Albert Sallet Villa
"Albert Sallet" Villa
The Albert Sallet Villa features two private Suite rooms, each occupying an entire floor of the residence—providing exceptional privacy, space, and exclusivity for every guest.
The design is a seamless fusion of East and West, blending Louis XV influences with the refined elegance of Hue’s heritage. Each Suite showcases intricate mother-of-pearl inlays, luxurious silk and brocade upholstery, and a curated collection of artifacts, paintings, and pottery that reflect Albert Sallet’s deep admiration for Vietnamese culture.
Both Suites offer their own private terrace and bathroom, while the entire Villa stands as the most spacious and prestigious accommodation within the French Villa Area—one of the property’s most remarkable and distinguished offerings.
The Albert Sallet Suite is the most spacious and prestigious accommodation within the elegant French Villa Area, standing out as one of its most distinctive offerings
More about "Albert Sallet"
Albert Sallet worked as a Doctor and Botanist. He is recognized for his contribution to preserve and promote Vietnamese art and heritage, especially Hue culture. Prominent work includes Historic Monuments of Annam protection, curator of Cham Art Museum in Tourane.
In 1913, together with the scholar-priest Léopold Cadière, A. Sallet became a founding member of the Association des Amis du Vieux Hué (Association of Friends of Old Hue), an organization that gathered distinguished French officials and members of the Nguyễn Dynasty court. Its purpose was to preserve the tangible and intangible heritage of ancient “Annam,” especially that of the imperial city of Hue.
As a senior military physician, A. Sallet was not only passionate about archaeology and ethnology—fields entirely unrelated to his professional training—but also an accomplished botanist and pharmacognosist. He produced remarkable studies on medicinal plants throughout the regions of “Annam.” His research ranged from mineral springs to various herbal remedies such as plantain and Hà thủ ô; from bird’s nest resources to the traditional Annamite practice of blackened teeth. He explored everything from Annamite proverbs and idioms to folk treatments that used fossilized crabs as medicine.
Until his return in France in 1930, his deep understanding of Vietnam enabled him to publish 16 articles in the 'Bulletin des Amis du Vieux Hue'.
