Pác Bó is a small village in

Cao Bằng Cao Bằng () is a city in northern Vietnam. It is the capital and largest settlement of Cao Bằng Province. It is located on the bank of the Bằng Giang river, and is around away from the border with China's Guangxi region. According to the ...

province, northern

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, 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 Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southea ...

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), commonly known as ('Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Pri ...

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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