Should the Vietnamese follow the model of Ho Chi Minh?

The morality model of Ho Chi Minh has 2 difficult levels, in which common people are encouraged to follow the basic, easier level while communist party members are required to apply the advanced, harder, polictical centric one. read more

During this time, while Ho Chi Minh was demonized in the United States, he continued to push the United States to respect Vietnam's sovereignty. He passed away in 1969 at the age of 79, not living to see the eventual Vietnamese victory in 1975. In 1976, Vietnam's capital city, Saigon, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor. read more

Vietnam was now independent.By 1949 French officials had set up a new govt in Vietnam. Vietminh fought against the French, so the French appealed to US for help. Americans opposed colonialism and did not think France should control Vietnam, but did they not want Vietnam to be Communist either. read more