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'''Kim Liên''' is a large village and commune in the [[Nam Đàn District]] of [[Nghệ An Province]] in [[Vietnam]]. Kim Lien is the childhood home of former president [[Ho Chi Minh]] and his parents' house there is the site of the [[Kim Liên museum]].<ref>''Lonely Planet Vietnam''  Nick Ray, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Iain Stewart 2009 p202</ref> The village is also called ''' Làng Sen'''.<ref>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"</ref>

==History==
The name of the village means "Gold-Lilly", and the district "South-Sandalwood" in [[Sino-Vietnamese characters]] ([[:wikt:南|南]][[:wikt:檀|檀]], [[:wikt:金|金]][[:wikt:莲|莲]]).

==References==
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{{Nghe An Province}}
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[[Category:Communes of Nghệ An province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Nghệ An province]]


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