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Hồ Chí Minh [a] [b] (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung; [c] [d] [e] [4] [5] 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), [f] colloquially known as Uncle Ho (Bác Hồ) [g] [8] and by other aliases [h] and sobriquets, [i] was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 ...
The construction of the palace started on 1 July 1962. Meanwhile, Diệm and his ruling family moved to Gia Long Palace (today the Museum of Ho Chi Minh City). However, Diệm did not see the completed hall as he and his brother and chief adviser Ngô Đình Nhu were assassinated after a coup d'état led by General Dương Văn Minh in
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 10 million in 2023. [7] The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigon River.
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is open five days a week, in the mornings on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. In the hot season (from April 1 to October 31): from 7:30 to 10:30; in the cold season (from November 1 to March 31 of the following year): from 8:00 to 11:00; on holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays, it opens 30 minutes longer.
After the North Vietnamese communist invasion of South Vietnam, on 12 August 1978 the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee ordered that the former Supreme Court be used as the Ho Chi Minh City Revolutionary Museum (Bảo tàng Cách mạng Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), later renamed to its current name on 13 December 1999.
District 1 (Quận 1, Quận Một, Quận Nhất or Quận Nhứt) is the central urban district of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), the largest city in Vietnam. With a total area of 7.7211 km 2 (2.9811 sq mi) the district has a population of 204,899 people as of 2010. [ 1 ]
The Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization (Vietnamese: Đội Thiếu niên Tiền phong Hồ Chí Minh) is a communist youth organization operating in Vietnam named after former Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh. [1] It operates as a constituent part of the Communist Party of Vietnam and had approximately 12 million members as of 2009. [2]
Ho Chi Minh City Hall, officially called the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee Head Office (Vietnamese: Trụ sở Hội đồng Nhân dân và Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), is the city hall of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.