The Mai Dịch Cemetery is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

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, which houses the graves of

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government leaders and famous revolutionaries.

Burials

Notable burials include: * Phùng Chí Kiên (died 1941) *

Nguyễn Sơn Nguyễn Sơn (1 October 1908 – 21 October 1956), also known by his Chinese name Hong Shui (), was a Vietnamese military leader who participated in the Chinese Communist Revolution and the First Indochina War against the French. Sơn spent much ...

(d. 1956) *

Nguyễn Chí Thanh Nguyễn Chí Thanh (1 January 1914 – 7 July 1967) was a General in the North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Army and former North Vietnamese politician. Nguyễn Chí Thanh was born in Thừa Thiên Province in Central Vietnam to a peasant famil ...

(d. 1967) * Nguyễn Lương Bằng (d. 1979) *

Tôn Đức Thắng Tôn Đức Thắng (August 20, 1888 – March 30, 1980) was the second and last president of North Vietnam and the first president of the reunified Vietnam under the leadership of General Secretary Lê Duẩn. The position of president is cerem ...

(d. 1980) *

Nguyễn Phan Chánh Nguyen Phan Chanh (July 21, 1892 - November 22, 1984) was born in a rural Vietnamese village, in Ha Tinh (now Nghe Tinh) province. His early education was in Chinese (as was common in pre-colonial times), and he studied Chinese calligraphy so as t ...

(d. 1984) * Xuân Thủy (d. 1985) * Xuân Diệu (d. 1985) *

Hoàng Văn Thái Hoàng Văn Thái (1 May 1915 – 2 July 1986), born Hoàng Văn Xiêm, was a Vietnamese Army General and a communist political figure. His hometown was Tây An, Tiền Hải District, Thái Bình Province. During the Tết Offensive, he was t ...

(d. 1986) *

Lê Duẩn Lê Duẩn (; 7 April 1907 – 10 July 1986) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1950s and became General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (VCP) at the 3rd Nat ...

(d. 1986) *

Trần Quốc Hoàn Trần Quốc Hoàn (23 January 1916 – 5 September 1986) was the first Minister of Public Security of North Vietnam and the longest serving. He served in that role from 1952 through unification to 1981. He laid the foundation for structure of Vi ...

(d. 1986) *

Lê Trọng Tấn General Lê Trọng Tấn (3 October 1914 – 5 December 1986) was an officer of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during 1945 to 1986. During this period of his military career, Lê Trọng Tấn held several senior positions of the Army. L ...

(d. 1986) *

Phạm Hùng Phạm Hùng (June 11, 1912 – March 10, 1988) was a Vietnamese politician and the 2nd Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1987 to 1988. Life Phạm Hùng was born on June 11, 1912, in Vĩnh Long Pro ...

(d. 1988) * Phạm Huy Thông (d. 1988) *

Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (, born Đặng Xuân Khu; 9 February 1907, Xuân Trường District, Nam Định Province – 30 September 1988, Hanoi) was a Vietnamese communist political leader and theoretician. He was one of the key figures of Vietnamese poli ...

(d. 1988) * Giáp Văn Cương (d. 1990) *

Lê Đức Thọ Lê Đức Thọ (; 14 October 1911 – 13 October 1990), born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and politician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with ...

(d. 1990) * Văn Cao (d. 1995) *

Nguyễn Khắc Viện Nguyễn Khắc Viện (5 February 1913 in Hương Sơn – 10 May 1997) was a Vietnamese historian, literary critic, sometime dissident, and advocate of a Vietnamese health exercise dưỡng sinh similar to Yoga. Viện was a party member forme ...

(d. 1997) *

Nguyễn Cơ Thạch Nguyễn Cơ Thạch (15 May 1921 – 10 April 1998; born ''Phạm Văn Cương'') was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. He was Foreign Minister of Vietnam from February 1980 to July 1991.Seth Mydans (12 April 1998"Nguyen Co ...

(d 1998) *

Đoàn Khuê Đoàn Khuê (Triệu Phong, 29 October 1923 – 16 January 1999) was a Vietnamese Army general and Minister of Defence from 1992-1997.Đại tướng Đoàn Khuê Vịên lịch sử quân ṣư Vịêt Nam - 2002 Reminiscences of General Đoà ...

(d. 1999) *

Lê Quang Đạo Lê Quang Đạo (8 August 1921 – 24 July 1999) was a Vietnamese politician who was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1960 to 1991. Having served 28 years in the military, he was promoted to the rank of Maj ...

(d. 1999) *

Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam following reunification of North and South Vietnam ...

(d. 2000) *

Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng (; 2 May 1917 – 17 March 2002), born Co Nhue commune, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, was a Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), PAVN chief of staff (1954–74); PAVN commander in chief (1974–80); mem ...

(d. 2002) *

Tố Hữu Tố Hữu (4 October 1920 – 9 December 2002) was a Vietnamese revolutionary poet and politician. He published seven collections of poems, the first of which was the 1946 collection entitled ''Từ ấy'' (Thenceforth), which included many of his ...

(d. 2002) * Nguyễn Đình Thi (d. 2003) * Trần Hoàn (d. 2003) * Lê Minh Hương (d. 2004) * Huy Cận (d. 2005) * Vũ Kỳ (d. 2005) * Huy Du (d. 2007) * Trần Lâm (d. 2011) *

Hồ Đức Việt Hồ Đức Việt (1947–2013) was a Vietnamese politician. Hồ Đức Việt was the Deputy Doctor of Mathematics, former lecturer – Deputy Dean of Mathematics – Mechanical Faculty, Hanoi University, then joined the Ho Chi Minh Communis ...

(d. 2013) * Trần Văn Quang (d. 2013) *

Lê Khả Phiêu Lê Khả Phiêu (27 December 1931 – 7 August 2020) was a Vietnamese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from December 1997 to April 2001.Gainsborough 2010, p. 143 Lê Khả Phiêu served in the Viet ...

(d. 2020)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mai Dich Cemetery Cemeteries in Vietnam Buildings and structures in Hanoi