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The Ba Dinh Square is a big communist style open square located just in front of the famous Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Despite the modernisation and chaotic nature of Hanoi, standing at this square is a good reminder that you are still in a communist country. This place is of historical significance because at this very place, Ho Chi Minh read out the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam on 2nd September 1945. Nowadays, military parades and ceremonies attended by high ranking officials sometimes take place at this square. Leave a Comment Directions: Ba Dinh District
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 The park by the mausoleum by galy
the surrounding parklands containing the former Palais du Gouvernement Leave a Comment Directions: Ba Dinh District
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 by ellielou
Well, a great reason to return was to see HCM in the flesh, as it were. And, not only had I missed the chance to see him the first time, I had never, ever been to a mausoleum, so I was doubly excited.
If you're in Hanoi, and he's not in Moscow, well, it's a must see. Do NOT even entertain the thought of missing this. Sure, the lines are long, and loads of tourists too, but it's all worth it. The experience of standing in line, from being annoyed and slightly amused at the entire thing (no offense meant here) to the mood of everyone changing to solemn and referential, is pretty incredible to witness.
You're actually in the mausoleum pretty briefly (the waiting in line to seeing what you came to see ratio is not good), but it's an incredible experience, and, for some reason, it's shocking to see how tiny Ho Chi Minh really was. I won't give away any more. Promise! Leave a Comment Directions: Ba Dinh District
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Everyone goes to this but who would blame you if you missed it?
You queue for a while, get glared at by various guards, cannot keep your camera, umbrella, have your bags searched rather brusquely and then you have about 5 minutes at the most to view Ho. Personally, I found the Military Museum a lot more rewarding in terms of revering Ho.
Afterwards you get to visit the garden etc in a much more pleasant and relaxed way.
Opening hours: Summer 7.30-11am 2-4pm
Winter 8.00-11am 1.30-4.00pm
Closed Weekend, Monday and Friday afternoon. Address: No 1 Bach Thao, Ba DinhDirections: Ba Dinh District
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 Solemn and respectful moment. by SLLiew
Having seen Mao in Beijing, I expected the same routine of respectfully lining up and in a continuous moving line to see Uncle Ho for less than a minute.
What is worth it? If time permit, yes.
Admission is free and closed on Mondays and Fridays.
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The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is kind of a strange place if you ask me. If you read any book about Ho Chi Minh you will find that he was a simple man who wanted his death to be no big deal. That he believed in communism and wanted everyone to be treated the same. So its very ironic that a man who wanted to be cremated is placed in this large building on display for all to see. I must admit I never went into the building because I heard the line is horrendous and that before you walk into the place you have to leave all your belongings at the door. Sounds like a set up for theft to me. You can take the girl out of Detroit but not the Detroit out of the girl. I know a scam when I hear one. But what I did find very amazing is that you can watch changing of the Vietnamese military guard that protects this building which is a site to see in itself. Also behind the mausoleum you will find a beautiful garden which is nice to take a stroll in and sit on a bench and enjoy ice cream. Leave a Comment Directions: Ba Dinh District
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This is part of the HCM 'complex' that includes the mausoleum and his 'modest house on stilts.'
Ok. After the hushed and reverential tone of the mausoleum, this place comes as sort of a shock. There are tons of people everywhere, people aggressively trying to act as your 'guide,' (well, they do have offical badges, and say they'll take donations at the end.....) and busloads of school kids.
It's interesting, and, as you might imagine, a bit, well, what should we say, um, 'one sided,' in its presentation of the man and his work. You can't help but be a little impressed though.
There are great displays and tons and tons of text. Unfortunately, I didn't really have the patience to read though much (if any) of the explanations, but figured it was just as well.
While it's not a 'must see,' you may as well stop by since you're in the neighborhood. Leave a Comment Directions: Ba Dinh District
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 The Mausoleum - Uncle Ho's
final resting place by myspices, 3 more photos
Facts about HCM's Mausoleum
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* built between 1973 and 1975 of native materials gathered from all over Vietnam
* HCM's embalmed body is in a glass sarcophagus set deep in the bowels of monumental edifice.
* Vietnamese treat this as a pilgrimage - they show deep respect and admiration for HCM, who is honoured for his role as the liberator for the Vietnamese people from colonialism. Address: Hung VuongDirections: Ba Dinh District
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 by sunnywongLeave a Comment Address: Located at Ba Dinh SquareOther Contact: At the entrance to the mausoleum
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The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is adjacent to a large park that includes the HCM Museum, the Presidential Palace, the house in which Ba (Uncle) Ho lived the final 15 years of his life, and the famous One-Storey Pagoda.
Though I declined to visit the Lenin Mausoleum on my visits to Moscow, I gladly waited and trod in the line to see the mummified remains of little man who fought the French, the Japanese, the Chinese, and the Americans for his country's independence. Despite land reform excesses early in his rule of "North" Vietnam, Ho was a humanitarian compared with such Communist monsters as Pol Pot, Mao Tse-tung, Stalin, and -- yes -- Lenin. He lived simply, unlike Mao and Stalin, and -- also unlike them -- conducted no massive purges. (Lenin ordered the Tsar and his family murdered; Ho allowed Emperor Bao Dai to leave Vietnam for a sybaritic exile in the south of France.)
A short distance behind the mausoleum is the impressive HCM Museum, with interesting displays from Ba Ho's life as well as his and his countrymen's struggle for independence.
One of those displays is a small memorial pagoda (pictured below). The clock in the left foreground is stopped at the hour and minute of Ho's death in September 1969, nearly six years before his dream of an independent and united Vietnam was finally achieved. (Lonely Planet claims photographs are not permitted in the museum. That is not true.) Leave a Comment Directions: Ba Dinh District
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