After two years of construction, the mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh
was officially inaugurated on August 29,1975. The facade of the mausoleum faces
the historic Ba Dinh Square.
The mausoleum is divided into three layers with a combined height of
21.6 meters.
The lowest layer forms a terraced stand exclusively used for the
presidium of grand meetings organized at the grassy Ba Dinh Square. The second
layer is the central piece of the mausoleum where the remains of the president is
kept in a chamber accessible through a series of passages and flights of marble
staircases. The upper part of the mausoleum is the roof resembling a three
terraced steps. The facade of the upper part bears an inscription
"President Ho Chi Minh" made of dark violet precious stone.
The mausoleum is the place to keep the remains of President Ho Chi
Minh, the great patriotic who had been conferred the title "World Cultural
Activist" and the national hero. The conferment was made on the occasion
of the centenary anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's Birthday (1890-1990).
The mausoleum project was the results of artistic labour of both
Vietnamese and former Soviet Union scientists in respect for President Ho Chi
Minh.
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