Hoàng Thị Loan
Hoàng Thị Loan (黃氏鸞, 1868–1901) was the mother of Nguyễn Sinh Cung, later known as Ho Chi Minh, former President of Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Hoàng Thị Loan was born in the Hoàng Trù village of the Nam Đàn district in 1868.[1] She was the second daughter of Hoang Duong, a well-educated village native. Loan married Nguyễn Sinh Sắc and birthed three children, Nguyễn Sinh Cung, Nguyễn Sinh Khiêm, and Nguyễn Thị Thanh. Hoàng Thị Loan died of disease in 1901, only six years after her family moved to the royal capital of Huế.
In 1922 her grave was moved to Sen village by Nguyễn Thị Thanh, Ho Chi Minh's older sister. Her grave was moved again in 1942 by Nguyễn Sinh Khiêm to the Dong Tranh mountain in fear of government reprisal during the Việt Minh revolutionary movement.[1]
In 1985 a tomb honoring Hoàng Thị Loan was erected in commemoration of the date of Ho Chi Minh's 95th birthday. The Tomb of Mrs. Hoàng Thị Loan is located on Mount Dong Tranh, in the Nam Đàn District of the Nghệ An Province. In 2005 work was completed on a four-year, 309 billion VND project that included renovation of Loan's grave and the completion of her tomb.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Vietnam Travel Guide - Nghe An Province". Sawadee.com. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
- ^ Nguyen The Ky (2004-05-17). "Uncle Ho's birthplace gets facelift". Viet Nam News. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
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Further reading
- Duiker, William. Chapter 1. Ho Chi Minh. Hyperion, 2000. ISBN 0-7868-6387-0.