Ho Chi Minh

American  

[hoh chee min] / ˈhoʊ ˈtʃi ˈmɪn /

noun

1. 1890?–1969, North Vietnamese political leader: president of North Vietnam 1954–69.

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Ho Chi Minh British  

/ ˈhəʊ ˈtʃiː ˈmɪn /

noun

1. original name Nguyen That Tan. 1890–1969, Vietnamese statesman; president of North Vietnam (1954–69). He headed the Vietminh (1941), which won independence for Vietnam from the French (1954)

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Ho Chi Minh Cultural  

1. A Vietnamese revolutionary leader of the twentieth century. Ho Chi Minh led the communists of Vietnam in their efforts to drive out the forces of Japan in the 1940s (see World War II), France in the 1950s (see Dienbienphu), and the United States in the 1960s (see Vietnam War). He died in 1969.

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Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the communist victory there.

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In the author’s nursery, we learn, there were pictures of Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

In Cuba, Vietnam and China, images of Fidel Castro, Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong have long been present in government buildings, schools and private businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

BBC Weather said highs expected in parts of the UK on Monday and Tuesday could exceed top temperatures in Lagos, Cairo and Ho Chi Minh City.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

In January, Ho Chi Minh City's Civil Judgment Enforcement Agency said that it was seeking experts to appraise the value of two crocodile skin Hermès Birkin bags seized from Truong My Lan.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

We can’t restrain him when he’s angry—and he has his hand on the nuclear button’—and Ho Chi Minh himself will be in Paris in two days begging for peace.”

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge