{"id":75127,"date":"2025-05-18T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T01:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neu.edu.vn\/celebrating-the-135th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-the-great-president-ho-chi-minh-may-19-1890-may-19-2025-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T01:37:00","slug":"celebrating-the-135th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-the-great-president-ho-chi-minh-may-19-1890-may-19-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neu.edu.vn\/en\/celebrating-the-135th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-the-great-president-ho-chi-minh-may-19-1890-may-19-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the 135th Anniversary of the Birth of the Great President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"

During these historic days of May, the entire Vietnamese nation reflects with deep emotion on the birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, the great leader of the nation. Every Vietnamese heart swells with emotion when turning toward the capital, Hanoi, and the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum\u2014a place that embodies sacred values and symbolizes patriotism, gratitude, and profound reverence for him.<\/em><\/p>\n

Born into a family of patriotic Confucian scholars, Nguyen Tat Thanh\u2014Nguyen Ai Quoc\u2014Ho Chi Minh grew up amid his country’s suffering. He witnessed successive patriotic movements against the French with different orientations, notably Phan Boi Chau’s Dong Du movement, Phan Chu Trinh’s Duy Tan movement, and Hoang Hoa Tham’s uprising, all of which failed because they lacked a correct guiding approach. Witnessing the French colonialists’ brutal exploitation and oppression of the people, and seeing and hearing firsthand about his compatriots’ bloodshed and sacrifices, he developed an early determination to travel abroad and observe other countries: \u201cAfter examining how they conduct their affairs, I will return to help my compatriots.\u201d On June 5, 1911, this outstanding young man of the Vietnamese nation, Nguyen Ai Quoc, using the new name Van Ba, boarded the ship Amiral Latouche-Treville and departed Nha Rong Wharf, determined to find a path to national salvation.<\/p>\n

During nearly 30 years of living and working abroad, Nguyen Tat Thanh took on various jobs and participated in revolutionary movements in many countries while continuously struggling for his own nation’s independence and freedom. On June 18, 1919, under the name Nguyen Ai Quoc, he represented the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in France in submitting the Demands of the Annamite People to the Versailles Conference, calling on participating countries to recognize the Vietnamese people’s rights to freedom, democracy, and equality. In 1920, at the Tours Congress, he helped establish the French Communist Party. In 1921, he helped establish the Intercolonial Union; in 1922, he published the newspaper Le Paria in France. In 1923, he was elected to the Executive Committee of the Peasant International. In 1924, he attended the fifth Congress of the Communist International and was appointed a Standing Member of its Eastern Department, with direct responsibility for the Southern Bureau. In 1925, he helped establish the League of Oppressed Peoples of Asia and published the book The Trial of French Colonialism… To prepare for the establishment of a communist party in Vietnam, in 1925 he founded the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth Association in Guangzhou, China, and the Communist League, training cadres to lead the Association and disseminate Marxism-Leninism in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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At the National Congress of the French Socialist Party in Tours, France, in December 1920, Comrade Nguyen Ai Quoc became one of the founders of the French Communist Party.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 1929, three organizations were established in Vietnam: the Indochinese Communist Party, the Annam Communist Party, and the Indochinese Communist League. Assigned by the Communist International, on February 3, 1930, Nguyen Ai Quoc chaired the conference that unified these three organizations and established the Communist Party of Vietnam. From 1930 to 1940, he continued working for the liberation of Vietnam and other oppressed peoples under extremely difficult and arduous conditions, enduring arrest, imprisonment, and isolation.<\/p>\n

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In mid-1923, he traveled to the Soviet Union<\/em><\/p>\n

In 1941, he returned to Vietnam and convened the eighth Plenum of the Party Central Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party, defining the approach to the struggle for national liberation. He directed the establishment of the League for the Independence of Vietnam (Viet Minh), organized armed forces, built revolutionary bases, and led the people in partial uprisings and a general uprising to seize power nationwide. The August Revolution of 1945 triumphed. On September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi, President Ho Chi Minh read the historic \u201cDeclaration of Independence,\u201d solemnly announcing to the world the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He organized free general elections nationwide to elect the National Assembly and secure the adoption of Vietnam’s first democratic Constitution. During the first term of the National Assembly (1946), he was elected State President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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In February 1946, he addressed more than 100,000 residents of the capital, Hanoi, following the general election for the first National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam<\/em><\/p>\n

Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh, the entire Party, people, and armed forces thwarted the invasion schemes of hostile and reactionary forces, protecting and maintaining the revolutionary government. At the second Party Congress (1951), he was elected Chairman of the Party Central Committee. Under the leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese people’s resistance against the French colonial invasion achieved a glorious victory, culminating in the historic Dien Bien Phu victory, which \u201cresounded across the five continents and shook the globe\u201d (1954). With the North completely liberated, the Party Central Committee and Ho Chi Minh continued to lead the people in simultaneously carrying out the two strategic tasks of the Vietnamese revolution: building socialism in the North and struggling to liberate the South and reunify the homeland, completing the people’s national democratic revolution throughout the country.<\/p>\n

