President Ho Chi Minh's Birth Date, Death Date, and Brief Biography
When was President Ho Chi Minh born?
President Ho Chi Minh, also belovedly known by the people as Uncle Ho, was born with the real name Nguyen Sinh Cung. He was born on May 19, 1890, in Kim Lien village, Nam Lien commune (now Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province).
When attending school, he took the name Nguyen Tat Thanh. On June 3, 1911, Nguyen Tat Thanh left to find a way to save his country, using the name Van Ba on the ship Amiran Latouche Trevin.
What is the date of Uncle Ho's passing?
- President Ho Chi Minh (born as Nguyen Sinh Cung, named Nguyen Tat Thanh when attending school, and known for many years in the revolutionary activities as Nguyen Ai Quoc)
- Uncle Ho was born on May 19, 1890, in Kim Lien village, Nam Lien commune (now Kim Lien commune), Nam Dan district, Nghe An province.
- Uncle Ho passed away in 1969, specifically on September 2, 1969, in Hanoi.
When was President Ho Chi Minh born? What is the date of Uncle Ho's passing? Summary of President Ho Chi Minh's biography? (Image from Internet)
What is the biography of President Ho Chi Minh (1890 - 1969)?
Summary of President Ho Chi Minh's biography (1890 - 1969)
- On June 3, 1911: He went abroad, engaged in various occupations, participated in the revolutionary movements of the people of many countries, while continuously fighting for the independence and freedom of his nation.
President Ho Chi Minh was the first Vietnamese to support the great October Revolution and found in Marx-Leninism the path to the liberation of the working class and the peoples of colonial countries.
- In 1920, he participated in establishing the French Communist Party at the Tours Congress.
- In 1921, he participated in founding the Union of Colonial Nations; published the newspaper "Le Paria" (1922) in France.
- In 1923, he was elected to the Executive Committee of the Peasants' International.
- In 1924, he attended the Fifth Congress of the Communist International and was appointed a permanent member of the Oriental Bureau, directly in charge of the Southern Bureau.
- In 1925, he engaged in founding the Asian Labour's League Against Imperialism, published two famous books: "French Colonialism on Trial" (1925) and "The Revolutionary Path" (1927).
- In 1925, he founded the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League in Guangzhou (China) and organized the "Communist Youth League" to lead the Youth League and spread Marx-Leninism into Vietnam.
- On February 3, 1930, he chaired the founding conference of the Communist Party held at Kowloon (near Hong Kong). The conference passed the Brief Political Platform, Brief Strategy, Charter of the Communist Party drafted by him. He issued a call on the occasion of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (later called the Indochinese Communist Party, and now the Communist Party of Vietnam).
- From 1930 to 1940, President Ho Chi Minh continued to work for the liberation of the Vietnamese nation and other oppressed nations under extremely difficult and arduous conditions.
- In 1941, he returned to the country, convened the 8th Conference of the Central Executive Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party, decided on the national salvation line, established the League for the Independence of Vietnam (Viet Minh), organized the armed forces for liberation, implemented the liberated area policy, led the partial uprisings, and prepared for the general uprising to seize power throughout the country.
- After the success of the August Revolution (1945), on September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam; organized free general elections nationwide, elected the National Assembly, and passed the first democratic Constitution of Vietnam. The first-term National Assembly elected him as President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1946).
Along with the Central Committee of the Communist Party, President Ho Chi Minh led the entire party, army, and people of Vietnam to defeat the imperialist schemes, maintain and consolidate the revolutionary government.
- On December 19, 1946, he called on the entire nation to resist the French colonial invasion to protect national independence and freedom, and defend and promote the achievements of the August Revolution.
- At the Second Congress of the Communist Party (1951), he was elected President of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party. Under the leadership of the Central Executive Committee, headed by President Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese people's resistance war against the French colonial invasion achieved a great victory, culminating in the historic victory at Dien Bien Phu (1954).
- After the complete liberation of the North (1955), the Central Executive Committee and President Ho Chi Minh laid out two strategic tasks for the Vietnamese revolution: to carry out the socialist revolution and build socialism in the North, while fighting to liberate the South, achieve national reunification, and complete the national democratic revolution in the entire country.
- The Third Congress of the Communist Party (1960) unanimously re-elected President Ho Chi Minh as President of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Workers' Party. The second and third-term National Assembly elected him as President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Along with the Central Executive Committee, President Ho Chi Minh led the great resistance war of the Vietnamese people against the American imperialist invasion, led the socialist transformation, and built socialism in the North.
Do citizens fly the national flag on President Ho Chi Minh's birthday on May 19?
Flying the national flag is regulated in subcategory A, Section II Regulation 974-TTg, 1956 regarding the use of the national flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam issued by the Prime Minister as follows:
WHEN TO FLY THE NATIONAL FLAG
A. Flying our national flag individually:
1) The national flag is flown in meeting rooms of government levels and organizations during solemn events.
2) The national flag is only flown outside on the following holidays:
- New Year's Day according to the solar calendar,
- Lunar New Year,
- Anniversary of the general election: January 6,
- International Workers' Day: May 1,
- Birthday of President Ho Chi Minh: May 19,
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Citizens will fly the national flag on President Ho Chi Minh's birthday on May 19.
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