What is the year of birth of President Ho Chi Minh? Are students in Vietnam taken out of school on the 134th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birth?
What is the year of birth of President Ho Chi Minh?
President Ho Chi Minh (his childhood name was Nguyen Sinh Cung, his school admission name was Nguyen Tat Thanh, during many years of revolutionary activities, he was formerly known as Nguyen Ai Quoc), was born on May 19, 1890, in Kim Lien village, Nam Lien commune (Kim Lien commune today), Nam Dan district, Nghe An province and passed away on September 2, 1969, in Hanoi.
Thus, President Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890.
What is the biography of President Ho Chi Minh (1890 - 1969)?
President Ho Chi Minh was born into a patriotic vineyard family, growing up in a locality with a tradition of heroism against foreign invaders. Living in the situation that the country was under French colonial rule, his youth, Ho Chi Minh witnessed the hardships of his compatriots and anti-colonial struggle movements. Ho Chi Minh soon had the will to expel colonialism and gain independence for the country, bringing freedom and happiness to the Vietnamese people.
With that will and determination, in June 1911, Ho Chi Minh left Vietnam to go to the West to find a way to save the country.
From 1912 to 1917, under the name “ Nguyen Tat Thanh”, Ho Chi Minh went to many countries in Asia, Europe, America, and Africa, living in harmony with the working people. Through practice, Ho Chi Minh deeply sympathized with the hard life of the working people and colonial peoples as well as their sacred aspirations. Ho Chi Minh soon realized that the struggle for national liberation of the Vietnamese people was a part of the common struggle of the people of the world and actively worked to unite people of all nationalities in the struggle for independence and freedom.
At the end of 1917, Ho Chi Minh returned to France from England, active in the overseas Vietnamese movement and the French workers' movement.
In 1919, taking the name “Nguyen Ai Quoc”, on behalf of patriotic Vietnamese in France, Ho Chi Minh sent to the Versailles Conference a claim demanding freedom for the Vietnamese people and also freedom for the people of colonial countries.
Under the influence of the Russian October Revolution of 1917 and Lenin's Thesis on National and Colonial Matters, in December 1920, Nguyen Ai Quoc attended the XVIII Congress of the French Socialist Party and voted in favor of the Party joining the Third International (Communist International), becoming one of the founders of the French Communist Party. From a patriot to a communist, Ho Chi Minh affirmed: "To save the country and liberate the nation, there is no other way than the path of proletarian revolution."
In 1921, together with some patriots of the French colonies, Nguyen Ai Quoc participated in the founding of the Union of Colonial Peoples. In April 1922, the Society published the newspaper "Người cùng khổ" (Le Paria) to unite, organize, and guide the national liberation movement in colonial countries. Many of Nguyen Ai Quoc's articles were included in "Bản án chế độ thực dân Pháp”, published in Paris in 1925. This is a study of the nature of colonialism, contributing to awakening and encouraging the people of colonial countries to stand up for self-liberation.
In June 1923, Nguyen Ai Quoc moved from France to the Soviet Union, working at the Communist International. In October 1923, at the First Plenum of International Peasant, Nguyen Ai Quoc was elected to the International Peasant Council and was the only delegate of colonial farmers to be sent to the Presidium of the Council. Then, he attended the Fifth Congress of the Communist International, the Fourth International Congress of Youth, and the International Congress of the Red Assembly. At the congresses, Nguyen Ai Quoc persistently defended and creatively developed V.I. Lenin's ideas on national and colonial issues, directing the attention of the Communist International to the national liberation movement.
In November 1924, as a member of the Comintern Oriental Committee and a member of the Presidium of the Peasant International, Nguyen Ai Quoc arrived in Guangzhou (China). In Guangzhou, Nguyen Ai Quoc worked in the Soviet government's Borotid advisory delegation alongside Ton Giat Tien's government.
In 1925, Nguyen Ai Quoc founded the Vietnam Youth Revolutionary Association, directly opened a training course for revolutionary officials, and launched the weekly newspaper "Thanh Niên", the first revolutionary newspaper of Vietnam to spread Marxism-Leninism to Vietnam, preparing for the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Nguyen Ai Quoc's lectures at the training classes were collected and printed into the book "Đường Kách mệnh" - an important theoretical document laying the ideological basis for the Vietnamese revolutionary line.
In May 1927, Nguyen Ai Quoc left Guangzhou for Moscow (Soviet Union), then to Berlin (Germany), to Brussels (Belgium), to attend an extended session of the General Assembly of the Anti-Imperial War League, then to Italy and from there to Asia.
From July 1928 to November 1929, Nguyen Ai Quoc was active in the Vietnamese patriotic movement in Siam (Thailand), continuing to prepare for the birth of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
In February 1930, Nguyen Ai Quoc presided over the Party Founding Conference held in Kowloon, Hong Kong (China). The Conference adopted the Brief Policy, Brief Strategy, and Brief Charter of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the vanguard of the working class and the entire Vietnamese nation.