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President Ho Chi Minh working in a cave in Viet Bac in 1951<\/em><\/p>\n

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In late 1953, in Viet Bac, President Ho Chi Minh and Party leaders decided to launch the Dien Bien Phu Campaign<\/em><\/p>\n

The third Party Congress (1960) unanimously reelected President Ho Chi Minh as Chairman of the Party Central Committee of the Vietnam Workers’ Party. The National Assembly elected him State President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during its second and third terms. Together with the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh led the building of socialism in the North and formulated the correct approach for the resistance against the war of aggression waged by U.S. imperialism to achieve ultimate victory. He laid the foundations for and continually nurtured friendship between the Vietnamese people and peoples around the world, and between the Communist Party of Vietnam and other communist parties and the international workers’ movement.<\/p>\n

President Ho Chi Minh’s passing on September 2, 1969, was an immense loss. The Testament he left behind is an invaluable historical document, embodying the essence of the thought, morality, and noble spirit of an exceptional great man who devoted his entire life to striving and sacrificing for his homeland and humanity. People and soldiers throughout the country mourned him immeasurably. Upon his passing, he left boundless love for the entire Party and Vietnamese nation, and a spirit of fraternal solidarity with progressive people worldwide.<\/p>\n

President Ho Chi Minh devoted his entire life to the revolutionary cause of our Party, our nation, and our people, and to peace and progress worldwide. He led a heroic life filled with hardship and sacrifice, a life of extraordinary nobility and richness, purity and beauty. President Ho Chi Minh’s life and great revolutionary career will forever remain a shining example for successive generations of Vietnamese people to study and follow. The victories of Vietnam’s revolutionary cause under the leadership of Leader Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam encouraged oppressed and exploited peoples worldwide to struggle for lofty goals: peace, national independence, democracy, and human progress. For this reason, not only the Vietnamese people but also people and friends around the world love and revere President Ho Chi Minh, holding him in the highest esteem and affection. Friends across the five continents admire Ho Chi Minh and regard him as a \u201cleader of the Third World<\/em>\u201d: \u201c… his struggle will be a guiding compass for all peoples engaged in struggle, for young people, and for leaders throughout the world<\/em>\u201d (Boumediene, former Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria); \u201cPresident Ho Chi Minh’s life is a source of inspiration to all fighters for freedom\u201d (excerpt from a telegram by Agostinho Neto, Chairman of the Leadership Committee of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola); \u201cThe name of Comrade Ho Chi Minh will forever be associated with humanity’s noblest deeds and highest aspirations\u201d (excerpt from a telegram by the National Committee of the Communist Party USA). <\/em>It can be said, <\/em>President Ho Chi Minh’s life and great revolutionary career will forever remain a shining example for successive generations of Vietnamese people to study and follow. President Ho Chi Minh’s name and revolutionary career will endure with the nation and live forever in each of our hearts.<\/p>\n

Today, as Vietnam pursues national renewal and integration with the world, Ho Chi Minh’s thought is an invaluable spiritual asset and will forever remain a torch lighting the way for the Vietnamese people’s struggle for independence, freedom, and socialism… Ho Chi Minh’s moral example is reflected in the following principles: First, loyalty to the country and devotion to the people: <\/em>this is the core of revolutionary morality. Second, love for humanity and a life guided by a sense of duty and compassion.<\/em> Third, diligence, thrift, integrity, uprightness, and complete dedication to the public good without self-interest.<\/em> Fourth, a pure spirit of internationalism. <\/em>Ho Chi Minh’s style is closely associated with his character, outstanding intellect, and moral integrity as a great man and an eminent cultural figure. It is a style that is both national and modern, scientific and revolutionary, noble and practical. The principal aspects of Ho Chi Minh’s style include his ways of thinking, working, leading, expressing himself, interacting with others, and conducting his daily life.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birth is an occasion for officials, Party members, and people across the country in general, and officials and Party members at National Economics University (NEU) in particular, to build on the nation’s great achievements of historic significance. On the foundation of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh’s thought, the strength of great national unity, and the strength of the times, they will continue \u201cStudying and following Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality, and style,\u201d fully uphold the traditions of revolutionary resilience, solidarity, dynamism, and creativity, and strive to fulfill the plans, goals, and tasks for socioeconomic development in 2025. They are determined to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels for the 2020-2025 term, building an increasingly civilized, prosperous, and beautiful Vietnam.<\/p>\n

This is an automated translation. If you notice any errors, please contact the Department of Communications, National Economics University at phongtruyenthong@neu.edu.vn<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During these historic days of May, the entire Vietnamese nation reflects with deep emotion on the birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, the great leader of the nation. Every Vietnamese heart swells with emotion when turning toward the capital, Hanoi, and the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum\u2014a place that embodies sacred values and symbolizes patriotism, gratitude, and profound reverence for him. Born into a family of patriotic Confucian scholars, Nguyen Tat Thanh\u2014Nguyen Ai Quoc\u2014Ho Chi Minh grew up amid his country’s suffering. He witnessed successive patriotic movements against the French with different orientations, notably Phan Boi Chau’s Dong Du movement, Phan Chu Trinh’s Duy Tan movement, and Hoang Hoa Tham’s uprising, all of which failed because they lacked a correct guiding approach. Witnessing the French colonialists’ brutal exploitation and oppression of the people, and seeing and hearing firsthand about his compatriots’ bloodshed and sacrifices, he developed an early determination to travel abroad and observe other countries: \u201cAfter examining how they conduct their affairs, I will return to help my compatriots.\u201d On June 5, 1911, this outstanding young man of the Vietnamese nation, Nguyen Ai Quoc, using the new name Van Ba, boarded the ship Amiral Latouche-Treville and departed Nha Rong Wharf, determined to find a path to national salvation. During nearly 30 years of living and working abroad, Nguyen Tat Thanh took on various jobs and participated in revolutionary movements in many countries while continuously struggling for his own nation’s independence and freedom. On June 18, 1919, under the name Nguyen Ai Quoc, he represented the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in France in submitting the Demands of the Annamite People to the Versailles Conference, calling on participating countries to recognize the Vietnamese people’s rights to freedom, democracy, and equality. In 1920, at the Tours Congress, he helped establish the French Communist Party. In 1921, he helped establish the Intercolonial Union; in 1922, he published the newspaper Le Paria in France. In 1923, he was elected to the Executive Committee of the Peasant International. In 1924, he attended the fifth Congress of the Communist International and was appointed a Standing Member of its Eastern Department, with direct responsibility for the Southern Bureau. In 1925, he helped establish the League of Oppressed Peoples of Asia and published the book The Trial of French Colonialism… To prepare for the establishment of a communist party in Vietnam, in 1925 he founded the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth Association in Guangzhou, China, and the Communist League, training cadres to lead the Association and disseminate Marxism-Leninism in Vietnam. At the National Congress of the French Socialist Party in Tours, France, in December 1920, Comrade Nguyen Ai Quoc became one of the founders of the French Communist Party. In 1929, three organizations were established in Vietnam: the Indochinese Communist Party, the Annam Communist Party, and the Indochinese Communist League. Assigned by the Communist International, on February 3, 1930, Nguyen Ai Quoc chaired the conference that unified these three organizations and established the Communist Party of Vietnam. From 1930 to 1940, he continued working for the liberation of Vietnam and other oppressed peoples under extremely difficult and arduous conditions, enduring arrest, imprisonment, and isolation. In mid-1923, he traveled to the Soviet Union In 1941, he returned to Vietnam and convened the eighth Plenum of the Party Central Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party, defining the approach to the struggle for national liberation. He directed the establishment of the League for the Independence of Vietnam (Viet Minh), organized armed forces, built revolutionary bases, and led the people in partial uprisings and a general uprising to seize power nationwide. The August Revolution of 1945 triumphed. On September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi, President Ho Chi Minh read the historic \u201cDeclaration of Independence,\u201d solemnly announcing to the world the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He organized free general elections nationwide to elect the National Assembly and secure the adoption of Vietnam’s first democratic Constitution. During the first term of the National Assembly (1946), he was elected State President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. In February 1946, he addressed more than 100,000 residents of the capital, Hanoi, following the general election for the first National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh, the entire Party, people, and armed forces thwarted the invasion schemes of hostile and reactionary forces, protecting and maintaining the revolutionary government. At the second Party Congress (1951), he was elected Chairman of the Party Central Committee. Under the leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese people’s resistance against the French colonial invasion achieved a glorious victory, culminating in the historic Dien Bien Phu victory, which \u201cresounded across the five continents and shook the globe\u201d (1954). With the North completely liberated, the Party Central Committee and Ho Chi Minh continued to lead the people in simultaneously carrying out the two strategic tasks of the Vietnamese revolution: building socialism in the North and struggling to liberate the South and reunify the homeland, completing the people’s national democratic revolution throughout the country. President Ho Chi Minh working in a cave in Viet Bac in 1951 In late 1953, in Viet Bac, President Ho Chi Minh and Party leaders decided to launch the Dien Bien Phu Campaign The third Party Congress (1960) unanimously reelected President Ho Chi Minh as Chairman of the Party Central Committee of the Vietnam Workers’ Party. The National Assembly elected him State President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during its second and third terms. Together with the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh led the building of socialism in the North and formulated the correct approach for the resistance against the war of aggression waged by U.S. imperialism to achieve ultimate victory. 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