Male and female custodians walking past the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi, north Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in north Vietnam in1945. He was the first president of Vietnam and Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam. His body lies in state in a gray granite mausoleum on Ba Dinh square in Hanoi. The date on the wall in the background celebrates the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the republic of Vietnam. A male and female custodian tends to the area in front of the mausoleum, which is decorated with red Vietnamese flags.

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Size: 5000px × 3333px
Location: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, north Vietnam
Photo credit: © Terry Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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