Temple in Ho Chi Minh Complex, Hanoi

This small shrine is on the Ho Chi Minh Complex in Hanoi, between the Ho Chi Minh Tomb and the Ho Chi Minh Museum, adjacent to Ho Chi Minh house.  Statues, flowers, incense and offerings of food and drink were things we saw at many other shrines.

These posters were noticeable, promoting qualities of selflessness and compassion.


They seemed to be promoting 'Cause and Effect,' both in a Buddhist, Party and nationalistic sense.

'If you do business involving noisy music, you will become an idiot.'

'If you're not loyal to the motherland, you will be lonely and incompetent.'


'If you do not build sufficient toilets for the people, you will have a disorder(s) of the internal organs.'

'If you have authority but do wrong or not dare to the right things, you will lose the power.'

'If you reveal state or someone's secrets, causing serious consequences, you will be dumb next life and bear much disastrous consequences.'


'If you create computer viruses to harm people, you will be mad and foolish.'

'If you worship Buddha downstairs and walk upstairs, you will have bad luck all the time.'