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Hồ Chí Minh
(1890 - 1969)
Hồ Chí Minh, also known as Bác Hồ ("Uncle Ho"),
was a Vietnames revolutionary and politician.
He served as Prime Minister of North Viet Nam
from 1945 to 1955 and then its President
from 1945 to 1969.
Hồ Chí Minh led the Viet Minh defeating the
French Union in 1954 at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ.
He officially stepped down from power in 1965 due
to health problems. After the war, Saigon, the
former capital of the Republic of Vietnam, was
was a Vietnames revolutionary and politician.
He served as Prime Minister of North Viet Nam
from 1945 to 1955 and then its President
from 1945 to 1969.
Hồ Chí Minh led the Viet Minh defeating the
French Union in 1954 at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ.
He officially stepped down from power in 1965 due
to health problems. After the war, Saigon, the
former capital of the Republic of Vietnam, was
renamed Hồ Chí Minh City.
Hồ Chí Minh died of heart failure on the morning
of 2 September 1969, he was 79 years old. His
embalmed body is currently display in a
mausoleum in Ba Đình Square in Hanoi.
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