80th Anniversary of the Birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - Dawn of National History: 'He Sleeps in Peace Where He Began' (Last Article)

We are living in the historical autumn days - 80 years of the successful August Revolution and National Day September 2. The August Revolution of 1945 was the most successful national liberation revolution in history. The birth of the Democratic Republic became the fundamental factor firmly ensuring the independence and freedom that our people always yearned for. From here, a new era in the history of the nation was opened: national independence. Since the historic moment of September 2, 1945, the Vietnamese people "rose from the mud and shone brightly" and the image of "doors still closed and lives locked in silence" completely changed. President Ho Chi Minh was the flag of encouragement for the movement to fight for independence and it was he who led our nation to "dispel the dark clouds" in the long night of slavery.

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The young man Nguyen Tat Thanh, before leaving Nha Rong Wharf, once wondered: Why did the anti-French movements fail? Nguyen Tat Thanh searched through history, especially the anti-French movement at that time, for evidence for his new premonition of thinking and action. "From the perspective of a historian, how do you evaluate the role of Ho Chi Minh ?" - a journalist of Vietnamese origin asked Mr. Hoang Xuan Han. Scholar Hoang Xuan Han answered without hesitation, that the role of President Ho Chi Minh in national independence was extremely great, "Our country is now independent and unified, Ho Chi Minh's contribution is very great, no different from the period when Le Loi drove out the invading Ming army" - Mr. Hoang Xuan Han said. “How do you evaluate Ho Chi Minh as a person?”, “He is a man from Nghe An with a sense of duty. Ho Chi Minh’s father and grandfather shared the same aspirations as Phan Dinh Phung and Cao Thang. At first, Ho Chi Minh called for and hoped that the international community would help Vietnam gain independence and he patiently waited. But later, he realized that only we can liberate ourselves” - Mr. Hoang Xuan Han answered RFI radio station of France.

President Ho Chi Minh visited his hometown (Photo: Internet)

Don't follow the beaten path

Although he respected the heroic predecessors, Nguyen Tat Thanh was not satisfied with the steps of his predecessors and did not want to follow the beaten path of history. Before Nguyen Tat Thanh, there were Vietnamese people who went abroad to save the country. The fundamental difference was not in the act of going abroad, but first of all in its purpose. The trips of Ton That Thuyet and the characters in the Dong Du movement were mainly to seek foreign aid.

Nguyen Tat Thanh determined a completely different purpose for his emigration: “I want to go abroad to see France and other countries. After seeing how they do things, I will return to help our people.” Later, on an occasion, he said again: “The Vietnamese people, including my father, often asked each other: who will help us escape from French rule. Some people think it will be Japan, others think it will be England, and still others think it will be America. I felt I had to go abroad to see clearly.”

Thus, before going abroad, the young man Nguyen Tat Thanh clearly realized that what the nation needed first was a method to chase away the enemy and save the country, not guns and bullets. This means that Nguyen Tat Thanh's approach to the problem was completely different from his predecessors.

History sets demands, and history creates material conditions to solve them. Nguyen Ai Quoc was the product of the historical movement of the 1920s. Nguyen Ai Quoc's reputation began to take shape in 1919 with the demand of the Annamese people sent to the Versailles conference, which the French press called a " political bomb".

According to researchers and scholars, Nguyen Ai Quoc's absolute prestige is expressed in the roles he performed and performed excellently: finding the right path to save the nation; propagating Marxism-Leninism among the oppressed masses; founding the Communist Party of Vietnam . If a person had one of the above contributions to the nation, he would be worthy of being called a great man, let alone Nguyen Ai Quoc alone performing those three important and great roles. Nguyen Ai Quoc was truly a great man, a genius of the nation.

"Now simply go away with white hair"

From his youth until his death, Ho Chi Minh devoted himself tirelessly to national independence. During his lifetime, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong once said with respect: President Ho Chi Minh - He lived a glorious life. "Carrying on his shoulders a great historical mission, Ho Chi Minh, the genius strategist, the organizer of all victories of our people, carried within himself noble morals.

In his life, President Ho was a simple and honest man. Great men, truly great men, are always simple. Emperors Yao and Shun, and Jesus were simple men. Great scientists and great writers are the same.

Looking at a couple of photos of President Ho, some people say that his eyes have two pupils, and believe that because of that, he is a saint. There is no such nonsense! President Ho's eyes are like everyone else's eyes, much brighter than everyone else's eyes, but brighter because he knows how to see, so he can see things that everyone else cannot see: the present, the future, the small, the big" - excerpt from Ho Chi Minh - The Quintessence and Spirit of the Nation by Prime Minister Pham Van Dong.

President Ho Chi Minh is a great source of inspiration and subject in poetry, music and painting. Besides poet To Huu who wrote a lot about him, it would be a big mistake not to mention poet Che Lan Vien.

Che Lan Vien, with just a few verses without using linguistic techniques, still captivates readers with the poet's intelligence when he writes about the history of the nation's struggle under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh: The stilt house in the garden of magnolia flowers / When the stars rise, it has the shape of a ship / Uncle goes up on deck, his hair and beard shining white / The wind in the garden makes the waves rustle and Vietnam throws three imperialists onto this continental shelf / The stilt house lies quietly in the magnolia flowers / But look, on the surface of the sea, where Uncle passed, the waves are still restless / As if spreading forever, spreading far following the light of the ship.

“Thirty years without rest” and dedicating his whole life to the Fatherland, but the image of his homeland was always present in Uncle Ho, just as Che Lan Vien expressed in the poem “The Border Land” written about Pac Bo cave - where Uncle Ho “temporarily resided” in the first days of returning to the country: Deep forests, distant mountains, wide seas, long rivers/ A little bit of Sen village aching at the end of the sky/ Class, race, thousands of years ago, present/ A minute of formation, a minute of conception/ A minute of respectfully holding the land with both hands/ Thirty years of that land in his soul/ Now flesh and bones, now form before his eyes/ Uncle silently looked and bent down to kiss.

In the political poem "Has the Fatherland ever been this beautiful?", Che Lan Vien wrote: Our ancestors once broke their hands before the door of life/ The door was still closed and life was silently locked/ "The statues of Tay Phuong Pagoda" did not know how to answer/ The whole nation was poor and hungry in straw/ The soul-calling literature was soaked with falling raindrops/ Then with empty hands from Dinh, Ly, Tran, Le... The Party created industry/ Our heaven's palace is the waves of the Red River/ An Duong Vuong, please wake up with us to build iron and steel/ Is this loudspeaker pleasing to your eyes?

At 9:47 a.m. on September 2, 1969, Ho Chi Minh's heart stopped beating after a journey of thousands of miles "to find a path for the nation to follow".

Uncle Ho lies there at Ba Dinh, the place where he founded the country.

The one who sleeps in peace where he began

Uncle Ho came back in a brown suit

Now simply gone white hair

The stream of a pure life

Now crystallized into a water lantern.

(Excerpt from I accept your qualities in myself by Che Lan Vien)./.

Viet Dong

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