Ho Chi Minh Essay -- Biography

Ho Chi Minh meaning ‘enlightened one’ was born in Vietnam in the year 1890, to a teacher [Nguyen Sinh Huy] who was employed by the French. Nguyen had a reputation of being very bright and intelligent but he lost his job due his unwillingness to learn the French language, he was a strong nationalist. He taught his children to resist the ruling of the French; they all grew up to become strong nationalists who were willing and ready to fight for the independence of their country, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh’s sister helped in stealing weapons when she was employed by the French government and sentenced to life imprisonment. Ho Chi Minh was sent to a French school by his father so as to prepare him for the struggle that was about to come against the rule of the French in their country Vietnam. After finishing his studies, he became a school teacher, then a sailor which really enabled him to travel to many countries in the world. By the travelling he made throughout the world , he was able to travel through other colonies of the Roman Empire and found out that the Vietnam’s were not the only ones who were suffering from their exploitation (Brocheux, 2007). Finally in the year 1917 Ho settled in Paris, reading books by different authors [Karl Marx] which were talking about communism eventually being turned into a communist himself. When the French Communist party was formed he became one of the founding members in the year 1920. He planned to take the teachings about communism that he had acquired so as to unite them and teach to the people of Vietnam, and also lead them to their own revolution from the French Empire (Shmoop, 2010). As Ho Chi Minh was preparing for the independence movement in his country Vietnam in the year 1941, it a... ...iation attempts were going on between Ho and Johnson but Hon Chi Minh stood his ground on his main determination of independence of the Vietnamese people under a Communist nation (Brocheux, 2007). Ho Chi Minh was a great nationalist to his country Vietnam. He was ready to go through any strategy so as to liberate his country under a Communist government. He went through much disappointments but the determination never left him. Ho Chi Minh died in the year 1969. References Zhai, Q. (2000). China and the Vietnam wars, 1950-1975. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Shmoop University Inc. (2010). The Vietnam War. Sunnyvale, Calif.: Shmoop University Inc. Johnson, K. F. (2012). Ho Chi Minh: North Vietnamese president. Edina, Minn: ABDO Pub. Brocheux, P., & Duiker, C. (2007). Ho Chi Minh: A biography. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.