What does the name Ho Chi Minh mean?

What does the name Ho Chi Minh mean?

Bringer of Light
After the Japanese invasion of Indo-China in 1941, Ho returned home and founded the Viet Minh, a communist-dominated independence movement, to fight the Japanese. He adopted the name Ho Chi Minh, meaning ‘Bringer of Light’. At the end of World War Two the Viet Minh announced Vietnamese independence.

What did Ho Chi Minh used to be called?

Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnamese Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh, formerly (until 1976) Saigon, largest city in Vietnam. It was the capital of the French protectorate of Cochinchina (1862–1954) and of South Vietnam (1954–75).

Why was Saigon’s name changed?

In 1975, the North of Vietnam won the war and changed the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City, in honour of the prime minister, a revolutionary leader of the communist party. The name change was not voluntary on the part of those living in the South; it was a statement of the North’s success.

Can I say Saigon?

The three-letter airport code is SGN. In fact, the city’s District 1 officially remains Saigon. So go ahead and say it. So, yes, it is unlikely to offend anyone.

Why did Ho Chi Minh turn to communism?

He was inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution and joined the Communist Party traveling to the Soviet Union and China to spread the socialist doctrine into South East Asia. At the end of World War II, he appealed to the United States to assist him in liberating Vietnam from French control.

Is Saigon communist?

In spite of this, a 1961 US intelligence estimate reported that “one-half of the entire rural region south and southwest of Saigon, as well as some areas to the north, are under considerable Communist control.

Who backed North Vietnam?

the Soviet Union
As the original communist state, the Soviet Union aided North Vietnam, with increasing support in the late 1960s. While the U.S.S.R. supplied some troops, their biggest contribution was in weaponry.