Hồ Chí Minh, colloquially known as Uncle Ho among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945. He served
Portrait, c. 1946
Commemorative plaque in Haymarket in London
1920 security report by the French Indochinese government on Nguyễn Tất Thành listing his aliases, places of residence, his father's occupation, as well as other information.
Hồ Chí Minh, 1921, using the pseudonym Nguyễn Ái Quốc, attending a Communist congress in Marseille, France.
Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is the most populous city and centrally-governed city of Vietnam, with a population of more than 14 million in 2025. Its geography is defined by rivers and cana
Ho Chi Minh
…war in 1975, and the country was re-unified in 1976 as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Saigon–Gia Định, South Vietnam's former capital, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor. Hồ Chí Minh was born as Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also known as Nguyễn Sinh Côn, in 1890 in the village of Hoàng Trù in Kim Liên commune, Nam Đàn…
Ho Chi Minh City, City Hall, 2020 01 CN 03
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