Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum & Ba Dinh Square

Lăng Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh / Quảng trường Ba Đình

The square where independence was declared, and Uncle Ho's tomb

⚠ Tomb interior closed to 2 Nov

Hours

Interior closed 4 Sep–2 Nov 2026 for maintenance. Normally mornings only Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun (closed Mon, Fri): roughly 7:30–10:30am Apr–Oct (to 11am weekends) and 8–11am Nov–Mar (to 11:30 weekends)

Tickets

Free (tomb and square). Ho Chi Minh Museum 40,000 VND; the Presidential Palace and stilt-house grounds charge separately

Address

West side of Ba Dinh Square on Hung Vuong Street, opposite the National Assembly

A grey granite tomb stands at the head of Ba Dinh Square, where Ho Chi Minh declared independence on 2 September 1945. On normal mornings you queue, file past his body in a glass case and come out again; photography is banned and guards will correct where you put your hands. In 2026 the interior is closed for maintenance from 4 September to 2 November, reopening on 3 November. The square, the exterior, the One Pillar Pagoda next door and the Ho Chi Minh Museum stay open, so the loop around the complex still works.