Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập), also known as Reunification Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Thống Nhất), built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the war during the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates. The present structure had only a brief lifespan as home and office of the Nationalist leader Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, having been completely rebuilt in 1966. Today it is preserved as a time capsule presenting the last days of Nationalist rule.