Ba-Đình Square

The Ba Dinh Square (Vietnamese: Quảng Trường Ba Dinh ) is a square in the center of Hanoi , by the President Ho Chi Minh on September 2nd, 1945 proclaimed the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It is named after the Ba-Đình uprising, an anti-French rebellion that took place in Vietnam between 1886 and 1887 as part of the Cần Vương movement.

When Ho Chi Minh died, the granite Ho Chi Minh mausoleum was built here to show off its embalmed body. Ba Đình Square is located in the center of the Ba ình Borough, with several important buildings including the Presidential Palace, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the National Assembly Building.