1. The President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace (also known as the Presidential Palace Relic Site) is one of the first ten relics in the country to be ranked as a special national relic by the Prime Minister (phase 1 in 2009). Currently, the documents and artifacts of President Ho Chi Minh are preserved intact as when he lived and worked here.
Politburo member and President Luong Cuong looks at documents and artifacts preserved and kept intact about the days of President Ho Chi Minh's life and work at House 67, Presidential Palace Relic Site_Photo: VNA
The Presidential Palace Relic Site under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is the only original relic of Uncle Ho; one of the largest relics, of great significance among the historical and revolutionary relics of Vietnam, the first relic in the system of memorial relics of President Ho Chi Minh. The Presidential Palace Relic Site complex includes 13 relic houses (Presidential Palace, House 54, Stilt House, Politburo Meeting Room, House 67, Kitchen A, Kitchen B, House where Uncle Ho signed the decree, Bunker H66, Bunker D1...); 1,738 documents and artifacts in the relic houses; 7 outdoor relics and 50 trees planted or directly cared for by Uncle Ho. During the 15 years of living and working at the Presidential Palace (1954 - 1969), President Ho Chi Minh and the Party Central Committee outlined the correct path for the Vietnamese revolution, while simultaneously carrying out the task of bringing the North to socialism and fighting for national reunification. At the Presidential Palace, he had many diplomatic activities promoting international solidarity, gaining the sympathy and support of international friends, and the forces of peace , democracy and progress in the world, leading our people's struggle from one victory to another, raising the position and prestige of our nation in the international arena.
After 56 years, the Presidential Palace Relic Site still bears profound historical and cultural marks about him. The stilt house is a symbol of the nation, the people, a shining symbol of international solidarity. The H67 relic site is where he breathed his last breath and returned to the world of the wise. When learning about his daily life stories during the time he lived and worked at the Presidential Palace, each of us has drawn great lessons for ourselves. The stories about him not only reflect the image and thoughts of a great man, but also mark a heroic period of the nation. Prime Minister Pham Van Dong affirmed: “Ho Chi Minh's thoughts and morality are eternal values of people, people in Vietnam as well as everywhere in the world, people today as well as people in the past, and people also expressed their belief that those values will be respected, inherited and developed by future generations” (1) .
The Presidential Palace Relic Site is currently assigned the following tasks: (i) To preserve and maintain intact the residence and workplace of the President as he lived and worked during his lifetime; (ii) To effectively promote the legacy of President Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace Relic Site. In which, the task of preservation is a core political task; promoting the value of the relic is an important political task. The two tasks are inseparably linked. Preservation is the premise of promotion, promotion is the basis for promoting preservation. The Presidential Palace Relic Site has a unique feature: The sublimity is expressed through simplicity and humility. The Presidential Palace Relic Site does not have massive, majestic structures, but is a simple, familiar campus, containing the intellectual qualities, thoughts, and noble, great style of President Ho Chi Minh. All the material heritages from the house, furniture to the landscape of trees, roads, fish ponds, etc., along with the profound and rich spiritual heritages that he left behind, have converged into " the old Uncle Ho's realm " with a complete, original, rare " historical - cultural memory field " in the system of relics and souvenirs of great men. At the Presidential Palace Relic Site, every house, garden corner, row of trees, fish pond, and furniture are deeply imprinted with the simple, humble image of the Father of the nation. There, we see "He is tall but not far away, new but not strange, great but not great, shining but not overwhelming, meeting for the first time already feels close for a long time" (2) .
2. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), culture is the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group; culture includes not only literature and art, but also lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs. The Presidential Palace Relic Site - where Uncle Ho lived and worked at the Presidential Palace - fully meets the criteria according to UNESCO's perspective.
For every Vietnamese person, the Presidential Palace Relic Site has become a "red address", a sacred address to educate people about patriotism, national pride, historical and cultural traditions. For international friends, the Presidential Palace Relic Site is a place to express the feelings, expectations and praise of friends from all over the world when thinking of Vietnam, remembering Uncle Ho. The roads in the Presidential Palace Relic Site no longer welcome Uncle Ho's footsteps every day, but compatriots, comrades and international friends when having the opportunity to come to Hanoi always want to visit his residence and workplace. On the road Uncle often walks, it is still clean every day, the hibiscus hedges, grapefruit and orange rows, coconut trees still provide shade. Compatriots and visitors when visiting the Presidential Palace Relic Site are filled with emotions. Everything still carries the breath of life, still seeing the deep presence of " the high mountain peaks hiding their shape ", of "Uncle Ho's heart still loves us".
Since its opening, the Presidential Palace Relic Site has welcomed more than 90 million visitors from all over the country and 160 delegations from countries and territories. The Presidential Palace Relic Site is truly a “sacred address”, a destination and a highlight in the high-level diplomatic relations of our Party and State.
To celebrate the country's major holidays, the Relic Site welcomes tens of thousands of visitors, with peaks of about 30,000 visitors per day. To organize the reception of visitors, the Presidential Palace Relic Site has proactively coordinated and built a series of political activities with central agencies and the Hanoi Party Committee, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam Women's Union, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union...
Delegation of the 10th National Congress of Uncle Ho's Good Children in 2025 visited Uncle Ho's Stilt House in the Presidential Palace Relic Site _Source: tienphong.vn
To educate on traditions, study and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style, many party organizations, agencies, units and schools have organized practical learning programs, held ceremonies to report achievements, admit the Party, the Youth Union, the Young Pioneers, political activities... at the Relic Site. The Presidential Palace Relic Site regularly coordinates with training and fostering facilities, the Center for Education on Vietnamese Traditions and History, nursing homes of provinces and cities, the Cultural - Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups... to welcome thousands of people with meritorious services to the country, families of war invalids and martyrs; coordinate with domestic and foreign television stations to carry out programs to exchange witnesses, and propagate the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh.
