Hanoi to begin restoration of Kinh Thien Palace in 2026
Dinh Tien Dung, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, urged local authorities on April 18 to start the restoration plan for Kinh Thien Palace in 2026. Visitors at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi. Photo: Pham Hung/The Hanoi Times The Hanoi Party chief said the plan must be in line with science and history, taking into account the advice of domestic and international experts. He said the restoration of the Kinh Thien Palace would greatly impact the capital’s tourism and cultural industries. “Drawing up the restoration plan must be completed by the end of 2025 so that construction can start the following year,” the official said at a meeting on heritage preservation. Hanoi also plans to spend VND14 trillion (US$596.2 million) on the reconstruction and conservation of heritage sites in the city. In addition to Kinh Thien Palace, city authorities plan to build the temple of Ngo Quyen, the Vietnamese monarch who ended over 1,000 years of Chinese rule in 938, an