architecture is for office tenants, apartment and more affordable shopping mall with game arcade.

Five months after opening in 2013, Phạm Nhật Vượng, the CEO of Vingroup, decided to sell Vincom Center A for VIPD Group, a business that related to Trương Mỹ Lan, the building then was renamed into Union Square and kept it until now.^[4] The Vincom Luxury hotel was also replaced as Mandarin Oriental, Saigon, it was announced in May 2018 that it was expected to inaugurate in 2019 (or 2020); however, the hotel still not opened.^[5]

Features

• L9: Rooftop
• L5-L8: 228-room Mandarin Oriental, Saigon Hotel with 6 restaurants and bars (Hotel lobby at Level 1 on Lê Lợi Boulevard)
• L4: Restaurant
• LL1-LL3 & L1-L3: Shopping centre and coffee terrace
• B4, B5, B6: Parking

Transportation

See also: HCMC Metro Line 1

Exit 4 direct sign, leads to the mall, at the ticket vending machine area

The Union Square is directly connected to Opera House station underground by the Exit 4 from the station lead to the basement of the building, at the F&B area, it was opened in 2025.

Gallery

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  The mall lobby
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  Union Square Saigon at night on Lê Lợi Boulevard
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  The mall on the corner of Lê Lợi - Đồng Khởi
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  The mall on corner of Đồng Khởi - Lê Thánh Tôn
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  Union Square Saigon decorated for Christmas season
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  Union Square Saigon viewed from the Caravelle Hotel

See also

• Rex Hotel
• Saigon Centre