Historical landmark
Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House
Đ. Hoàng Hoa Thám/1 Đội Cấn, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Small wooden house on stilts where a wartime president chose to live and work over a colonial palace.
This guide to Ho Chi Minh's Stilt House in Hanoi turns on a choice: after defeating the French in 1954, the country's new president turned down the grand colonial palace behind it for two small rooms on stilts styled after homes in the mountains where he had lived during the resistance. You'll hear how architect Nguyen Van Ninh designed the house and the daily rituals Ho Chi Minh kept there for years afterward. Look for the fish pond in front of the house where he fed carp by hand each morning.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.