The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh and the Monument to War Heroes and Martyrs in Hanoi will be closed to the public from June 11 to August 11 for periodic maintenance this year.
Respect-paying activities for President Ho Chi Minh and war heroes will resume on August 12, announced the mausoleum management board on June 4.
President Ho Chi Minh passed away on September 2, 1969. His body was embalmed and placed in a glass coffin inside the granite mausoleum.
The mausoleum has become an important landmark of the capital city and is integral to the political and social history of Vietnam./.
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