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Ho Chi Minh

Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...

Timeline of Events

1945

8.19.1945

Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.

1946

3.2.1946

Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.

3.6.1946

Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.