Question

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about Ho Chi Minh?

• A. He led the Vietnamese war against the USA.
• B. He founded the Revolutionary Youth Movement in 1950.
• C. In 1921, he co-founded the French Communist Party.
• D. He influenced the Paris Peace Conference for the cause of Vietnam’s independence.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C), (D)

He influenced the Paris Peace Conference for the cause of Vietnam’s independence.

Ho Chi Minh(1890-1969) was a famous Vietnamese national leader who led a long and ultimately successful campaign to make Vietnam independent. Born in Tongking, Ho Chi Minh went to Europe at the age of twenty one.

• He worked in a hotel in London and visited Paris and later influenced the Paris Peace Conference for the cause of Vietnam’s independence.
• His articles like ‘French Colonialism on Trial’ became popular in newspapers and pamphlets.
• In 1921, he co-founded the French Communist Party.
• Two years later in 1923, he learnt revolutionary techniques from Moscow and founded the Revolutionary Youth Movement in 1925.
• After the peasant revolt that he led was crushed in 1930, Ho Chi Minh went to Moscow again. He spent the 1930s in Moscow and China.
• In 1940, France was defeated by Germany. Ho Chi Minh and his armed forces took advantage of this in favour of Vietnam.
• Inspired by Mao Tse Tung, he returned to Indo-China after the Japan invaded it, organized the communists and carried on his anti-colonial struggle.
• In January 1941, Ho Chi Minh and his followers organized the League for the Independence of Vietnam, or Viet Minh, based on the ideology of nationalism. Later, he also led the Vietnamese war against the USA.