Ha Noi, the capital of Vietnam (3/3)

The President Ho-Chi-Minh's Mausoleum

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17. President Ho-Chi-Minh's Mausoleum:

- Inaugurated in 1975. It faces Ba-Dinh Square. President Ho's body lies inside a square stone - walled room - on a three tiered platform.

18. No 43, Hang-Ngang Street:

- Here in the 1945, President Ho wrote the famous Declaration of Independence.

19. The Museum of the Revolution:

- Relicas from various phases of the Vietnamese people's patriotic and revolutionary struggle.

20. The Museum of History:

- Developments of the Vietnamese nation. Rich collections of archaeological findings, including some relating to the era of the Hung Kings about 3,000 years ago.

21. The Museum of the Army:

- Great periods of the armed struggle of the Vietnamese people's. War trophies.

22. The Museum of Fine Arts:

- Artistic works ranging from bronze drums (1st millenium B.C) to sculptures, paintings, engravings, and lacquer works by contemporary artists not to mention folk art.

23. Tay-Phuong (West) Pagoda or Sung-Phuc Pagoda:

- 40km from Hanoi, Built in the 8th C., rebuilt in 1680, 1792. Three parallel one - storeyed structures. Its 76 statues carved out of jack-tree wood are valuable art objects. The collection of arhat statues (18th C.) is wonderful.

(A Handbook for the English Language Translator - Hữu Ngọc et al.)