Keangnam Tower: Hanoi Skyscraper and the tallest Building in Vietnam
In Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, stands
the tallest building all over Vietnam, the skyscraper Keangnam officially named
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower. With its
336 meters and
70 stories height, this giant made of steel and glass, which is still under construction, will be the headquarters of the South-Korean company
Keangnam Vina, and also hotel, shopping mall, convention center and apartments.
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower: Hanoi skyscraper
Keangnam Tower Information
Although the skyscraper still under construction, its
336 meters height (345m if we include the antenna) has displaced
Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, as the tallest building in Vietnam. Keangnam Tower is
ranking 26 of the world's tallest buildings and
ranking 17 of highest offices for rent all over the world.
El rascacielos Keangnam de Hanoi alberga en su interior
70 plantas (4 pisos subterr�neos) y en lo m�s alto, un helipuerto. Esta torre ocupa una superficie de m�s de 579.000 m2. La inversi�n total supera el
bill�n de d�lares. Este edificio ser� la futura sede en Vietnam de la compa�ia Keangnam Vin de Corea del Sur.
Hanoi's skyscraper Keangnam houses inside
70 floors (4 underground levels) and on the top, a heliport. This tower occupies an area of ??579,000 m2. The total investment exceeds
a billion dollars. This building will be the future headquarters in Vietnam of the South Korean company Vin Keangnam.
Keangnam skyscrapper in Hanoi
The complex consists of 3 towers, where the main tower, Keangnam Tower (336 meters), is guarded by another 2 towers (212 meters), 47 stories high each, which will be private apartments mainly. The lower levels and also on the surface, will be the parking lot (cars and motorcycles).
Hanoi's skyscraper - Keangnam Tower
Curiosities regarding Keangnam Hanoi Tower
The project should be completed in 2011, but it's quite difficult they can meet this deadline.
The tower holds the height record but it has also broken the record of
industrial accidents and incidents. In July 2009, four workers died after falling from a considerable height, in February 2011 other two people lost their lives for the same reason.
A fire destroyed the 2nd floor on May 2, during March 2010 and October of that same year, some debris fell to the ground, injuring a passerby who was walking through the area.
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower address
The skyscraper is located on the outskirts of the city, southwest of Hanoi, at the intersection of
Ph?m H�ng and
�u?ng M? Tr� (see
Hanoi City Map or directly into
google maps). It takes approximately 20 minutes by car from Hoan Kiem Lake.
Tower in Hanoi - Keangnam Tower
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower Videos
The construction zone where the tallest skyscraper all over Vietnam stands, the Keangnam building (Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower). The construction works haven't finished yet.
The district where the tower Keangnam Hanoi is being built (on the outskirts of Hanoi). There is a Vietnamese government building that resembles to Terminal 4 of Madrid Barajas Airport.
A couple of videos at the foot of the Tower Keangnam of Hanoi. As you can see, the complex will consist of several towers. The main building (and higher) is Hanoi's skyscraper (Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower).
Pictures of Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower
Pictures of the Skyscraper complex
In the pictures you can see the entire complex, still under construction, where the tower Keangnam stands (Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower). In the pictures you can see the surrounding towers, 212 meters high, which however doesn't seem as tall because of the 345 meters of Vietnam highest building, that outshines them.
Keangnam Tower in Hanoi
Keangnam Skyscraper
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower
Pictures of Hanoi's skyline area
This picture clearly shows the chosen area for the construction of Hanoi's Skyline and expansion area of ??the city. Currently is just a bleak landscape.
Hanoi Keangnam Tower
Pictures of buildings and aparments next to Keangnam Tower
In the adjacent streets to Keangnam Tower, huge towers hives were built to accommodate the growing population of Hanoi. Although these buildings were recently built, they are in bad condition due to the low quality materials used.
Apartment buildings next to Keangnam Tower Skyscraper
Skyscraper construction area Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower
Flat hives in Hanoi
David vs Goliat: a small house has found some room between the colossus.
Small house in Hanoi skyline are
Pictures of Keangnam Tower taken from Hanoi
As we go away from Keangnam Tower, we re-enter the busy city of Hanoi, with their bikes and chaotic traffic.
Pictures of Hanoi - Hanoi's Skyline (Vietnam)
Matter of perspective: to be the tallest building in Vietnam, as we just move away a hundred meters, the great Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower doesn't impress at all.
Hanoi Keangnam Tower (Vietnam)
Perspectiva inferior del edificio
La cosa cambia cuando nos encontramos a los pies del rascacielos, con raz�n es el punto m�s alto del pa�s.
Vietnam skyscraper - Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower
Towers in Hanoi
On the way to the Skyscrapper
Grand Plaza Shopping Mall
Huge, modern, eastern shopping Mall called
Grand Plaza.
Grand Plaza Shopping Mall (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Grand Plaza Shopping Mall Video
Grand Plaza Shopping Mall (Hanoi, Vietnam) on the way to Hanoi's Skyscraper.
Hanoi Skyline pictures
Vietnam govertment has earmarked this area of Hanoi to hold towers and skyscrapers of any corporation willing to establish their headquarters in Hanoi. There is still much to be done, but one day, hopefully soon, the urban landscape of this ancient city will be very different from today.
Hanoi future skyline area
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