The World Travel

This is the place reserving Ho Chi Minh’s body – The famous great Leader of Vietnam. The Mausoleum was opened on August 29th, 1975 and built on the old foundation in the middle of Ba Dinh Square, where Ho Chi Minh President presided important meetings and read Declaration of Independence of Viet Nam.
The Mausoleum consists of 3 layers with the height of 21.6m. The bottom layer is perron in shape; the middle layer is the centre structure of the mausoleum consisting of body room (Ho Chi Minh’s Body was put in a glass coffin joined by twinkle black rock), corridors and stairs, four sides are square pillars made of granite; the top layer is the roof of Mausoleum – also in perron shape. At the main side, there is a row of words “Ho Chi Minh President” by pink rock in burgundy color. The Mausoleum was modeled after Lenin’s Mausoleum. Electric system is used to light. The design and reserving Ho Chi Minh’s body has been undertaken by Soviet Professionals.