Ho Chi Minh City Background Ho Chi Minh city‚ formerly known as Saigon‚ has a population of 7.163 million. It is the most populous city in Vietnam‚ and located on Saigon River‚ north of Mekong River Delta. It was once under the French Colonial Rule‚ and was transformed into a major port city and metropolitan centre. Large scale rural-urban migration took place during the Vietnam war‚ with the percentage of population residing in Ho Chi Minh city increasing from 4 percent in 1950 to nearly 6 percent
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worldviews plagued its 27 million inhabitants. Ho Chi Minh and the communists in the North had their troubles‚ but they managed to build along party lines and continually increased their power and influence. Southern Vietnam would not fare as well. Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister under emperor Bao Dai. American leaders felt strongly that he embodied the traits necessary to produce a unified‚ independent Vietnam. Most in the United States “believed
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Dierberger 4/18/11 Global History Acc Mary Foran How Were Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh Different in Their Fight for Independence? Mohandas Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh both fought against foreign rule in their country; Gandhi against the British rule in India and Ho Chi Minh against the French reign in Vietnam. However‚ Gandhi fought peacefully and religiously‚ with fasts and boycotts to gain India’s independence‚ while Ho Chi Minh was a Communist ruler who believed violence and a good military would force
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<b>1945</b><br><li> Ho Chi Minh and his People’s Congress create the National Liberation Committee of Vietnam to form a provisional government following the surrender of Japan to Allied forces and Japan transfers all power to Ho’s Vietminh. <br><li> President Roosevelt dies<br><li> Making good on his threat to unleash "...a rain of ruin the like of which has never been seen on earth...‚" President Harry Truman authorizes the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan -- one on Hiroshima on August 6‚ and
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Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969): Major Events in the Life of a Revolutionary Leader 1890 On May 19‚ HO Chi Minh was born the second son to a family of farmers living in Kim Lien‚ a small village in Annam (Central Vietnam). He was born NGUYEN Sinh Cung but later adopted the name Ho Chi Minh (“He who enlightens”). When Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890‚ Vietnam was under French control. The French had split what is known today as Vietnam into three separate states — Cochin
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who made an impact on history. Better know as his most common alias Ho Chi Minh this man decided to change the world. Ho Chi Minh was a man who led his country to freedom. He freed the Vietnamese from rule under European countries‚ and became the first leader of Vietnam. Under this rule he imposed a communist system of government. In this system‚ Ho Chi Minh caused anger among Vietnam and other nations. Fear of death and communism spread throughout nations and their governments. Ho Chi Minh caused
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– Chapter 12: M. K. Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh: Paths to Independence India and Vietnam‚ both were under the controlled of foreign country. British controlled India and at the time of the British left India‚ French made military control of the colonial Indochina. People in the country faced to the discrimination‚ for Gandhi as example‚ the British throw him out of the first-class train compartment as he was “coloured”‚ unequal treatment also appear in Vietnam‚ Ho Chi Minh’s father lost his government
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HO CHI MINH CITY – THE CITY OF BEAUTY AND CIVILIZATION History surely plays an important part in the value of a tourism destination. A beautiful view will be more admirable when you consider it with interesting facts bond with its history. Therefore‚ while being a crowded and modern city today‚ Ho Chi Minh City has a unique beauty thanks to a great history with a 3-century time span. From the very first day‚ it has become a busy center for overseas merchants due to famous craftsmanship. Thanks
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Pitfalls from various kinds of personal transportations Transportation in developing countries‚ including Vietnam‚ is always an important and current problem. How to apply the most effective method in transportation in order to minimize the cost‚ maximize the benefits for government and citizens and not hamper the environment is not easy. This problem needs a thorough process and the alignment of both government and citizens to the best solution. Every day‚ people need or have to go outdoors
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Laos‚ which formed French-Indochina. It was during this time as well‚ that Ho Chi Minh and the Viet-Minh‚ who were originally formed to fight against Japan‚ began their fight for Vietnamese independence. The French decided to make a compromise with Minh by giving him North Vietnam‚ while they kept their rule in the South‚ but Ho Chi Minh did not think this was a fair compromise‚ so the French Indochina war began. The Viet-Minh fought hard against French rule and slowly gained large territories in Vietnam
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