Nhà thờ Chính Tòa Đà Nẵng

Construction of the church began in February 1923 on a vacant plot on Rue du Musée, now Trần Phú street. The architect and supervisor of the construction was Fr Louis Vallet (1869–1945), a missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. The façade was completed in September of the same year.

On 10 March 1924, the church was inaugurated and opened for use; at that time it was named Tourane church and served the French community living in Đà Nẵng. On 14 September 1924, Bishop Grangeon — Bishop of Quy Nhơn — and Bishop Allys — Bishop of Huế — blessed the church under the title of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The grotto of Our Lady, modeled on the grotto of Lourdes behind the church, was inaugurated on 11 February 1940.

On 18 January 1963, the Diocese of Đà Nẵng was established, separated from the Diocese of Quy Nhơn. Bishop Phêrô Maria Phạm Ngọc Chi took charge of the diocese in May of the same year, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus church became the cathedral of the diocese from then until the present day.

After his time in Đà Nẵng, Fr Louis Vallet continued serving as a parish priest in Nha Trang, where he helped build Núi church and was buried after his death in 1945. Although he designed the building, it was built by Vietnamese workers and artisans.