tour vietnam, visit ho chi minh mausoleum

ho chi minh mausoleum - a great destination for vietnam holidays

Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is the starting point of huge Ho Chi Minh complex including Ho Chi Minh house on stilt, presidential palace and one pillar pagoda.

In his will, Ho Chi Minh President wished to be cremated and buried in Vietnamese traditional way. However, in honor of his huge dedication to the country, the Vietnamese Government decided to keep his body so that the next generations can come and visit him.

On September 2nd, 1973, the mausoleum started being built in Ba Dinh Square, where he declared the independence and freedom for Vietnam on September 2nd, 1945. It was September 2nd, 1969 he passed away. The construcion materials like marble and granite stone, sand, wood... were carried from different parts of Vietnam in the way that Vietnamese people paid respect to their old father.

The mausoleum is surrounded by 79 cycad trees, symbolizing Uncle Ho’s 79 springs of life and two bamboo ranges on the two sides. When entering the mausoleum, the first thing visitors see is Ho Chi Minh's quotation “Khong co gi quy hon doc lap tu do” (“Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom”). In the second store, visitors see Ho Chi Minh sleeping in the simple clothes as he was alive.

Note: Camera, cell phone, bare-shoulder T-shirts, or mini skirts are not allowed inside. Opening: Winter from November to March: 8:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m. Summer time from April to October: 7:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Close on Monday and Friday and once per year in October/ November/ or December for the body maintenance.

highlights of hanoi tours - temples for north vietnam tours

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quan thanh temple
tran quoc pagoda
perfume pagoda
thay pagoda
tay phuong pagoda
but thap pagoda
all hanoi temples, pagodas
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ho chi minh complex
hoan kiem lake
museum of ethnology
one pillar pagoda
temple of literature
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