Ba Đình Square

Ba Đình Square

Ba Đình Square (Vietnamese: Quảng Trường Ba Đình) is the name of a famous square in Ha Noi where president Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam on September 2 1945. When Ho Chi Minh died, the granite Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum was built here to display his embalmed body. It remains a major site of tourism and pilgrimage. Ba Dinh Square is in the center of Ba Dinh district, near the President's House and opposite the National Assembly.


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