Visit Ho Chi Minh mausoleum to pay the respect to Ho Chi Minh.

Most of our customers joining our Vietnam Motorcycle Tours although they are the first time to visit Vietnam, they still want us to guide them to the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum to pay the respect to Ho Chi Minh.

So today, we would like to introduce you about the Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum:

Ho Chi Minh is always considered as the greatest leader of Vietnam. Although his desire for a simple cremation, the mausoleum was constructed from materials gathered from all over Vietnam between 1973 and 1975. Modeled after the Mausoleum of Lenin in Russia, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is one-of-its kind in the world.

Set deep in the bowels of the building in a glass sarcophagus is the frail, pale body of Ho Chi Minh. The mausoleum is closed for about two months each year while his embalmed body goes to Russia for maintenance.

The roof and of the mausoleum are said to be the great combination of either a traditional communal house or a lotus flower, though to many tourists it looks like a concrete cubicle with columns.

The queue, which moves quite quickly, usually snakes for several hundred metres to the mausoleum entrance itself. Inside, adopt a slow but steady pace as you file past Ho’s body. Guards, in snowy-white military uniforms, are posted at intervals of five paces, giving an eerily authoritarian aspect to the slightly macabre spectacle of the body with its wispy white hair.

To visit, you have to stand in the queue that usually snakes for several hundred metres to the mausoleum entrance itself. Visiting the Mausoleum is free of charge but involves a set of strictly enforced regulations. No short skirts or tank tops are allowed and there is high level of security check upon arrival and no talking. It's also forbidden to put your hand in your pockets. Hats must be taken off, and you may also be requested to store day packs, cameras and phones before you enter. Photography is strictly prohibited in the mausoleum.

Spend one day to discover the real Hanoi before traveling with us for the most amazing Vietnam motorbike tours. Please do not miss the Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum.