Council formed to assess late President Ho Chi Minh’s embalmed body

Among the 11 members of the council are four Russian scientists, who are working at the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian presidential office’s hospital and Russian scientific research institutes. 

Apart from examining the President’s body which has been preserved over the past 50 years, the council will propose orientations and plans for research cooperation, and scientific and technical solutions in service of the work

After his death on September 2, 1969, the President was embalmed and later placed for viewing at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The mausoleum was built in two years from 1973 to 1975, with materials donated by people from all over the country.

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is an important landmark of the capital city and is integral to the political and social history of Vietnam.