Lotte Center Hanoi is a
skyscraper
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in
Ba Đình,
Hanoi
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,
Vietnam
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. Completed on 2 September 2014, the tower has 65 floors.
The center features a modern architectural style designed by Callison, an American company. This tower is the
third tallest building in Vietnam after
Landmark 81
Landmark 81 is a supertall skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The investor and primary developer for the project is Vinhomes, a Vietnamese corporation that is also the country's largest real-estate company. Landmark 81 is the tallest buil ...
and the
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower
AON Hanoi Landmark Tower (or AON Landmark 72) is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Pham Hung road, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hanoi, Vietnam. The complex consists of one 72-story mixed-use tower with a height of 350 m and two 48-story hotel twin ...
in Cau Giay district. Lotte Center Hanoi includes offices, a 5 star hotel, a 6th floor
Lotte Department Store
Lotte Department Store () is a Korean retail company established in 1979, and headquartered in Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Lotte Department Store offers retail consumer goods and services and is one out of 8 business units of Lotte ...
, serviced residences, the Evian Spa, the Lotte Mart, restaurants and an observation deck.
Elevators
The center contains 30 elevators that travel at 360m/min or 6 m/s.
Observation deck
There is an observation deck on the 65th floor named Top of Hanoi. It has a small shop which sells drinks and snacks.
Trip to the rooftop
At 65th floor the Lotte Center Building, there is a separate lift that takes visitors up two more floors. The 67th floor is thus denoted "PH" because it is the top floor. After exiting the elevator, there is a short set of stairs that takes visitors up to the highest floor of the building, this level is the top of the building and thus has no roof. At the rooftop there is a bar and a mini restaurant.
Gallery
File:Lotte Hanoi.jpg, Close-up of top floors
References
External links
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S.Korea’s Lotte eyes Vietnam’s highest skyscraper project{{Hanoi Tourism
Skyscrapers in Hanoi
2010 in Vietnam
Lotte Corporation
Skyscraper office buildings in Vietnam