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  2. Ho Chi Minh - Wikipedia

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    Hồ Chí Minh statue and a yellow star as depicted in the Vietnamese flag Hồ Chí Minh statue outside Hồ Chí Minh City Hall, Hồ Chí Minh City In The Communist Road to Power in Vietnam (1982), Duiker suggests that Hồ Chí Minh's cult of personality is indicative of a larger legacy, one that drew on "elements traditional to the ...

  3. Ho Chi Minh City - Wikipedia

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    Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), also known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023. [7] The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest Saigon River is named after. As a municipality, Ho Chi Minh City ...

  4. During this period, Ho Chi Minh created the Viet Minh in 1941 to coordinate resistance against both French colonial authorities and Imperial Japanese occupying forces. [1] This group fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese and were to a degree supported by the Americans in 1945 via the Office of Strategic Services. [2]

  5. Independence Palace - Wikipedia

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    Phan Văn Điển. The Independence Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Độc Lập), also publicly known as the Reunification Convention Hall (Vietnamese: Hội trường Thống Nhất), is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the president ...

  6. Bến Thành Market - Wikipedia

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    13,056 m². Bến Thành Market (Vietnamese: Chợ Bến Thành) is located in the center of Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam in District 1. The market is one of the earliest surviving structures in Ho Chi Minh City and an important symbol of the city. Ben Thanh Market is a famous destination for many local and foreign tourists from all around the ...

  7. Ba Đình Square - Wikipedia

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    Ba Đình Square (Vietnamese: Quảng trường Ba Đình) is the name of a square in Hanoi where president Ho Chi Minh read the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945. [1] It is named after the Ba Đình Uprising, an anti-French rebellion that occurred in Vietnam in 1886–1887 as part of the ...

  8. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum - Wikipedia

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    The mausoleum's portico has the words "Chủ tịch Hồ-Chí-Minh" (President Ho Chi Minh) inscribed across it. The banner beside says "Nước Cộng Hòa Xã Hội Chủ Nghĩa Việt Nam Muôn Năm" (en: " Long live The Socialist Republic of Vietnam"). The structure is 21.6 metres (70 ft 10 in) high and 41.2 m (135 ft 2 in) wide.

  9. Ho Chi Minh Thought - Wikipedia

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    Ho Chi Minh Thought. Ho Chi Minh Thought (Vietnamese: Tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh) is a political philosophy that builds upon Marxism–Leninism and the ideology of Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh. It was developed and codified by the Communist Party of Vietnam and formalised in 1991. [1][2] The term is used to cover political theories and ...