Ho Chi Minhs Mausoleum

Goodbye Hanoi

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February 25th 2007
Last day in Hanoi. We would have like to stay another week. We are only just starting to get to know the city and the cyclo riders us ! This morning we went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. This is a very special place to the Vietnamese. Ho Chi Minh is a folk hero over here and even though he led a very humble life the people have preserved him and his memory as a national treasure. We spent the m ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more