President Ho Chi Minh during French resistance war
Historical evidence proved that the Vietnamese revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh is a decisive factor in the victory of the national resistance war against the French invaders during the 1946-1954 period.
President Ho Chi Minh talks to overseas Vietnamese in Marseille, September 17, 1946. The visit to France by President Ho Chi Minh as the head of state of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from May 31 - October 10, 1946 at the invitation of the French Government was one of the most important external activities of the Vietnamese Government in 1945-1946 (Photo: File/VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh meets overseas Vietnamese during his visit to France in 1946 (Photo: File/VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh and Government members are sworn in at the first National Assembly’s first session, March 2, 1946 (Photo: VNA)
The first National Assembly convenes at the Opera House in Hanoi to discuss and approve the 1946 Constitution, March 2, 1946 (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh works at the Viet Bac war zone during the resistance war against French invaders (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap study the operational plan for the Border campaign Autumn-Winter, 1950 (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh visits farmers in Bac Kan province during their rice harvest, 1950 (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh in Viet Bac war zone, 1951 (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh in Viet Bac (Photo: VNA)
Uncle Ho visits the voluntary youth force in the resistance war, 1951 (Photo: VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh and members of the Party Central Committee convene to decide the opening of the 1953-1954 Winter-Spring Offensive and Dien Bien Phu Campaign. The meeting took place in Phu Dinh Commune, Dinh Hoa District, Thai Nguyen Province in 1953 (Photo: VNA)
An exhibition entitled “President Ho Chi Minh - Great leader of the Communist Party and people of Vietnam, Ambassador of peace and friendship of people worldwide” is now underway in Hanoi to mark his 130th birthday.
Late President Ho Chi Minh’s life and career were highlighted at a symposium held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi on May 6 to mark his 130th birthday ( May 19).
The Pathet Lao newspaper hailed Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonial rule as a source of national pride in an article published on May 6.
A special arts performance will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on May 17 and be broadcast live on Vietnam Television’s VTV1 channel to mark the 130th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19).
Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for Information and Education, cut the ribbon to open the exhibition “Ho Chi Minh – Sketches of Portrait” in Hanoi on May 7.
66 years ago, Vietnam became famous throughout the world for the Dien Bien Phu Victory which “resounded throughout the five continents and was world-shaking”. The Dien Bien Phu Victory on May 7, 1954 is considered a “golden milestone” in the country’s history of national construction and protection, and expressed the Vietnamese people’s courage, wisdom, and invincible strength under Ho Chi Minh.