The house of Nguyen Thi An, located in Phu Thuong ward of Tay Ho district, was the first stop of President Ho Chi Minh on his trip from the Viet Bac resistance base back to Hanoi from August 23, 1945 to read the Declaration of Independence marking the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, on September 2 the same year.
Nguyen Thi An was the wife of Cong Ngoc Lam, who served as chief of a “tong” (an administrative unit higher than a commune and lower than a district in the past) in Phu Gia hamlet of Phu Thuong commune, Tu Liem district (now Phu Thuong ward of Tay Ho district).
This area was part of the Party Central Committee’s revolutionary base from 1941 to 1945. Local residents supported and protected many senior Party officials such as Truong Chinh, Hoang Van Thu, Le Duc Tho, and Hoang Tung.
The house of Nguyen Thi An remain intact nowadays and is currently watched by her paternal grandson Cong Ngoc Dung.
With 14 objects and tens of documents and images related to the late President’s stay, the house was recongised as a memorial house of Ho Chi Minh and has been opened to visitors since 1996.
In 2019, it was listed as a municipal-level historical relic site.
