Vietnam Travel Guide, Heritage Resources and More…
Chief Guide This site is under construction as I backload pictures, videos and other content from my two previous trips to Vietnam (starting at the end of 2009) and the content I have after I moved to Vietnam. This backlog of content includes: 1) HCMC, Cu Chi and the Mekong Delta 2) Hanoi 3) Hue, Khe Sanh, Route 9 … Read more
This CBS footage documents the Battle of Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive and shows just how violent and intense the fighting was: Vietnam War – Hue City 1968 * Visit the VietnamWarTravels Youtube page.
This ten minute video about Hue, the Hue Citadel, the Imperial City and the Battle of Hue is shown to visitors in the Thai Hoa Palace – the throne palace of the Nguyen Emperors located near the entrance to the Forbidden Purple City where only the Emperor and his concubines and court eunuchs could enter.
When visiting the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, be sure to follow all of the rules and regulations outlined below as the rules regarding dress and behavior are strictly enforced by all staff and guards. Legs must be covered (no shorts or miniskirts – however, I believe I wore shorts on the day I … Read more
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Vietnamese: Lăng Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh) is located in the center of Ba Ðình Square where Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945 – establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Construction on the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum began on September 2, 1973 and the … Read more
The grounds of the Hanoi Presidential Palace also contain a garage with Ho Chi Minh’s used cars.
The grounds of the Hanoi Presidential Palace contain gardens, a pond, the Ho Chi Minh Stilt House (also known as Nha San Bac Ho or Uncle Ho’s Stilt House) and several other buildings.
The Hanoi Presidential Palace of Vietnam was built by Auguste Henri Vildieu, the official French architect for Vietnam, between 1900 and 1906 to house the French Governor-General of Indochina. Like other French Colonial architecture, the palace’s design is European with the only visual cues that it is located in Vietnam being the mango trees surrounding … Read more
Before the Ho Chi Minh Stilt House, also known as Nha San Bac Ho or Uncle Ho’s Stilt House, was constructed, Ho Chi Minh lived in another complex of buildings on the grounds of the Hanoi Presidential Palace. He lived in this complex from 1954 until 1958.
Surrounding the Ho Chi Minh Stilt House, also known as Nha San Bac Ho or Uncle Ho’s Stilt House, are gardens containing weeping willows, mango trees and fragrant frangipani and jasmine. Ho Chi Minh lived in the house from 1958 to 1969, where in addition to tending to his political duties, he watered his garden … Read more