Kim Lien and Cua Lo

The Home Village Of Ho Chi Minh, With The Thatched Houses In Kim Lien Where He Was Born In 1890 And Hoang Tru Village Where He Lived As A Boy, A National Pilgrimage Site For Vietnamese School Groups, Plus Cua Lo Beach, A Domestic Seaside Resort. The Museum And Houses Are Free To Enter. A Stop On The Hanoi To Hue Road For People Interested In History · Nam Dan, Nghe An

Kim Lien is a village in Nam Dan district of Nghe An province, around 15 km from Vinh, known as the home area of Ho Chi Minh. The tour has two parts: Hoang Tru, the modest house where he was born in 1890, and Kim Lien, the home village a short walk away, which he returned to as a child. Both are simple thatched houses of bamboo, mud and straw set among fields, ponds and fruit trees, and a museum nearby holds photographs and personal items. School groups and domestic tour coaches fill the site, especially in May around his birth anniversary. The nearby coast has Cua Lo, a long beach resort used mostly by Vietnamese holiday-makers. It suits people interested in modern Vietnamese history and those already travelling between Hanoi, about 300 km north, and Hue or Dong Hoi. It is worth a half day on that route if you are driving through. It is not a destination on its own for a general visitor with limited time.

Kim Lien village in Nam Dan district, the childhood home of Ho Chi Minh, and Cua Lo beach on the coast, in Nghe An province, Nam Dan, Nghe An, Vietnam

The Hoang Tru house and the Kim Lien village houses commonly open in daylight, with the museum open on most days in morning and afternoon sessions; some places are said to close one day a week, often a Monday, or on certain mornings, so confirm before travelling. Entry to the houses and village is usually FREE or very cheap, and the museum has no big queue except on big holiday days. Guide and shuttle cart services are charged separately. Cua Lo beach is open at all hours and FREE to walk, but lifeguard cover and most beach cafes close by early evening in the off season. The beach is CLOSED to swimming in storm warnings.

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