Tens of thousands of people across the country visited Uncle Ho's Mausoleum on his birthday.

• May 20, 2013 08:43

(Baonghean.vn) -On May 18 and 19, despite the hot weather in Hanoi, tens of thousands of people from all over the country made a pilgrimage to Ba Dinh Square to visit Uncle Ho's mausoleum.

According to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board, since the beginning of the year, over 1.2 million people have visited Uncle Ho. Since the beginning of May alone, 500,000 people have visited the Mausoleum, peaking during the two weekend days coinciding with May 18 and 19, the 123rd anniversary of his birth, with about 70,000 people visiting his Mausoleum to visit his residence and workplace, expressing their respect and infinite gratitude to the great leader of the Vietnamese people. Among them, there were many typical advanced delegations "studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh" in localities who organized flower offerings and reported to Uncle Ho about their achievements.

Nghe An Newspaper reporters recorded some images of the crowd visiting Uncle Ho's Mausoleum on May 19:

Delegation of Nghe An province visited Uncle Ho's Mausoleum

Honor Guard protecting Uncle Ho's Mausoleum

Ba Dinh Square on the morning of May 19, 2013

Students and children of ethnic groups in the North line up to visit Uncle Ho's mausoleum.

After 10am, these children lined up, waiting in the sun for their turn to visit Uncle Ho's Mausoleum.

Visit the stilt house - where Uncle Ho lived and worked