The task of safeguarding the embalmed corpse of Vietnam's revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh is gruelling: carefully-selected riflemen work around the clock, watching over the communist nation's ...

KIM LIEN, Vietnam — Today’s Vietnam may be striding toward a capitalist future, but it still clings to the memory of a Communist leader born 115 years ago in a thatched, dirt-floor hut ringed by rice ...

A series of cultural and tourism activities themed “Uncle Ho in the hearts of the people” is running from May 3 - 31 at the ...

Born Nguyen Sinh Cung, and known as "Uncle Ho," Ho Chi Minh led the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945-69. Ho had embraced communism while living abroad in England and France from 1915-23; in ...

Vietnam may be striding toward a capitalist future but it still clings to the memory of a communist leader born 115 years ago in a thatched, dirt-floor hut ringed by rice fields. Among communism’s ...

Tran Thi Bao traveled all night by bus to make it to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in time for the 6 a.m. flag raising ceremony. On this September morning, a steady rain persisted. At 5:30 a.m., a mere 90 ...

HANOI (Reuters) - The embalmed corpse of Vietnam's founding leader, Ho Chi Minh, is in great condition, state media said on Friday, a month after the government recruited a team of Russian experts to ...

The task of safeguarding the embalmed corpse of Vietnam's revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh is gruelling: carefully-selected riflemen work around the clock, watching over the communist nation's ...