(Baonghean.vn) - Nha Rong Wharf isThe place where 105 years ago, the patriotic young man Nguyen Tat Thanh left to find a way to save the country has become a special address. Every year, millions of Vietnamese people from all over the country as well as international tourists come here to visit and pay their respects to President Ho Chi Minh.
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| Nha Rong Wharf is now the Ho Chi Minh Museum branch in Ho Chi Minh City at No. 01 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City. This is the place where 105 years ago, on June 5, 1911, leader Ho Chi Minh, then known as Nguyen Tat Thanh, boarded a French merchant ship named Amiral Latouche Trvéille to France and many other continents. More than 30 years later, Ho Chi Minh returned to the country to lead the victorious August Revolution in 1945. |
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| Nha Rong Wharf was originally a trading port, one of the first structures built by the French in 1862 when they invaded South Vietnam. The house was the residence of the general manager and the headquarters of the Maritime Transport Company, later called the Emperor Transport Company. In the photo, the traces of the old trading port are gone, but the house is still majestic and sturdy, despite the many changes in the river's flow. |
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| The house was built in Western architecture but on the roof there was a carving of two dragons facing the moon (lương long chau nguyệt) so it was popularly called the Dragon House. However, it was later renovated by the Republic of Vietnam government and only one dragon head remained facing outward. |
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| Since 1995, Nha Rong has become a branch of the Ho Chi Minh Museum, which houses more than 10,000 artifacts about Uncle Ho. In the photo, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong, a museum guide, is presenting a model of President Ho Chi Minh's childhood home in the Kim Lien relic site (Nam Dan - Nghe An). |
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| According to statistics from the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the Ho Chi Minh Museum, since its opening, this place has attracted more than 22 million visitors. |
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| There is a special artifact here, which is the type of brick that leader Nguyen Ai Quoc used to warm himself in the Paris winter when he lived at No. 9, Compoint Alley, District 17, Paris. The artifact was donated to the museum by an old French woman after hearing the story of the pink brick that helped Uncle Ho get through the cold winters in a foreign land. |
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| By the old commercial port, skyscrapers have sprung up in the strong growth trend of the most developed and dynamic city in the country. |
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| The statue of young man Nguyen Tat Thanh with his determination to find a way to liberate the Vietnamese people from the yoke of colonialism and feudalism is always engraved in the minds of later generations. |
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| In this quiet, sacred space, it is one of the places where young people come to enjoy the fresh air in the middle of the bustling city. In the photo are Saigon women in Vietnamese ao dai visiting the museum. |
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