An item reported that Ho Chi Minh (1) signed an agreement in Peking, China dealing with the building of freighters and small warships by Chinese shipyards including fifty motor junks.
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1. Ho Chi Minh (19 May 1890 Nghe An-2 September 1969 Hanoi) born as Nguyễn Sinh Cung but also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, chairman of the communistic party became on 2 September 1945 president of Vietnam until his death. He was leader and one of the founders of the Vietminh or Việt Nam Ðộc Lập Ðồng Minh Hội dated from 19 May 1941 with as target to free Vietnam which was than a French colony French Indochina. The Geneva Conference of 27 April 1954 granted the independence from France. Vietnam fell apart in a South and a North Vietnam. On 1 September 1955 begun the Vietnam War ending on 30 April 1975 with the fall of Saigon.
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1. Ho Chi Minh (19 May 1890 Nghe An-2 September 1969 Hanoi) born as Nguyễn Sinh Cung but also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, chairman of the communistic party became on 2 September 1945 president of Vietnam until his death. He was leader and one of the founders of the Vietminh or Việt Nam Ðộc Lập Ðồng Minh Hội dated from 19 May 1941 with as target to free Vietnam which was than a French colony French Indochina. The Geneva Conference of 27 April 1954 granted the independence from France. Vietnam fell apart in a South and a North Vietnam. On 1 September 1955 begun the Vietnam War ending on 30 April 1975 with the fall of Saigon.