Visitor queue in front the house of Uncle Ho

Visitor queue in front the house of Uncle Ho

Ho Chi Minh had many different names, the name of uncle was called Bác.
History of Ho Chi Minh Stilt House:
After taking the control of Hanoi from the French Governors, Ho Chi Minh was appointed as the President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Due to his supreme position, he was supposed to reside in the Presidential Palace, which was a French mansion built to be the residence for the former governors. However, those former rulers and their reign had left such painful memories and hatred in the minds of Vietnamese people that Ho Chi Minh did not have any desire to live in a place of their legacy.
Upon a visit to the north-west and saw the architecture of traditional stilt houses used by ethnic people, Ho Chi Minh was inspired and called for a similar design to be his residential place. A new “president palace” was built, with a simple wooden layout and only two small rooms, no toilet – this was the place that Ho Chi Minh spent his life as Vietnam’s president until his death in 1969.