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A woman works with a sewing machine at her shop selling political propaganda items including communist signs and portraits of communist leaders Karl Max, Lenin and late president Ho Chi Minh in downtown Hanoi on February 1, 2012. Vietnamese communists... View Photo »
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Beggars, dressed as Buddhist monks, wait for donations from people heading to Mieu Ba temple for spring festival prayers on an island in Vung Tau, near Vietnam's southern commercial hub Ho Chi Minh city, January 28, 2012. View Photo »
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A fisherman and his children push a fishing boat out to sea in Vung Tau, near Vietnam's southern commercial hub Ho Chi Minh city, January 28, 2012. View Photo »
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Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani stands in front a bust of the late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh during a signing ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi January 16, 2012. Emir Khalifa al-Thani is in Vietnam for a... View Photo »
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Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L) chats with Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang in front of a bust of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi January 16, 2012. Emir Khalifa al-Thani is in... View Photo »
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - JANUARY 10: A general view of the Opera House on January 10, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. View Photo »
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - JANUARY 10: A general view of the Reunification Palace on January 10, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. View Photo »
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - JANUARY 10: Sunflowers grow in front og Notre Dame Cathederal on January 10, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. View Photo »
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - JANUARY 10: People on mopeds drive during rush hour on January 10, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. View Photo »
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - JANUARY 10: Cars and scooters drive past the Opera House on January 10, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. View Photo »
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - JANUARY 10: Ladies wait for customers in Binh Tay Market on January 10, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. View Photo »
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - JANUARY 10: Cables are seen attatched to a pylon on January 10, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. View Photo »
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - JANUARY 10: A general view of Notre Dame Cathederal on January 10, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. View Photo »
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Motorcycles are parked on the pavement blocking people from walking past a street corner in downtown Hanoi on January 6, 2012. Vietnam's big cities such Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi which become more and more overcrowded, are facing serious urban problems... View Photo »
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Residents walk next to concret pilars of a skytrain project under construction in Hanoi on December 26, 2011. Vietnam's big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh-City are facing serious traffic problems but many major infrastructure projects aimed at... View Photo »
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China's Vice President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang as they pose for a photo in front of a statue of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh at the presidential palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, Dec.... View Photo »
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China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) poses for a photo with Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang in front of a bust of the late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi December 21, 2011. Xi is in Hanoi for a... View Photo »
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China's Vice President Xi Jinping (C) follows a soldier carrying a wreath during a wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi December 21, 2011. Xi is in Hanoi for a three-day visit from December... View Photo »
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China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) looks at items while visiting the memorial house of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi December 21, 2011. Xi is in Hanoi for a three-day visit from December 20 to 22. View Photo »
About Ho Chi Minh
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Hồ Chí Minh listen (help·info) (name pronounced [hò̤ tɕǐmɪ̄ɲ]) (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and statesman who was Prime Minister (1946–1955) and President (1946–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). Full Article
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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (L) and Vietnam's president Truong Tan Sang shake hands in front of a bust of late president Ho Chi Minh during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi on November 7, 2011. The grand duke is on a two-day official visit aimed at boosting...
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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (L) and Vietnamese president Truong Tan Sang pose in front of a bust of late president Ho Chi Minh during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi on November 7, 2011. The grand duke is on a two-day official visit aimed at boosting...
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Ho Chi Minh City's Chairman Le Hoang Quan (L) greets Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel at the City Hall in Ho Chi Minh City October 12, 2011. Germany will provide more than $400 million in development aid and preferential credit to Vietnam, Merkel said during her two-day visit to the...
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Ho Chi Minh City's Chairman Le Hoang Quan (L) greets Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel at the City Hall in Ho Chi Minh City October 12, 2011. Merkel is in Ho Chi Minh city on a two-day visit to Vietnam from October 11 to 12.
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Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel sits under a bust of late president Ho Chi Minh, founder of modern Vietnam, as she meets with Vietnamese National Assembly chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung (not pictured) in Hanoi on October 11, 2011. Merkel began her two-day official visit to Vietnam...
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Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City's People's Committee Chief of Office Vo Van Luan (C) is greeted by Commanding officer, Captain David Lausman (R) upon his arrival onboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the South China Sea, off the Vietnam coast, in this handout photo...
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