Union Square Saigon


Union Square Saigon, also known as Union Square Vietnam or simply Union Square 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.

History

In the past, this was the place of Eden Center, also known as Passage 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 is included in the planning of the Administrative - Commercial Center. At the same time, according to the 5-year land use plan in District 1, 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. However, the site clearance was not done until December 2010.
The construction was started in early 2011, the project was then renamed to Vincom Center A by Vincom and opened in October 2012, it was a part of Vincom Center Complex in Ho Chi Minh City along with Vincom Center B, 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, 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. The Vincom Luxury hotel was also replaced by the Mandarin Oriental, Saigon hotel, it was announced in May 2018 that it was expected to inaugurate in 2019 ; however, the hotel still not opened.

Features

  • L9: Rooftop
  • L5-L8: 228-room Mandarin Oriental, Saigon Hotel with 6 restaurants and bars
  • L4: Restaurant
  • LL1-LL3 & L1-L3: Shopping centre and coffee terrace
  • B4, B5, B6: Parking

    Transportation

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.