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Ho Chi Minh the man had many names. He was born Nguyen Sinh Cung but also known as Nguyen Tat Thanh, Nguyen Ai Quoc and his nickname Uncle Ho. He was a Communist revolutionary leader who was also the former Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He spent much of his life fighting for liberty for Vietnam that had been a French colony for more than six decades.
Uncle Ho was a man of superlative potential. He was not only a politician but also a writer, poet and even a philosopher. There are many stories about the travels and different countries that Uncle Ho lived in. He was said to have visited or lived in France, the United States, the United Kingdom, the USSR, China and even Thailand. During his time in France is when he became interested in politics and received sufficient education and experience. He started writing articles and constructing petitions with Vietnamese nationalists living in Paris, France, advocating the independence of Vietnam. After years of traveling around the world he eventually returned to Vietnam in the 1940s to be involved in the August Revolution, against French colonial rule. The result of the revolution was the Viet Minh, League for the Independence of Vietnam, seizing power of the majority of rural villages and cities throughout the North, Center and South Vietnam including Ha Noi. Uncle Ho then became Chairman of the Provisional Government and issued a Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The evolution of Uncle Ho was complete when on 2 September 1945, following Vietnams Emperor Bao Dais abdication, he read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam in Ba Dinh square, looking to reform Vietnams political situation.
Uncle Ho went on fighting for Vietnam until the end of his life. To get Vietnam true independence was a much longer procedure and did not happen until April 30, 1975 with North Vietnam regaining control of South Vietnam after victories against American and French forces. This finally constituted Vietnam as united and free. Uncle Ho is now considered a legend without weakness in Vietnam, and Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh, after the American War, to commemorate the hero.