Kim Liên is a large village and commune in the
Nam Đàn District
Nam, Nam, or The Nam are shortened terms for:
* Vietnam, which is also spelled ''Viet Nam''
* The Vietnam War
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Arts and media
* Nam, a fictional character in anime series ''Dragon Ball''
* ''NAM'' (video ...
of
Nghệ An Province in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. Kim Lien is the childhood home of former president
Ho Chi Minh
(: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as (' Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as P ...
and his parents' house there is the site of the
Kim Liên museum. The village is also called Làng Sen.
[The Vietnam review 1996 p 430 "In a 1968 letter to Ninh Viết Giao, Vuang Thúc Oánh, a nephew of Vuong Thúc Luang's and Phan's son-in-law, notes that the play was first performed in a village named Làng Sen (also known as Kim Liên, Ho Chi Minh's birthplace) the year following"]
History
The name of the village means "Gold-Lilly", and the district "South-Sandalwood" in
Sino-Vietnamese characters (
南 檀,
金 莲).
References
Communes of Nghệ An province
Populated places in Nghệ An province
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