Attractions
Cua Lo Beach:
From
Vinh to Cua Lo beach is 18km. Along the 10km white sandy beach are pine
forests. The blue sea water has a salt ratio of about 3.5%.
The temperature at the area
ranges from 18-20oC in Winter to around 25oC in
Summer.
Realizing the potential of Cua Lo as a good seaside resort, the French
began to built an area of villas for the exclusive use of the French
community. During the first Indochina war those villas were destroyed. A
number of rest houses and hotels have sprung up to serve local and foreign
visitors.
President Ho Chi Minh's Native Land:
Sen Village:
Starting from Vinh City along Road 49, and turning at a red earth road
lined with shady eucalyptus and filao trees, visitors reach Sen village,
whose scholarly name is Kim Lien (Golden Lotus). There are several lotus
ponds along the village roads. The house in which President Ho Chi Minh
lived during his childhood was a thatched bamboo and wooden house. In the
house there are some pieces of furniture such as a wooden bed, a bamboo
bed, a jute hammock and an altar, the same as those used by local farmers.
The house was built in 1901 with contributions of labour and funds as
present from the villagers to the father of President Ho, Mr Nguyen Sinh
Sac, when he won a "Junior Doctor" degree in literature, bringing honour
to the whole village.
Chua Village (scholarly name,
Hoang Tru): It is the native village of President Ho's mother, about 2 km
from Sen Village. Chua Village was where he was born and brought up in his
early childhood.
The Tomb of Mrs Hoang Thi Loan
: Mrs Hoang Thi Loan (1868-1901) was a typical meritorious Vietnamese
mother who had brought up her children to be patriotic, including little
Nguyen Sinh Cung who later became President Ho Chi Minh.
Mrs Hoang Thi Lan was the
second daughter of Mr Hoang Duong, Bachelor of Arts, a native to Hoang Tru
village, Nam Lieen commine, Nam Dan district. She married Nguyen Sinh Sac
and gave birth to three children. In 1895 she and her family moved to the
royal capital of Hue and made a living for the whole family while Mr Sac
was busy preparing for an academic degree. She died of fatal disease in
Hue in 1901. Also in that year, her husband achieved his scholar degree.
In 1922, Ms Nguyen Thi Thanh,
President Ho's older sister, moved their mother's tomb to the back yard of
their house in Sen village.
Knowing that his brother was
revolutionary leader Nguyen Ai Quoc, Mr Nguyen Sinh Khiem, the eldest
brother of President Ho, secretly moved the tomb of Mrs Hoang Thi Loan to
Dong Tranh mountain in 1942 to avoid possible revenge from the
authorities.
On the occasion of the 95th
birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh in 1985, the people of Nghe An
rebuilt the tomb of Mrs Hoang Thi Loan. There are some 300 steps of
granite from the foot of the mountain leading to the tomb. The
ferroconcrete roof of the tomb stylizes a handloom because when alive
President Ho's mother gained her family's living by weaving cloth. |