In June 1931, Nguyen Ai Quoc was imprisoned by British authorities in Hong Kong. In early 1933, Nguyen Ai Quoc was released.
From 1934 to 1938, Nguyen Ai Quoc pursued his education at Moscow's Research Institute of Colonial Ethnic Problems. He persisted in overseeing and leading the revolutionary movement in Vietnam, staying true to the path set down for the revolution.
In October 1938, he left the Soviet Union for China, making contact with the Party organization and preparing to return to Vietnam.
On January 28, 1941, Nguyen Ai Quoc returned home after more than 30 years away from the country.
In May 1941, Nguyen Ai Quoc convened the Eighth Conference of the Central Committee of CPV, decided on the way to save the country in the new era, established an allied independent Vietnam (Viet Minh), organized the construction of the liberation armed forces, and built a revolutionary base.
In August 1942, taking the name Ho Chi Minh, he represented the Viet Minh Front and the Vietnam Division of the International Association Against Aggression to China to seek an international alliance and coordinate anti-fascist actions on the Pacific battlefield. He was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek's local authorities in prisons in Guangxi province. During his one year and 14 days in prison, he wrote the poetry collection "Diary in Prison" with 133 kanji poems. In September 1943, Ho Chi Minh was released.
In September 1944, Ho Chi Minh returned to the Cao Bang base. In December 1944, Ho Chi Minh instructed the establishment of the Vietnam Propaganda Team for the Liberation of the Army, the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army.
In May 1945, Ho Chi Minh left Cao Bang for Tan Trao (Tuyen Quang). Here, at Ho Chi Minh's request, the National Conference of the CPV and the National Congress met to decide on the General Uprising. The National Congress elected the Vietnam National Liberation Committee (Provisional Government) chaired by Ho Chi Minh.
In August 1945, Ho Chi Minh and the Central Committee of CPV led the people's uprising to win the government. On September 2, 1945, in Ba Dinh Square (Hanoi), Ho Chi Minh read the "Tuyên ngôn độc lập", proclaiming the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and becoming the first President of independent Vietnam.
Soon after, the French colonialists went to war, plotting to invade Vietnam again. In the face of foreign invasion, Ho Chi Minh called on the whole country to stand up to defend the independence and freedom of the Fatherland with the spirit: "Chúng ta thà hy sinh tất cả, chứ nhất định không chịu mất nước, nhất định không chịu làm nô lệ". Together with the Central Committee of CPV, he launched the patriotic emulation movement to inspire the Vietnamese people to wage a comprehensive, long-term, nationwide resistance campaign that they would eventually win by depending solely on their own strength.
In February 1951, at the Second National Congress of the CPV, he was elected Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam. Under the leadership of the Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese people's resistance against French colonial aggression won a great victory, ending glorious with the historic victory of Dien Bien Phu (1954), the complete liberation of the North.
Since 1954, he and the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam have led the people to build socialism in the North and fight for the liberation of the South and reunification of the Fatherland.
In September 1960, at the Third National Congress of the CPV, he was elected Chairman of the Central Committee of the CPV. The Second National Assembly and Third National Assembly elected him President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
In 1964, the U.S. imperialists waged a destructive air war against North Vietnam. He encouraged all Vietnamese people to overcome all difficulties and hardships, determined to defeat the American aggressor. "Wars can last 5 years, 10 years, 20 years or more. Hanoi, Hai Phong, and some cities and factories may be devastated, but the Vietnamese people are determined not to be afraid! There is nothing more precious than independence, and freedom! On the day of victory, our people will rebuild our country more decently and beautifully!"
On September 2, 1969, he passed away in Hanoi.
Are students in Vietnam taken out of school on the 134th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birth?
Currently, the law does not have any regulations related to the holiday schedule to celebrate the 134th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birth for pupils and students. Therefore, students will study according to the school's schedule and have teachers and lecturers in class.
Under Article 4 of Decree 145/2013/ND-CP:
Major holidays
Major holidays in the country include:
1. Lunar New Year Day (January 1, in Lunar Calendar).
2. Date of establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930).
3. Hung Kings Commemoration Day (March 10 in Lunar calendar).
4. Vietnamese Reunification Day (April 30, 1975).
5. Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (May 7, 1954).
6. Date of birth of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890).
7. August Revolution Day (August 19, 1945) and National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945).
According to the provisions of Article 112 of the Labor Code 2019, May 19 is not a public holiday to be entitled to a full paid leave.
Therefore, President Ho Chi Minh's birthday, May 19, is considered one of the major holidays in the country. However, unlike other holidays such as National Day, Vietnamese Reunification Day... no the birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, students are not taken out of school but continue to attend school normally.
Since in 2024, May 19 falls on Sunday, students will have time off on this day.
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