President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum: sacred space of Vietnamese nation

The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum holds special political, cultural significance for the revolutionary cause of the Party, State and people. It is also a sacred image and special symbol with practical value for educating each Vietnamese citizen about morality and lifestyle.
President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum: sacred space of Vietnamese nation ảnh 1At President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum holds special political,cultural significance for the revolutionary cause of the Party, State and people. Itis also a sacred image and special symbol with practical value foreducating each Vietnamese citizen about morality and lifestyle.

With suchmeaning, the task of ensuring the absolute safety of President Ho Chi Minh’sbody and upholding the mausoleum’s political-cultural significance is not onlythe responsibility of the entire Party, people and armed forces but alsodemonstrates loyalty and steadfastness to the revolutionary path chosen by theParty and President Ho Chi Minh. Such noble and glorious responsibility has been assigned tothe President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board by the Party, State, armyand people.

Over the past45 years since its establishment (August 14, 1976), generations of officials, employeesand staff of the board have exerted efforts to overcome difficulties and challenges, fulfillingthis special political task entrusted by the Party, State and people.  

Major General BuiHai Son, Acting Director of the management board and Commander of the PresidentHo Chi Minh Mausoleum Guard High Command, highlighted that preserving President Ho Chi Minh’s body in the best conditions under any circumstance has been thebiggest success made by the unit.

In 2019, the State Scientific Council onlong-term preservation and absolute protection of President Ho Chi Minh’s bodyand the State-level medical scientific council concluded that the lateleader’s embalmed body has been preserved well, without any changes compared todata checked in 1970 and 2009.

To build on thepast achievements, leaders of the board pledged to uphold the spirit ofself-reliance, stay active and creative to accomplish the task while promoting themausoleum’s political and cultural significance in the new period, contributingto fostering patriotism and revolutionary tradition of the Vietnamese peoplenow and then./.

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