Ho Chi Minh Museum in Saigon located at No. 1 Nguyễn Tat Thành str, ward 12, district 4, Ho Chi Minh city. This is one of the most important historical and cultural relics in Ho Chi Minh city and the whole country, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to explore. Ho Chi Minh Museum in Saigon established in 19/5/1990, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh birth, expresses the deep gratitude of Vietnamese people to the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh to the independence of the nation and Vietnamese people life as well.

As the the first museum preserving the Vietnamese relic system about President Ho Chi Minh, with an area of 18,000m2, including 13,000m2 used to store about 12,000 historical objects, Ho Chi Minh Museum in Saigon became the largest and most modern museum in Vietnam. Up to now, the museums and monuments of President Ho Chi Minh in the system of Ho Chi Minh Museum consists of 14 units stretching from North, Central and South of Vietnam. The museum displays the material and artifacts of Uncle Ho’s revolutionary life and the cause of national liberation in Vietnam. Coming to Ho Chi Minh museum, tourists have opportunities to witness the very delicate architecture in here. Designed by the Russian architect, Ivan Garciavic, and built with the consultant of the Soviet people, the museum building is a three-storey block of nearly 20m, each measuring 70m in length, symbolizing an elegant white lotus, reminiscent of Sen Village, and the Uncle Ho’s hometown. At the center of the Museum there is the bronze statue of President Ho. The statue is 3.5 m in height, on the pedestal 0.6 m, weighting 3 tons. The Uncle Ho statue is placed on the banyan tree, shining under the sun as the symbol of light and the eternity of the nation.

Ho Chi Minh Museum is exhibited with content consists of three main parts. An introduction to the life and revolution of President Ho Chi Minh and the people of Vietnam to carry out his will. This section contains materials, artifacts, documentaries, and artworks that are presented in a systematic manner and the main touring journey with eight themes: childhood and youth of President Ho Chi Minh, initially revolutionary activities (1890-1911) until President Ho Chi Minh led the socialist revolution in the North and the struggle against American aggression, and liberation of the unification of the Fatherland (1954-1975). The final section presents some of the historical events that affected the revolutionary life of President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam Revolution. Especially, Ho Chi Minh Museum has become a research center, introducing the life of a great man of the twentieth century, a man who has dedicated his life to the cause of national liberation, social liberation and the prize of the nation, Uncle Ho.

Many important contributions of President Ho Chi Minh to the political, cultural, educational and artistic fields of Vietnam are reflected through ranges of historical relics in here. Ho Chi Minh museum in Saigon is not only a great architectural work with a national stature, but also a crystallization of Vietnamese people’s cultural traditions with deep gratitude of the whole nation for Uncle Ho. In addition, coming to the museum, tourists do not have to concern about the meanings of such mysterious relics in here because the Museum also has a team of dedicated dynamic, and creative guiders, especially being influent in French, English, Chinese, Russian to support for tourists.

Let’s come to Ho Chi Minh museum in Saigon to discover the heroic dedication of Uncle Ho to the Vietnam independence and Vietnamese people!