Question

Who was ho chi minh? Describe his achievements 3 marks

Answer 1

Ho Chi Minh was the founder of Vietnamese Communist Party.
1. In 1930 he brought together competing nationalist grotto establish the Vietnamese Communist party.
2.He was inspired by the militant demonstration of the European Communist Parties
3.In 1940, Japanese occupied Vietnam and they had to fight the Japanese as well.
4. A league called Viet Minh was formed to fight with Japanese and they got back Hanoi in 1945.
5. Ho Chi Minh headed the power in North Vietnam.

Answer 2

Ho Chi Minh was the greatest leader of Vietnam’s struggle for freedom and unification.

Major achievements of Ho Chi Minh were

(i) He led the Communist Party of Vietnam for over 40 years, organised its army Viet Cong and struggled to preserve Vietnamese autonomy.

(ii) He established the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeated the French Union in 1954 at the batde of Dien Bien Phu.

(iii) He died on 3rd September, 1969, but remained as inspiration for all his countrymen.