Turtle Lake (Ho Chi Minh City)

International Square Công trường Quốc Tế
Public square, Fountain, Intersection
vi: Hồ Con Rùa
Nickname(s): Turtle Lake
Design	Nguyễn Kỳ
Completion	1965 or 1967
Height	34 metres (112 ft)
Area	3,800 square metres (0.94 acres)
Location	Võ Thị Sáu Ward, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
Coordinates: 10°46′57″N 106°41′45″E / 10.7826°N 106.6959°E / 10.7826; 106.6959

Turtle Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Con Rùa) is a lake and a fountain surrounded by a traffic roundabout officially known as International Square (Vietnamese: Công trường Quốc Tế) in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.^[1][2][3] Located at the 4-way intersection of Phạm Ngọc Thạch, Trần Cao Vân and Võ Văn Tần streets, the lake is adorned with a modernist monument designed by architect Nguyễn Kỳ, and unveiled in 1969.^[4] Prior to this, a 1878-built French water tower existed, which was replaced by a small lake and monument in 1921.^[5][6] The area is popular for street food vendors, and in 2023 was developed into a pedestrian area.^{[7][8][9][10]}

In future, under the lake will have an eponymous underground station for Line 4, a north-south radical axis metro line of the city from District 12, goes through Bến Thành and ends at Hiệp Phước Port in Nhà Bè.

Some of notable buildings around the lake are:

• Independence Palace
• April 30 Park
• Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics (Headquarters; Campus A)
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture
• Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House
• Centec Tower
• Diamond Plaza

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