![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
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Black Market Makes Ho Chi Minh City Run; Two Million Residents?; To Some, ' Death City'; Gasoline on Black Market; Food Benefits Reduced - The New York Times
![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)
NYT Obituaries on Twitter: "Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president, died on Sept. 2, 1969. http://t.co/LwmVQ66Kiq http://t.co/TqqLb5ID4P" / Twitter
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