Kim Liên is a large village and commune in the Nam Đàn District of Nghệ An Province in

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 ...

. Kim Lien is the childhood home of former president

Ho Chi 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 Vietnam, president of the ...

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 {{NgheAn-geo-stub