Take a look inside Vietnam's luxurious 25-storey hotel covered in 24-karat gold

The Golden Lake View hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam is covered in gold, from the sinks to the rooftop pool.

The Golden Lake View hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam is covered in gold, from the sinks to the rooftop pool.

The Golden Lake hotel-apartment complex has been crowned the world's first gold-plated hotel with 25 floors.

The hotel-apartment complex is to have 5,000 square metres of gilded ceramic on the outside.

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

This footage was filmed on May 29.