Ho+Chi+Minh

Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen Sinh Cung) - **__Basic Information__** o Current City: Hanoi, Vietnam o Hometown: Nghe An, Vietnam o Sex: Male o Birthday: May 19, 1890 o Political Views: Communist o Religious Views: Confucianism o Bio: Ho Chi Minh was born with the name Nguyen Sinh Cung on May 19th, 1890. When Ho was ten years old, his mother died while giving birth. He has a sister named Thanh and a brother named Kheim. His father introduced him to a number of revolutionaries and he had a need to protest against the French. Early he worked as a messenger, a schoolteacher, and was at sea for two years visiting a number of places such as Europe, Africa, and the United States. He can also speak six different languages, including Chinese, French, Russian, English, Thai, and Vietnamese. His family was highly against the French rule of Vietnam. After living in Paris, he started to support communism. In World War II, he created the Vietname Minh and supported armed rebellions agaist French forces. In time, he became a Vietnamese national hero. In the mid-1950s, he helped take the French out of power. He was supposed to be elected leader of Vietnam but the United States didn’t want it to happen because they are against communism. Ho fought with South Vietnam to kick out the United States. In 1969, Ho Chi Minh died in Hanoi. He was a Vietnamese revolutionary who “fought to liberate his country from the Japanese in World War II, and later fought the French and Americans in his goal of unifying North and South Vietnam under Communism.” He was the founder and the first leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party. Through struggles with France and United States, Ho Chi Minh lef the movement for independence and unity of Vietnam. In addition, he spent a lot of time as the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese statesman, Communist leader, and Confucian humanist and is often referred to as Uncle Ho.

o Favorite Quotations: “We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism” - Ho Chi Minh - **__Relationships__** o Mother: Hoang Thi Loan o Father: Nguyen Sinh Huy o Daughters: None o Sons: None o Brothers: Nguyen Sinh Khiem o Sisters: Nguyen Sinh Thanh - **__Likes and Interest__** o Activities: Fishing, cooking, being a leader o Interests: Reading, learning new things, sailing o Music: Tuan Hung, Trish Thuy Thrang o Books: Marx's //The Communist Manifesto//, Shakespeare's //Romeo and Juliet//, Lenin's //Theses on the National and Colonial Questions//, my own book //Prison Diary// o Movies: Animal Farm (the movie), Good Night and Good Luck o Television: M*A*S*H, Spongebob Squarepants - **__Education and Work__** o High School: National Academy in Hué, Vietnam o College/University: University of Oriental Workers o Employer: messenger for an anticolonial organization, school teacher, cook for French steamship company, the French Communist Party, the League for Vietnamese Independence, president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, chairman of the Communist Party ALBUM 1: Portraits of Me When I'm An Old Guy!
 * __Photos__** ** (15 photos; 5 in each album)

ALBUM 2: Me In Action!

ALBUM 3: Miscellaneous

__Groups__** Click here to find a group to join! You must join 10 groups from this site and this site only!! This group is definitely a good fit for me. I am very interested in anything having to do with communist views or anything related to it. This group shares my interest of Stalin, Marx, Lennin, commuist, and socialist points of view. Go Stalin! This group is designed for the study of confucianism. Also, it includes and accepts confucianism from different places and time periods. This is awesome for me because I grew up studying confucianism a hundred years ago, so its nice to see the contrast between the past and today. I am very supportive of confucianist beliefs and ways. This group is something that I would join because I love to read! I spend a lot of my free time reading because its so much fun. Also, you learn a lot when you read so it helps you expand your knowledge. With my years at sea, sometimes all I was able to do was read. Although flying wasn't common at all during my time, this group represents my interest to travel. I almost never stayed in one place and spent a number of years at sea and in other parts of the world. I lived in many places such as Hué, Phan Thiet, Saigon, London, Paris, Moscow, China, Siam (Thailand), and even the United States. Obviously, I love to get around! This group is for people who share the interest of sailing. I love sailing and spent years at sea. Sometimes I just like to feel the sea breeze through my hair and to see different places. I feel like this group is relevant to me because many people wanted me arrested. I fled around to such places as Moscow and Europe and at one point was disguised as a Buddhist monk. I was arrested by the British police for two years but escaped and fled to Moscow disguised as Chinese merchant. In other words, I am very familiar with searching for justice and other such related activities. This group is for people interested in Vietnamese politics**.** I was the President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.In other words I ruled Vietnam in the middle of the 20th century. I was a very influential person in my time period throughout Vietnam. This group acknowledges the extremely lengthy time of the Vietnam War. It started in 1945 and ended in 1975. This conflict was between the north (my supporters) and the south regime. Although I did not live to its end, I know thousands of people died. This is an awesome group for me because I'm a chain smoker. This group allows people to buy, sell, or trade coupons which would be great since I would save some money next time I get my next pack. I am also a big fan of American-made Salems. They're my favorite kind, even though I know its a dirty habit. I definitely support the theme of this group because I'm all about revolutions. When I was growing up I was against the french rule of Vietnam. I spent my life against being ruled by other people and I supported the lower classes of our nation.
 * GROUP 1:** ** Stalinist **
 * GROUP 2:** ** Confucianism **
 * GROUP 3: BigBookQuotes**
 * GROUP 4: Air Alliance Travels**
 * GROUP 5: Sailingonline**
 * GROUP 6: Justice Search**
 * GROUP 7: VN Politics**
 * GROUP 8: Vietnam the Longest War**
 * GROUP 9: Trading Cigarette Coupons**
 * GROUP 10: Maoist Revolution**

- RESULTS:**
 * __Quizzes__ Click here to find a quiz to take! **You must take at least 5 quizzes from this site and this site only!!
 * QUIZ 1: How Should You Spend Your Summer?

Live for the GAME!!!

 * - These results are definitely fitting for me because I enjoy being in the game and not being lazy. I always like to take action and be involved. As an inspiring leader you must always be active which is what I do.

QUIZ 2: What Time of Day Are You? - RESULTS:**

MIDNIGHT

 * - I enjoy midnight so this is a good result for me. I consider myself mysterious and I love to dream. Although I'm somewhat of a loner because I never got married, especially since I spend so much time on my work. Some also may say that I have quite a vivid imagination.

QUIZ 3: What Do Your Eyes Mean? - RESULTS:**

Grey

 * - Since I have grey eyes, I am always busy and my life is full of things to do. I am also dark and mysterious and have a unique personality because I go against the norm of government and support new ideas. Also, I am very intelligent and quick-witted, which is why I am so successful and influential.

QUIZ 4: What Kind of Novel Are You? - RESULTS:**

Suspense and action

 * - I fight against others in almost everything. I am always looking to go against what people tell me because I value what I believe in. I look for a big thrill in life, hoping to have an experience.

QUIZ 5: Which Store is Best for You? - RESULTS:**

Rue 21

 * - This store is very casual and I can connect to it. I value the benefit of the people and not for myself so I appreciate the casual apparel ever once in a while. I never really cared about looking beautiful or anything, as long as my people felt accepted and valued me.**

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