Hai Phong had the honour of welcoming the late President Ho Chi Minh on nine occasions. Hai Phong Railway Station holds a special place in that history, as the departure point for a special train that took him back to Hanoi on October 21, 1946.

On the 136th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh, Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has led a delegation to visit the Omni Parker House hotel in Boston where the late leader worked during 1912–1913 on his journey to seek a path for national salvation.