Hanoi (VNA) – The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi will beclosed from June 16 for yearly maintenance, according to its managementboard.
Work isexpected to take almost two months, with re-opening planned for August 15. However,visitors can still pay homage at the nearby Monument for Heroic Martyrs.
Since its inauguration in 1975, theresting place of the founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now theSocialist Republic of Vietnam, has been a magnet to both Vietnamese andforeigners.
Around 52,250 visitors, including 2,900 foreigners, came to pay tribute to the late leader at his mausoleum during the three-day holiday from April 29 to May 1./.