ho chi minh

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  • birth

    originally named Nguyễn Sinh Cung

  • worked as a cook on a French steamer

  • petitioned at Versailles

    petitioned delegates at the Versailles Peace Conference to demand that the French colonial government in Indochina grant the same rights to its subjects as it did to its rulers

  • Nguyen Ai Quoc

    gave a speech at Versailles to demand for freedom from French, named “Nguyen Ai Quoc” or Nguyen Patriotic

  • joined the new French Communist Party

  • ICP founded

    Indochinese Communist Party (founded in Hong Kong)

  • Viet Minh

    organized the Viet Minh, or League for the Independence of Vietnam