Vietnam National Convention Center

Vietnam National Convention Center (NCC) stands on Thang Long Boulevard in Nam Tu Liem District, about 10 km west of central Hanoi. It was designed by Meinhard von Gerkan and Nikolaus Goetze of Gerkan, Marg and Partners, whose "Surfing the East Sea" scheme was chosen from four entries by a panel of 31 Vietnamese architects; construction began on 15 November 2004 and the centre was inaugurated on 15 October 2006 in time for the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. The building is the largest convention centre in Vietnam by area. Its wave-shaped steel roof rises to 53.25 m over the main meeting hall, and the main structure measures 215.25 m by 113.5 m. The 64-hectare complex includes a public square, a helipad, 1,100 parking spaces and landscaping, while the core building has 65,000 sqm of gross floor area: a 15,000 sqm exhibition hall, a 4,256 sqm main meeting hall with 3,747 seats and a divider for smaller configurations, a 2,000 sqm banquet hall for 1,800, an executive ballroom, two executive meeting halls, three press rooms and 24 meeting rooms that break out to 72. Solar panels provide back-up power. NCC has hosted APEC 2006, the 16th ASEAN Summit in 2010, four national Party congresses, the 2019 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational and the 2021 SEA Games esports. It is reached from My Dinh bus station and the Thang Long corridor, roughly 30 to 40 km from Noi Bai International Airport.