The Golden Lake hotel-apartment complex in Hanoi has been crowned the world's first gold-plated hotel, with construction expected to be complete in 2020.

Footage from May 21, shows the glistening gold-plated exterior which startles passers-by and according to local media, has 5,000 square meters of gilded ceramic on the outside.

The complex, which began construction in 2009, is 25-storeys high and located in the downtown Ba Dinh district of Hanoi, on the bank of the Giang Vo Lake.

Built by the Hoa Binh group, the Golden Lake boasts 24 carat gilded furniture, a rooftop infinity pool, and with a price tag of $6,500 per square meter, the complex is now one of the capital’s prime locations.

Nguyen Huu Duong, general director of the Hoa Binh Group, claims that the Golden Lake would become the world's first gold-plated hotel.

The facade of 25-storey hotel-apartment in the downtown area of Hanoi is being covered with gold-plated tiles

A large wall of the Hanoi Golden Lake hotel on the bank of the Giang Vo Lake in Ba Dinh district, Ha Noi City, VietNam has startled many passers-by with its glistering gold-plated tiles shining.

The hotel-apartment complex is to have 5,000 square meters of gilded ceramic on the outside, 24k gilded furniture and a gilded pool.

A price tag of $6,500 per square meter was recently announced for units at the Golden Lake apartment project near Giang Vo Lake, one of the capital’s prime locations.

The Golden Lake View in Hanoi has everything covered in gold.From interior to exterior, from plates to sanitary accessories and other high tech amenities, from the lobby to the rooftop infinity pool.

That Hanoi Golden Lake would become the world's first hotel having its facade gold-plated. It is not going to be the tiles that are gold plated but many other construction materials and furniture of the hotel that are also going to be covered with real gold.

"Hanoi Golden Lake" is built by Hoa Binh group

The video was shot on May 21