Ho Chi MinhNguyen Sinh Cung. Aguyen Tat Thanh. Nguyen Ai Quoc. Ho Chi Min. To all these names belongs a brilliant man. As a young man he held several jobs and traveled to many foreign places. Over time he becomes a popular communist. Ho Chi Minh was a visionary in North Vietnam and would not stop until he united South and North Vietnam. In an effort to unite them he led North Vietnam into war against South Vietnam. His quest for a united Vietnam was fueled by his determination, intelligence and courage. (Duiker 15-577)May 19, 1890 Ho Chi Minh was born in a small village, Kim Liem, in central Vietnam. His birth name was Nyuyen Sinh Cung. Raised in poverty, he attended school in Hue. Ho Chi Minh became a teacher and then left Vietnam in 1911 to work on a French ocean liner as a cook. After World War I he moved to France, becoming a socialist and Vietnamese nationalist. In 1919 he petitioned for civil rights in France; he then went to the Soviet Union to study revolutionary methods. While in the Soviet Union he joined the Comintern, a Moscow-based group that planned to spread communism throughout the world. The Comintern assigned him the task of spreading communism throughout East Asia while living in the Soviet Union and China. After the start of World War II he returned to Vietnam. (Duiker 15-45) In 1941 he organized the communist-controlled Vietnam Independence League, also known as the Viet Minh. During this period he obtained the name Ho Chi Minh which means "he who enlightens". In 1945 the Viet Minh captured some of Vietnam's major cities and declared Vietnam independent. Vietnam became known as the DRV (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and he became its first president. (Duiker 15-4...... middle of paper ......69 developed an irregular heartbeat. On 31 August he met with the Politburo confirming that all plans were in place for the 24th anniversary celebration of independence on September 2, at this time he was in critical condition. On the day of the celebration Ho Chi Minh's heart stops beating Ho Chi Minh died of heart failure on September 2, 1969. (Duiker 560-562)Ho Chi Minh was a very affective communist leader in 1900. He was known for his dream of a united Vietnam he would stop at nothing, so he led North Vietnam into war against South Vietnam. unified force of thought was a brilliant man whose pursuit of unity was fueled by his intelligence and courage, Ho Chi Minh pushed for a united Vietnam until his death and his efforts were not wasted because to this day Vietnam is a united country..