Dutiful minder: Thang is one of the men tasked to safeguard the embalmed corpse of Vietnam’s revolutionary leader Ho. — AFP
Hanoi: The task of safeguarding the embalmed corpse of Vietnam’s revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh is gruelling: carefully-selected riflemen work around the clock, watching over the communist nation’s founding father who died 50 years ago today.
Protecting him is the ultimate patriotic service for men in stiff white uniforms at Ho’s towering tomb in Hanoi, a monolithic shrine to a man who still pervades public life despite his fading relevance among the youth.
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