It is situated on Trần Hưng Đạo Street, overlooking the May
1 Square, on the site that was originally the ground of the Trade Fair Center
for Indochinese natural resources and products. This two-storey, 100mx25m
building was constructed by the French Administration in 1902. In 1943, it was
destroyed by us bombers attacking Japanese troops.
After taking over Hà Nội in 1954, the Vietnamese Government
built on this site an open theatre, called People’s Theatre, designed for the
general public.
Following Việt Nam’s reunification in 1975 the Central
Council of the Soviet Union Trade Union decided to present Việt Nam’s Trade
Union with a cultural palace for workers. The project was completed on the site
of the former People’s Theatre on 1st September 1985, and it was named the Việt-Xô
Friendship Cultural Palace for Laborers. Today the palace serves various
cultural, scientific, artistic, sports and gymnastic activities of Hà Nội’s
laborers.
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| Hà Nội Friendship Cultural Palace |
The palace has a total area of 3.2 ha, including three main
buildings: the performance building, the study building, and the technical
building. The four-storeyed performance building, 26m high, and 96m long, has
four floors facing Trần Hưng Đạo Street. It has got a large stage and two big
conference halls. The bigger hall has 1,256 seats and the smaller, 375.
According to the initial design, four-language interpreting devices may be
installed in these halls. Also in this building, there are two large halls
beautifully decorated. The hall on the 1 st floor is adorned with a picture of
Saint Giong, 4.5m high and 18m wide, and that on the 2nd floor
has a set of
bronze artwork boards on four seasons.
Surrounding the performance building is a corridor 6m wide
and a row of 12m tall pillars supporting the building’s roof. At the backside
of this building is the three-storey study building, which houses a library,
lecture hall and an observatory. Connecting the two buildings is the technical
building. The entire Palace has 120 rooms, 20 staircases and two lifts.
The Palace houses up to 3p clubs, such as clubs of
electronics, bio-chemistry, mechanics, lovers of Hà Nội, etc.
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