Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh was educated in France where he quickly found a blueprint for what he imagined Vietnam to be in communism and Leninist ideals (Emergence of SE Asia 340-341). Differently Sukarno was educated in Indonesia and formed his socialist blueprint of Indonesia through his own desire to learn about the countries of the West (Lecture Nov.20). However even though both leaders had different blue prints for their countries they came to power in very similar ways. Ho Chi Minh hadn’t been…

Even though the two minor projects were under the communist party, Ho Chi Minh tried to use Viet Minh in most neutral sense. The purpose was to create the sense of unity and include all range of Vietnamese interests other than communist groups to support the social progress, democracy and self-governing. While Ho Chi Minh was running the movement, he was suspected internationally for communist militancy. Compelling him to move from country to…

Prompts/Questions: Primary Source #02: Ho Chi Minh’s Letter to President Harry Truman (16 February 1945) 1) (Make sure to read and understand the context first) What should President Truman have done in response to Ho Chi Minh’s letter? Be specific. Vietnam has a history as a victim of imperialism. Vietnam fought a thousand-year war with China. After winning their independence from China, Vietnam was constrained by France. In response, Ho Chi Minh composed the guerilla force known as the…

whole nation; Ho Chi Minh is the most prominent and successful figure in creating a sense of national identity for the Vietnamese. From the duration of 1945 to 1954, the landscape of Vietnam under French imperialism were detrimental to the Vietnamese however, it was these long and short term consequences that highlighted the importance of nationalism in the struggle of Vietnamese independence. Vietnamese independence were subjected under French colonial domination since 1887 and…

by the Communist Viet Minh led to U.S. ground troop entry into the Second Indochina War (Vietnam) during the mid-1960s. (Spector, n.d.). Following the Potsdam Conference in July of 1945 and the surrender of Japanese forces in September of 1945 the whole of Vietnam was to be under the control of France as it was prior to Japanese occupation. (Governments of the United States, China, and Great Britan, n.d.). Following the defeat of the Japanese forces during WWII Ho Chi Minh…

What Really Caused the Vietnam War The Vietnam War is credited as one of the most momentous events to have taken place with American Forces on Foreign Soil. From movies, such as “Forrest Gump” to “Platoon,” the Vietnam War still resonates in American Society. This prevalence lets Americans question and recall the events of the Vietnam War, but most importantly brings up the question: what was the cause of the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War is said to have started because the US did not want any…

Nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh declared independence from French control. This resulted in a revolution where Ho Chi Minh launched Guerrilla warfare against the opposing French military. Minh’s military force, the Viet Minh ultimately won their independence with a victory in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.…

Viet Minh The Vietminh, or Viet Minh, was an organization whose forces fought against the Japanese and French to gain Vietnamese independence. This group of people was communist-led but was primarily operated as a national organization (Encyclopedia). The organization was formed in China in May 1941 by Ho Chi Minh. The official Japanese name for the Vietminh is Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi. In English, this mean, League for the Independence of Vietnam. Japan occupied French Indochina during…

In Ho Chi Minh’s article, he states that Vietnam is an independent country. Throughout this piece he explains very thoroughly how Vietnam is independent. He uses many rhetorical devices such as repetition of parts of the declaration of independence, figurative language of how the French have mistreated them and even graphic events that happened with the country in order to separate them from the French and Japanese. This repetition allows him to beat you to death with the point that they are…

Solution to overpopulation in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Resettling migrants in suburban areas Imagine yourself together with three other people suffocating in one meter of land . That will be the first step for you to imagine how stifling it would be for the people who are living in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam. From a promising land that has high potential for full development, this metropolis has become overpopulated due to the “high level of unregistered rural migration” as well as “ the spread…