Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum built

1975 CE.

Shown on the map at 21.037°, 105.835°.

The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Vietnamese: Lăng Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh, Lăng Bác) is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a large building located in the center of Ba Đình Square, where Ho, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam from 1951 until his death in 1969, read the Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It is open to the public every morning except Monday and Friday.

Text from the Wikipedia article Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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