Uncle Ho's teachings illuminate our lives.

The light emanating from Uncle Ho's life and revolutionary career shines brightly in every word and phrase he wrote, like a guiding halo leading us towards a beautiful, civilized, and happy life.

Nearly six decades have passed since President Ho Chi Minh's death on September 2, 1969, and tens of thousands of articles and thousands of books have been written about him from many different perspectives and angles. All these articles and books share a common goal: to illuminate his life, revolutionary career, thoughts, ethics, and style; as well as his immense contributions to the Party, the nation, and the people of Vietnam.

Because He was not only the soul, the shining banner, leading the entire Party, the entire people, and the entire army to unite as one, fight bravely, and write the most glorious chapters in our nation's history, but He also left us an invaluable legacy: the Ho Chi Minh era, the most brilliant era in the glorious history of our nation.

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Many poets, writers, and researchers have devoted their feelings, passion, intellect, and efforts to writing about the portrait, personality, career, and exceptionally great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh. One of them is Professor, Doctor Hoang Chi Bao, an educator, scientist, and senior expert who worked for many years at the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy and the Central Theoretical Council.

With boundless love and respect for President Ho Chi Minh, Professor and Doctor Hoang Chi Bao has produced numerous scientific works and written many books introducing, disseminating, and clarifying Ho Chi Minh's thought, ethics, and style. One of his recent works is "The Light of Faith and Hope," approximately 350 pages long, published and distributed by the Political Theory Publishing House in 2025.

"The Light of Faith and Hope" compiles and presents 100 famous quotes by President Ho Chi Minh. It is a deliberate selection and compilation by the author of 100 specific, practical, simple yet profoundly insightful sayings and teachings of President Ho Chi Minh for each of us. The author deeply and subtly perceives, analyzes, explains, and comments on these sayings and teachings with clear, easily understandable language that resonates with the reader.

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For ease of reference, the author has structured the 100 representative sayings of Uncle Ho into three parts: Part I "The Fatherland, the Nation, and the People" (35 sayings); Part II "The Party, the State, cadres, and Party members must be dedicated servants and loyal servants of the people" (35 sayings); Part III "Women, youth, teenagers, and children strive to compete in learning and practicing diligence, thrift, integrity, righteousness, and selflessness to serve the Fatherland and the people" (30 sayings).

Explaining the reason for selecting only 100 representative quotes of President Ho Chi Minh for analysis and commentary in this book, Professor and Doctor Hoang Chi Bao shared with a reporter from the People's Army Newspaper that the number 100 symbolizes the completeness and wholeness of a person and their life.

These sayings are considered famous quotes, remembered and passed down by people both domestically and internationally, such as: "Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom," "Unity, unity, great unity. Success, success, great success," "In the sky, nothing is more precious than the people. In the world, nothing is stronger than the united force of the people," "All benefits are for the people. All power belongs to the people," "Nothing is difficult / Only fear of a lack of perseverance / Digging mountains and filling seas / With determination, it will be accomplished"...

According to the author, the number 100 is symbolic, emphasizing that throughout his life, Uncle Ho was utterly devoted to the country and loyal to the people. Uncle Ho is a shining example for everyone and for generations to come. The number 100 helps us to easily remember, to cherish, and to strive to practice and do well the teachings of Uncle Ho. The book "The Light of Faith and Hope," with its 100 famous quotes of Uncle Ho, is merely a limited, symbolic number chosen by the author with a message for each reader: "We will strive to extend our understanding of Uncle Ho not only through these 100 quotes, but also through his entire life and career. This is necessary and a matter of reason, but also a wish for empathy from each of us, like a voice rising from the soul, like a prompting from the heart of each person towards Uncle Ho."

Each representative quote of President Ho Chi Minh is selected and analyzed by the author, commenting on the value and meaning of each quote with annotations and explanations of its origin, context, and connection to events in the President's life and activities. For example, the poem "Our people must know our history / To understand the origins of our Vietnamese nation" are the first two lines of a document titled "History of Our Country," first published by the Viet Minh Propaganda Department in February 1942 in Cao Bang. This was a training document for cadres, written by Nguyen Ai Quoc in verse in the form of a narrative poem, easy to remember and learn, for propaganda among the people.

Writing about the famous poem in the document "History of Our Country," the author comments: "That is the talent of a leader. He was a master propagandist and agitator of the Vietnamese revolution... The lesson history teaches us is that unity leads to survival and victory. Disunity and division lead to failure. This is indeed the law of all ages. Furthermore, at the end of the work, after listing the chronological order of dynasties and typical historical events, Nguyen Ai Quoc predicted: '1945: Vietnam is independent.' History unfolded exactly as predicted and prophesied by him."

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True to its title, "The Light of Faith and Hope," each article is not only the culmination of the emotions, dedication, intellect, effort, and creative achievements of a "Ho Chi Minh scholar," but also a transmission and transmission of faith, inspiring each reader to cherish and be proud of our great Uncle Ho – "the one who brought glory to our nation, our people, and our country." The light emanating from Uncle Ho's life and revolutionary career shines brightly in every word and phrase, like a guiding halo leading us towards a beautiful, civilized, and happy life.

Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/van-hoa/sach/nhung-loi-bac-day-sang-doi-ta-1043621