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Location: The native land of President Ho
Chi Minh is located in Kim Lien Commune, Nam Dan District, Nghe An Province.
Characteristics: This is the place where President Ho Chi Minh was born
and spent his childhood time here.
Sen Village (the homeland of Ho Chi Minh’s father)
Starting from Vinh City, take Road No. 49 until the 13th km, then turn into a
red earth path lined with eucalyptus and casuarinas trees. The path will lead
you to Sen, also known as Kim Lien (Golden Lotus), village where there are many
lotus ponds. The thatched cottage where President Ho Chi Minh used to live
during his childhood is built from bamboo and wood. It has five compartments.
The interior furniture is similar to that of other farmers’ houses: a wooden
bed, a bamboo chong (a bamboo bed without raised walls at the two ends), a
hammock made from hemp, and an altar. It was built in 1901 with the help and
donations of the villagers as a present to Nguyen Sinh Sac, President Ho Chi
Minh’s father, when he gained the doctoral title at the court exam, which
glorified his village.
Chua Village (the homeland of Ho Chi Minh’s mother)
Located two kilometers from Sen Village, Chua Village is just as peaceful as any
other Vietnamese villages. But it is famous, both domestically and
internationally, as President Ho Chi Minh’s maternal homeland and the place
where he was born and brought up by his mother.
Walking through a bamboo gate and a path lined with low plums; visitors will see
two simple thatched cottages, Ho Chi Minh’s house.
The Worship House - Mr. Hoang Duong’s House
Mr. Hoang Duong, President Ho Chi Minh’s maternal grandfather, built this simple
cottage in 1882 to make it a place for worshipping his paternal grand
grandfather, grandfather, and father. The altar is decorated in a simple but
solemn fashion. Attractive to visitors is the pair of parallel sentences hung in
the front of the house, which praise the family clan’s fame. The house has five
compartments and two lean-tos. Three outer compartments adjoin with the worship
house; so it is well ventilated. Mr. Hoang Duong used to teach his students
while sitting on the wooden bed placed in the first compartment. In the second
compartment, there is a bamboo sofa and a table where he placed his pen-brushes
and ink-slab. He and his students would take a rest on the bed put in the third
compartment. The remaining two compartments were used as his wife’s bedroom and
the family’s living room.
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