Well.. there's a good news and a bad news, good news is that yes this tower will be build for sure. It has been confirmed, but the bad news is that it'll only have 79 floors instead of the planned 102 floors. Also yes, the design of it has been chosen.
Official design of the PVN tower by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Company
With winning plans, PVC will be given priority in talks to sign a contract in order of First, Second, Third. Mr.Vu Duc Thuan, General Director of PVC, said PVN Tower project will be adjusted down to 79 storeys in comparision with originally planned as 102 stories. The project is designed to withstand earthquakes level 7th. Total capital investment of 600 million USD and won't use sources from State budget and Vietnam National Oil and Gas group.
Second Prize: Fender Katsalidis Architects (FKA) - Australia
Third Prize: PCIC - Codinachs (Spain) and Nikken Sekkei Co. - Japan.