The grave of deceased president is located in Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum at Ba-Dinh Square and Hung Vuong Street, in the west of the city. It was built with Russian aid between 1973 and 1975, at the place where Ho Chi Minh presented the declaration of independence on September 2, 1945. The 21 meter high mausoleum is a dark gray structure in the form of a colossal cube. As a construction material, marble from the Marble Mountains near Da Nang is used.
Visiting Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum
If you want to take a look at the mausoleum, you have to put your bag and camera at the lobby. Photographing in the building is strictly forbidden. Visitors should be further dressed properly and behave dignity.
The grave is a kind of pilgrimage, which attracts visitors from all parts of the country daily. It is a tourist attraction and one of the most popular destinations for school trips. Ho Chi Minh never wanted this, because he wanted to be cremated. Often thousands of people are in line to catch a glimpse of the leader who died in 1969. The giant Ba-Dinh Square is intended for official parades and accommodates a quarter of a million people.
On a platform in the heart of the cube is the glass coffin with the simply dressed, embalmed body of Uncle Ho. At the four corners, armed soldiers stand guard. The room is quiet, despite the frosty temperature prevailing. You leave the mausoleum at the back.