![HO CHI MINH DEAD AT 79; NORTH VIETNAM EXPECTED TO HOLD TO WAR POLICIES; HAS HEART ATTACK - The New York Times HO CHI MINH DEAD AT 79; NORTH VIETNAM EXPECTED TO HOLD TO WAR POLICIES; HAS HEART ATTACK - The New York Times](https://s1.nyt.com/timesmachine/pages/1/1969/09/04/89367397_360W.png?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)
HO CHI MINH DEAD AT 79; NORTH VIETNAM EXPECTED TO HOLD TO WAR POLICIES; HAS HEART ATTACK - The New York Times
WION - #TodayInHistory | 1969: Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh 2 days after his death | Facebook
![Ba Dinh Square has special significance for the Vietnamese, as it was here that Ho Chi Minh declared the nation's independence from France in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 Ba Dinh Square has special significance for the Vietnamese, as it was here that Ho Chi Minh declared the nation's independence from France in front of a crowd of more than 100,000](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B01FA5/ba-dinh-square-has-special-significance-for-the-vietnamese-as-it-was-here-that-ho-chi-minh-declared-the-nations-independence-from-france-in-front-of-a-crowd-of-more-than-100000-people-on-2-september-1945-ho-chi-minhs-mausoleum-stands-on-the-west-side-of-ba-dinh-square-a-heavy-grey-structure-faced-in-stone-quarried-from-marble-mountain-near-danang-ho-chi-minh-specifically-requested-that-he-be-cremated-and-his-ashes-scattered-in-northern-central-and-southern-vietnam-symbolising-the-national-unity-to-which-he-had-devoted-his-life-after-his-death-in-1969-power-lay-with-communist-har-2B01FA5.jpg)
Ba Dinh Square has special significance for the Vietnamese, as it was here that Ho Chi Minh declared the nation's independence from France in front of a crowd of more than 100,000
![Ho Chi Minh's corpse in 'great condition' ahead of 50th anniversary of leader's death, Vietnam says | The Independent | The Independent Ho Chi Minh's corpse in 'great condition' ahead of 50th anniversary of leader's death, Vietnam says | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/07/19/15/ho-chi-minh.jpg?quality=75&width=1200&auto=webp)
Ho Chi Minh's corpse in 'great condition' ahead of 50th anniversary of leader's death, Vietnam says | The Independent | The Independent
![President Ho Chi Minh death anniversary marked in hometown | Culture - Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus) President Ho Chi Minh death anniversary marked in hometown | Culture - Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)](https://cdnimgen.vietnamplus.vn/uploaded/fxz1/2015_09_03/ttxvn_20150831_cthhcm1.jpg)
President Ho Chi Minh death anniversary marked in hometown | Culture - Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
![NYT Obituaries on Twitter: "Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president, died on Sept. 2, 1969. http://t.co/LwmVQ66Kiq http://t.co/TqqLb5ID4P" / Twitter NYT Obituaries on Twitter: "Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president, died on Sept. 2, 1969. http://t.co/LwmVQ66Kiq http://t.co/TqqLb5ID4P" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CN59fAFWUAAjORL.png)