![NYT Obituaries on Twitter: "Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president, died on Sept. 2, 1969. http://t.co/LwmVQ66Kiq http://t.co/TqqLb5ID4P" / Twitter NYT Obituaries on Twitter: "Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president, died on Sept. 2, 1969. http://t.co/LwmVQ66Kiq http://t.co/TqqLb5ID4P" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CN59fAFWUAAjORL.png)
NYT Obituaries on Twitter: "Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president, died on Sept. 2, 1969. http://t.co/LwmVQ66Kiq http://t.co/TqqLb5ID4P" / Twitter
![President Ho Chi Minh death anniversary marked in hometown | Culture - Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) President Ho Chi Minh death anniversary marked in hometown | Culture - Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)](https://cdnimgen.vietnamplus.vn/uploaded/fxz1/2015_09_03/ttxvn_20150831_cthhcm1.jpg)
President Ho Chi Minh death anniversary marked in hometown | Culture - Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
![Ho Chi Minh's corpse in 'great condition' ahead of 50th anniversary of leader's death, Vietnam says | The Independent | The Independent Ho Chi Minh's corpse in 'great condition' ahead of 50th anniversary of leader's death, Vietnam says | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/07/19/15/ho-chi-minh.jpg?quality=75&width=1200&auto=webp)
Ho Chi Minh's corpse in 'great condition' ahead of 50th anniversary of leader's death, Vietnam says | The Independent | The Independent
![Vietnam: President Ho Chi Minh with Vietnamese school children. Vietnamese icon Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890—2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president ( Vietnam: President Ho Chi Minh with Vietnamese school children. Vietnamese icon Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890—2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B00W50/vietnam-president-ho-chi-minh-with-vietnamese-school-children-vietnamese-icon-h-ch-minh-19-may-18902-september-1969-was-a-vietnamese-marxist-revolutionary-leader-who-was-prime-minister-19451955-and-president-19451969-of-the-democratic-republic-of-vietnam-north-vietnam-he-famously-led-the-vietcong-during-the-vietnam-war-until-his-death-it-is-interesting-to-note-that-before-taking-up-arms-and-ultimately-defeating-the-us-army-in-his-younger-years-ho-chi-minh-worked-in-the-usa-as-a-chefs-helper-on-a-ship-and-as-a-baker-in-harlem-new-york-2B00W50.jpg)
Vietnam: President Ho Chi Minh with Vietnamese school children. Vietnamese icon Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890—2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (
![Ba Dinh Square has special significance for the Vietnamese, as it was here that Ho Chi Minh declared the nation's independence from France in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 Ba Dinh Square has special significance for the Vietnamese, as it was here that Ho Chi Minh declared the nation's independence from France in front of a crowd of more than 100,000](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B01FA5/ba-dinh-square-has-special-significance-for-the-vietnamese-as-it-was-here-that-ho-chi-minh-declared-the-nations-independence-from-france-in-front-of-a-crowd-of-more-than-100000-people-on-2-september-1945-ho-chi-minhs-mausoleum-stands-on-the-west-side-of-ba-dinh-square-a-heavy-grey-structure-faced-in-stone-quarried-from-marble-mountain-near-danang-ho-chi-minh-specifically-requested-that-he-be-cremated-and-his-ashes-scattered-in-northern-central-and-southern-vietnam-symbolising-the-national-unity-to-which-he-had-devoted-his-life-after-his-death-in-1969-power-lay-with-communist-har-2B01FA5.jpg)
Ba Dinh Square has special significance for the Vietnamese, as it was here that Ho Chi Minh declared the nation's independence from France in front of a crowd of more than 100,000
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