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.

Example Sentences

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

The bags were among 1,200 seized assets to be sold at the Ho Chi Minh City Asset Auction Service Center on Monday, according to local media.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

For a factory owner in Penang or Ho Chi Minh City, this could mean ripping up decades-old supplier relationships—or losing access to the American market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

In the real world, Ho Chi Minh and his followers were Communists.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin