Salam,
On the first day of 2010, we decided to check out other interesting places in Ho Chi Minh City. Our first stop was the Ho Chi Minh Museum for us to get to know the person behind this beautiful city's name.
Before that, check out Nana's baby pink Chanel handbag, purchased at Ben Thanh Market. =D
Insha Allah when we have more than enough stash to buy necessities, we'll buy the original ones.
Pretty pretty charms. I was tempted too so I bought a larger white one today.
At the Sophia Hotel's coffee house for breakfast.
Quite moderate but sufficient array of buffet but we just had fruits and toast since it was not halal.
Ok after breakfast we took a cab to the museum, not too far it's nearby the port in the city.
Ho Chi Minh museum, quite old-fashioned building so it's spacious.
Nana in front of the younger version Ho Chi Minh's statue.
Translate please..
In front of the museum.
Various tribes in Vietnam.
Ok some info about Ho Chi Minh, taken from Wikipedia:
He was born on 19th May 1890 and passed away on 3rd September 1969. He was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and statesman who was prime minister (1946–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
Hồ led the Viet Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. He lost political power inside North Vietnam in the late 1950s, but remained as the highly visible figurehead president until his death. The former capital of South Vietnam, Saigon, after the Fall of Saigon, was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City in his honor.
Since he was a Communist leader cum President of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh or fondly called Uncle Ho was seen as a hero and received God-like status among Vietnamese. In contrary, the Vietnamese abroad known as Vietnamese Overseas have a more hostile views on Ho Chi Minh. Nevertheless I believe that it is up to the locals to see their own leader as a hero and not to be decided by those abroad since they know their leader better. For example, Adolf Hitler is popular as a dictator worldwide but loved by his fellow Germans.
Thus enjoy this visit at Ho Chi Minh City dedicated to his work and sacrifice for Vietnam. I personally just love his very inspiring quotes. I cried reading some of it.
President Ho Chi Minh delivered the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam at Ba Dinh square in Ha Noi on September 2nd 1945.
"Our last wish is that all the party members and people will try all their best to be united so as to be able to make our country a peaceful, reunified, independent democratic and wealthy country so as to enable us to make our constribution to the achievement of the world revolution." Ho Chi Minh.
"During the past 6 years now, the U.S. Imperialists' planes and bombs, together with their ammunition, have destroyed numerous of our village over there, those blood thirsty devils being trained and equipped with modern weapons by their U.S. advisors to massacre our blooded fellow people and burn the bodies of our children over there! Who has arranged those cruel acts against the innocvent people? It is them who have done those things. That is so brutal because even splitting all the bamboo clusters in the forest still unable to note down all their crimes, even scooping all the water from the fours seas is still unable to wash all hatred against them!" Ho Chi Minh.
An altar in honour of Ho Chi Minh.
"The southern blooded country are citizens of Vietnam. The rivers in the nation may be shallow, and the mountains in it may be worn out, but such truth will never vary." Ho Chi Minh.
The images below are made from colourful beads forming the real photos of Ho Chi Minh and the people in Vietnam.
Uncle Ho when he was not an uncle yet. ;p
These ones here are made from colourful buttons.
Me with Uncle Ho! =)
Made from colourful sequins.
Another prominent attribute of Ho Chi Minh was his love and affection for children.
On the first day of 2010, we decided to check out other interesting places in Ho Chi Minh City. Our first stop was the Ho Chi Minh Museum for us to get to know the person behind this beautiful city's name.
Before that, check out Nana's baby pink Chanel handbag, purchased at Ben Thanh Market. =D
Insha Allah when we have more than enough stash to buy necessities, we'll buy the original ones.
Pretty pretty charms. I was tempted too so I bought a larger white one today.
At the Sophia Hotel's coffee house for breakfast.
Quite moderate but sufficient array of buffet but we just had fruits and toast since it was not halal.Ok after breakfast we took a cab to the museum, not too far it's nearby the port in the city.
Ho Chi Minh museum, quite old-fashioned building so it's spacious.
Nana in front of the younger version Ho Chi Minh's statue.
Translate please..
In front of the museum.
Various tribes in Vietnam.Ok some info about Ho Chi Minh, taken from Wikipedia:
He was born on 19th May 1890 and passed away on 3rd September 1969. He was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and statesman who was prime minister (1946–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
Hồ led the Viet Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. He lost political power inside North Vietnam in the late 1950s, but remained as the highly visible figurehead president until his death. The former capital of South Vietnam, Saigon, after the Fall of Saigon, was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City in his honor.
Since he was a Communist leader cum President of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh or fondly called Uncle Ho was seen as a hero and received God-like status among Vietnamese. In contrary, the Vietnamese abroad known as Vietnamese Overseas have a more hostile views on Ho Chi Minh. Nevertheless I believe that it is up to the locals to see their own leader as a hero and not to be decided by those abroad since they know their leader better. For example, Adolf Hitler is popular as a dictator worldwide but loved by his fellow Germans.
Thus enjoy this visit at Ho Chi Minh City dedicated to his work and sacrifice for Vietnam. I personally just love his very inspiring quotes. I cried reading some of it.
President Ho Chi Minh delivered the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam at Ba Dinh square in Ha Noi on September 2nd 1945.
"Our last wish is that all the party members and people will try all their best to be united so as to be able to make our country a peaceful, reunified, independent democratic and wealthy country so as to enable us to make our constribution to the achievement of the world revolution." Ho Chi Minh.
"During the past 6 years now, the U.S. Imperialists' planes and bombs, together with their ammunition, have destroyed numerous of our village over there, those blood thirsty devils being trained and equipped with modern weapons by their U.S. advisors to massacre our blooded fellow people and burn the bodies of our children over there! Who has arranged those cruel acts against the innocvent people? It is them who have done those things. That is so brutal because even splitting all the bamboo clusters in the forest still unable to note down all their crimes, even scooping all the water from the fours seas is still unable to wash all hatred against them!" Ho Chi Minh.
An altar in honour of Ho Chi Minh.
"The southern blooded country are citizens of Vietnam. The rivers in the nation may be shallow, and the mountains in it may be worn out, but such truth will never vary." Ho Chi Minh.
Yes since Vietnamese people are very artistic, now check out the following images which are dedicated to him like the one below a painting painted on bamboos.
The images below are made from colourful beads forming the real photos of Ho Chi Minh and the people in Vietnam.
Uncle Ho when he was not an uncle yet. ;p
These ones here are made from colourful buttons.
Ho Chi Minh was an intellectual man that highly regarded the importance of education.
Me with Uncle Ho! =)
Made from colourful sequins.
Another prominent attribute of Ho Chi Minh was his love and affection for children.
May the heroism and his love for his country long-live within the souls of the Vietnamese people today and in the future. =)
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