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President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to be closed for maintenance (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)

Respect-paying activities for President Ho Chi Minh and war heroes will resume on August 12, announced the mausoleum management board on June 4.

President Ho Chi Minh passed away on September 2, 1969. His body was embalmed and placed in a glass coffin inside the granite mausoleum.

The mausoleum has become an important landmark of the capital city and is integral to the political and social history of Vietnam.

Source: VNA