Topic 1: A person that you dream of.

Good afternoon everyone, we are group five, our team members are: Hoang Thi Tuyet
Thanh as a leader, the rest are Nguyen Thanh Son, Huynh Van Thao ; Nguyen Minh
Son
As Vietnam citizens, we all honor the great father- father Ho Chi Minh. Thus, today,
we're gonna inform you guys about him - the person that every Vietnamese dreams of.

There are four parts in our presentation, including:

First, A brief story of Ho Chi Minh’s life;
Secondly, his thoughts on solidarity and the social sustainable development in
Vietnam;
and Last but not least, the America War - success of Ho Chi Minh’s leadership;
To sum up, the influence of Ho Chi Minh on Vietnam and its evolution.

As a result of our presentation, you will obtain a better understanding of "The

Biography of Ho Chi Minh and the Growth of Vietnam.". During our presentation, if
you have any questions, please wait until the end of our presentation. There is time for
the question and response. Thank you.

The first part is a brief story of Ho Chi Minh’s life, present by Tuyet Thanh:
Ho Chi Minh is one of the key figures of the twentieth century. The first President of
an independent Vietnam, he led the resistance to the French, Japanese and Americans,
and is still considered the father of the nation, referred to affectionately, even by
opponents of Communism, as Bac Ho ('Uncle Ho').

Nguyen Sinh Cung was born in 1890, in Nghe An, Vietnam's poorest province, Ho left
the country at the age of 21 as a galley boy on a French freighter. After three years at
sea he worked as a cook in New York and London, beginning a lifetime habit of
changing his name to mark each new phase. In London he was Nguyen Tat Thanh, but
in Paris, where he spent six years, he marked a new political commitment by calling
himself Nguyen Ai Quoc ('Nguyen the Patriot'). He joined the Communist Party and
traveled to Moscow in 1924, where he was known as Comrade Linh; and from this
point on, Ho's life was completely dedicated to freeing Vietnam from colonial rule.

Well, as I just said, the life and thoughts of Ho Chi Minh was influenced heavily
owing to the Marixt-Lenin philosophy. However, there are some outstanding and
humanitarian points in Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts. The next part, I would like to let
Nguyen Thanh Son discuss Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts on solidarity and the social
sustainable development in Vietnam.
According to Ho Chi Minh thought, the goal of building and developing a socialist
republic in Vietnam not only consists in creating a foundation for a wide solidarity of
all strata of the people of Vietnam but also serves as a driving force encouraging all
the people to participate and contribute to the national cause of development in order
to achieve the noble goal of “the rich people, the strong country, the democratic, just,
civilized society”. In this way, we can see the relation between social solidarity and
social sustainable development in Vietnam.

Thus, we can see that the goal of building a republic mastered by the people is the
same as the goal of the cause of construction of a socialist society, because the goal of
socialism was clearly and intelligibly stated by Ho Chi Minh: “Socialism is to make
the people be joyful and comfortable” or “Briefly and plainly speaking, socialism first
of all is to liberate the working people from poverty, bring employment, welfare and
happiness to the people”. The goal of the republic mastered by the people, the goal
of building socialism is the foundation to gather and unite the people. Here we can
see the intimate relation between solidarity and socialism in Ho Chi Minh thought
as well as social solidarity and social sustainable development in Vietnam

Not only because of the suitable condition but there is also the spontaneous era that
affects abundantly on Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts as well as his success. Interestingly,
even a small and full of weakness like Vietnam still has a chance to win - the America
- all due to the intelligent and flexible lead of Ho Chi Minh. Moving on to the next
part, Huỳnh Văn Thảo will present deeply about that historic situation

The 1954 Geneva Conference divided Vietnam temporarily in two at the 17th parallel:
a Communist North led by Ho Chi Minh and a South led by Ngo Dinh Diem. The
Conference specified that free elections were to be held before 1956 and the country
reunited. But the United States never ratified the agreement. President Eisenhower
said in his memoirs: 'I have never talked... with a person knowledgeable in
Indochinese affairs who did not agree that had the elections been held... 80 percent of
the population would have voted for Ho Chi Minh'. Elections were ruled out, and the
US began bolstering up the Diem regime in South Vietnam, which tortured and
executed thousands of Viet Minh supporters. The Communists did not respond until
1960, when a new patriotic movement - the National Liberation Front - rallied all
Diem's opponents in South Vietnam. A new war had begun.

On the eve of Tet (the Lunar New Year) in 1968, the North launched a major attack
intended to liberate South Vietnam before the ailing Ho Chi Minh died. In the short
term it failed: nowhere did the local population rise up in support, and the northern
troops suffered devastating losses. But the Tet Offensive was a long-term success;
television coverage of it profoundly shocked a US public which had been told
everything was under control. Instead, they saw the Communist flag raised over Hue
and the US Embassy in Saigon attacked.
Thanks to Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam Communist Party,nowadays, we would
enjoy a peaceful and prosperous Vietnam. After the sudden death of President Ho Chi
Minh, we still manage to win through the war, but when will we have another person ?
A great leader as he devote whole life for the freedom and independence of Vietnam ?
Finally , ….. would conclude the development of Vietnam due to Ho Chi Minh’s
leadership.
In 1975, North Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of South Vietnam, routing its
armies and toppling the South Vietnamese government. In 1976, the country was
officially united under a communist government. After its reunification, Vietnam
began to expand its influence in Southeast Asia, invading Cambodia, then moving into
Laos. These aggressive actions strained Vietnam’s relations with China, which entirely
deteriorated after subsequent border disputes. In the postwar years, Vietnam forged an
alliance with the Soviet Union, securing substantial Soviet aid to help rebuild its
war-ravaged country and modernize its economy. Despite Soviet aid, the Vietnamese
economy remained relatively stagnant. Today, while still controlled by a communist
government, Vietnam has undertaken a number of economic reforms to promote
international trade and stimulate its economy.

There is perhaps no greater hero to Vietnam than Ho Chi Minh. He is remembered

primarily for his lifelong battle against great odds to build an independent and unified
Vietnam. Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh
City in his memory after its capture by North Vietnamese forces in 1975.

That’s is the end of the presentation

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