The Mai Dịch Cemetery (Vietnamese: Nghĩa trang Mai Dịch) is a cemetery in Hanoi, Vietnam, which houses the graves of Communist government leaders and famous revolutionaries.Christina Schwenkel (2009): The American War in Contemporary Vietnam: Transnational ... "3. This contrasts with official military commemoration in the former Republic of Vietnam (see Figure 3.5). In the spatial configuration of the (now empty) graves at the RVN military cemetery I visited at Biên Hòa, men of rank were separated from ... As stated, this practice is generally not found in war cemeteries in contemporary Vietnam, with two important exceptions: Hanoi's Mai Dịch Cemetery, which contains the hierarchically arranged graves of government leaders and other famous revolutionaries, including Phạm Văn Đồng, Lê Duẩn, and Tôn Đức Thắng. A separate section of the cemetery is reserved for common martyrs who ..."
Burials Notable burials include: Phùng Chí Kiên (died 1941) Nguyễn Sơn (d. 1956) Nguyễn Chí Thanh (d. 1967) Nguyễn Lương Bằng (d. 1979) Tôn Đức Thắng (d. 1980) Nguyễn Phan Chánh (d. 1984) Xuân Thủy (d. 1985) Xuân Diệu (d. 1985) Hoàng Văn Thái (d. 1986) Lê Duẩn (d. 1986) Trần Quốc Hoàn (d. 1986) Lê Trọng Tấn (d. 1986) Phạm Hùng (d. 1988) Phạm Huy Thông (d. 1988) Trường Chinh (d. 1988) Giáp Văn Cương (d. 1990) Lê Đức Thọ (d. 1990) Văn Cao (d. 1995) Nguyễn Khắc Viện (d. 1997) Nguyễn Cơ Thạch (d 1998) Đoàn Khuê (d. 1999) Lê Quang Đạo (d. 1999) Phạm Văn Đồng (d. 2000) Văn Tiến Dũng (d. 2002) Tố Hữu (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 (d. 2013) Trần Văn Quang (d. 2013) Lê Khả Phiêu (d. 2020) Nguyễn Phú Trọng (d. 2024) References