To keep up with the digital transformation trend to better serve visitors, the Presidential Palace Relic Site has researched and implemented an experiential education program, an augmented reality (AR) technology experience linked to the real world, first deployed at the Presidential Palace Relic Site; upgraded the website with attractive content and interface, meeting the needs of learning and increasing the ability to interact with readers...
The highlight of the Presidential Palace Relic Site is connecting, linking, and organizing events into a logical flow, creating unique highlights. In 2024, the Presidential Palace Relic Site organized a series of activities to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Uncle Ho's passing, the 55th anniversary of implementing his Will, the 55th anniversary of preserving and promoting the value of the Presidential Palace Relic Site (1969 - 2024); 15 years of being recognized as a special national relic (2009 - 2024); 70 years of Uncle Ho's living and working at the Presidential Palace Relic Site (1954 - 2024) with 12 large-scale activities. In 2024, the Prime Minister issued a decision to recognize three cars that served President Ho Chi Minh as national treasures.
In 2025, the Presidential Palace Relic Site will organize a series of activities to celebrate the 135th anniversary of his birth, with 10 activities. A typical event is the Ho Chi Minh Exhibition, Symbol of Peace and Friendship at the Expo 2025 World Exhibition, Japan. This is the first exhibition about President Ho Chi Minh held at a world exhibition, attracting about 25,000 visitors, contributing to the effective implementation of Conclusion No. 85-KL/TW, dated August 19, 2020, of the Secretariat, on "Continuing to strengthen the implementation of activities honoring President Ho Chi Minh abroad".
In August 2025, a series of activities of the Presidential Palace Relic Site in coordination with relevant agencies and units to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution and National Day September 2, the 80th anniversary of the Cultural Sector's Traditional Day; the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Public Security's Traditional Day contributed to strongly spreading the spirit of patriotism, national pride and the aspiration for power in the new era. The series of exhibition activities jointly implemented by the Presidential Palace Relic Site and the Dien Bien Provincial Relic Management Board, entitled "Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh - Milestones of National History", affirmed the great stature and great historical value of the August Revolution and the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) in the history of the struggle to build and defend the country. The series of activities is also the result of the coordination of functional agencies with the content "Journey for Peace", "Continuing the story of peace"; coordinated the compilation, publication and launch of the books "President Ho Chi Minh and General Nguyen Chi Thanh", "The Governor-General of Indochina in the past and the Presidential Palace today". This is a tribute to the heritage value, affirming the innovative and creative thinking, and sense of responsibility of the Presidential Palace Relic Site in implementing Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, dated December 22, 2024, of the Politburo, "On breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation" to improve the operational efficiency of the unit.
Continuing the mission of preserving and promoting President Ho Chi Minh's legacy at the Presidential Palace is also a tribute to the responsibility of the staff and workers of the Relic Site who are always deeply aware of the honor and pride of serving the glorious cause. This is the love and respect offered to Uncle Ho, the earnest desire to preserve and best maintain his legacy and spread his thoughts, ethics and style more widely to the people in the country and international friends. With its achievements, the Presidential Palace Relic Site has been awarded the Ho Chi Minh Medal, the Independence Medal, the Labor Medal, the Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister, the Emulation Flag of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism over the years and many other noble titles.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Uncle Ho's return to live and work in the Presidential Palace, General Secretary To Lam came to offer incense in memory of him at House 67 and was moved to write his thoughts: "The President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace - a special national relic is the place where the spirit of the nation crystallizes, marking a great man who devoted his entire life to the independence, freedom and happiness of the people. Every small corner here deeply depicts the mark of a simple, close leader, but with a stature that transcends time. Coming here, we understand more clearly why President Ho Chi Minh is not only the pride of the Vietnamese people but also admired and respected by the whole world" (3) .
President Ho Chi Minh left the Vietnamese people a glorious revolutionary career, left our entire Party, people and army a noble legacy, which is a shining example of moral qualities, symbolizing the most beautiful things in the soul, will and personality of the nation and humanity.
More than 70 years since Uncle Ho lived and worked at the Presidential Palace Relic Site (1954 - 2025), the Relic Site still echoes the heroic song of patriotism, deep solidarity and indomitable will. The space of the Presidential Palace Relic Site is an endless source of inspiration, fostering the will and belief for generations of Vietnamese people today and tomorrow. The Presidential Palace Relic Site is a place where the sacred soul of the mountains and rivers, the quintessence of the nation, where Uncle Ho lives forever with the mountains and rivers, the country, with the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland./.
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(1) Pham Van Dong: Ho Chi Minh past, present, future, Nhan Dan Newspaper , January 1, 1991
(2) Reporter Group: “Lesson 4: Learning from Uncle Ho from simple things”, Communist Party of Vietnam Electronic Information Portal , May 20, 2020, https://hochiminh.vn/hoc-va-lam-theo-bac/hoc-va-lam-theo-bac/bai-4-hoc-bac-tu-nhung-dieu-gian-di-2812
(3) Quoted from: “General Secretary To Lam offers incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at House 67”, Electronic Information Portal of the Office of the President , December 15, 2024, https://vpctn.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/hoat-dong-cua-lanh-dao-dang-nha-nuoc/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-dang-huong-tuong-niem-chu-tich-ho-chi-minh-tai-nha-67.html
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