Pác Bó is a small village in Cao Bằng province, northern part of

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

, 3 km from the Chinese border. "Pác Bó" in

Tày language Tày or Thổ (a name shared with the unrelated Thổ and Cuoi languages) is the major Tai language of Vietnam, spoken by more than a million Tày people in Northeastern Vietnam. Distribution *Vietnam: northern provinces (including Cao Ban ...

means “the beginning of the source”. Near this village is a cave, ''Hang Cốc Bó'' (today often called ''Hang Pác Bó'') in which

Hồ Chí Minh (born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic ...

lived for seven weeks, during February and March 1941, after returning from 30 years of exile. Consequently, it is now a tourist site.Rough Guide to Vietnam: Volume 4 - Page 474 Jan Dodd, Mark Lewis, Ron Emmons - 2003 "Pac Bo Cave - Such a lot is made of Pac Bo Cave that it comes as a surprise to learn that Ho Chi Minh only lived in it for seven weeks, during February and March 1941. lf you're not a fan of Ho memorabilia then neither the cave nor the ..."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pac Bo Caves of Vietnam Landforms of Cao Bằng province Tourist attractions in Cao Bằng province Populated places in Cao Bằng province