Ho Chi Minh (1890-1869) Background to Vietnam’s Nationalist Movements Ancient Vietnam * Vietnam was once ruled by the Han and Tang Dynasties of China for over a thousand years until 939‚ and then from 1407 to 1428 * As such the Vietnamese had a strong sense of national identity‚ and also frequently put up violent resistance to foreign rulers. In the end Vietnamese resolve always overcame the patience and resources of the foreign rulers. * Northern Vietnam was ruled by the Trinh family
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Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [hô̤ tɕǐmɪŋ] ( listen)‚ Chữ Nôm: 胡志明)‚ born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He formed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and led the Việt cộng during the Vietnam War until his death. Hồ led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward‚ establishing
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Theo Hồ CHí Minh‚ để Nhà nước trong sạch‚ vững mạnh‚ hoạt động có hiệu quả phải: Lựa chọn được những người có đức‚ có tài vào cơ quan Nhà nước; bộ máy phải gọn nhẹ và rõ ràng. Phương thức hoạt động phải sâu sát‚ gần dân‚ kính dân‚ yêu dân và phải có quy định cụ thể để dân giám sát‚ giúp đỡ các hoạt động của chính quyền. Phải để dân biết‚ dân bàn‚ dân kiểm tra “Nước lấy dân làm gốc thì Chính quyền nhà nước cũng phải lấy làm gốc”. Chỉ sau một tháng khi thành lập nước‚ Hồ Chí Minh đã gửi thư đến Ủy
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Ngo Dinh Diem Religion • • • • • • • • • • • He was a devout Catholic‚ a northern trait that left him at odds with the mass majority of Southern Vietnamese who were Buddhist Granted Catholic refugees who migrated from the North land in the in the Mekong Delta; thus‚ increasing the already present tension. Diem gave the best government positions to the Catholics even though the Buddhists made up 90% of the population. Suppressed
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Ho Chi Minh: Puppet or Leader? United States presidents from Harry Truman to Richard Nixon were wrong to think that Ho Chi Minh and his followers were "puppets" to the Soviet Union or Chinese Communist. Many policies the Presidents made throughout the war proved that they never tried to see Ho Chi Minh as anything else but communist and were convinced that they had to do everything and anything to stop him from gaining any control over the country of Vietnam. The Vietnam War‚ specifically
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up to this point in time‚ leader of South Vietnam‚ Ngo Dinh Diem‚ dedicated South Vietnam to the catholic church‚ when 70-90% of the country was Buddhist (Gale). Lindsay informs readers that religious differences triggered discriminatory laws against all Buddhists‚ which eventually led to Diem banning the Buddhist flag completely‚ spring of 1963. Anger intensified in the oppressed citizens and the protests escalated.
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Fasten your seatbelts as Ho Chi Minh City is a metropolis on the move – and we’re not just talking about the motorbikes that throng the streets. Saigon‚ as it’s known to all but city officials‚ is Vietnam at its most dizzying: a high-octane city of commerce and culture that has driven the whole country forward with its limitless energy. It is a living organism that breathes life and vitality into all who settle here‚ and visitors cannot help but be hauled along for the ride. Saigon is a name so
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Ho Chi Minh: A Dark Side of a Nationalist Thesis Statement Ho Chi Minh - a figure of controversy – a patriot who devoted his life for the cause to liberate his nation‚ leading his country to independence and unification; but at the same time‚ a tyrant who‚ to achieve his goal‚ blindly followed the communism to massacre thousands of innocent people in the cruel land reform‚ dragging millions of his people to the deadly prolong war under the name of nationalism. Bibliography 1) Osborne‚ Milton. Ho
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president Ngo Dinh Diem (c. 1901 – 1963) formed an illustrious and faithful partnership that transcended the humble disagreements of the previous months. The United States relied on Diem as an instrument to further the establishment of independence‚ and anti-communist ideas in the Southern reaches of Vietnam‚ which would in turn‚ stand as a bulwark against the expansion of Communism in the Southeast of section of Asia. It can be said that in turn for the exchange and support of power‚ Diem relied on
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to 1954‚ Ho Chi Minh led Vietnam to get their independence from France. At the end of the revolution‚ Vietnam was divided into two parts by the 17th parallel creating North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was run by Ho Chi Minh and his communist ideology and was an ally of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and People’s Republic of China. On the other hand‚ South Vietnam was run by Ngo Dinh Diem with a democratic ideology and was an ally of France and The United States. Ho Chi Minh wanted to
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