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Born c.1909 • Vietnam
Died 1984 • Vietnam
Role In First Indochina War
Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam, with a long white beard and mustache, wearing a dark jacket, seated and looking to the side in a 1957 black-and-white portrait.
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam
Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap in full military uniform with medals and a peaked cap, photographed in 1968.
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese general
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Huynh Tan Phat
Vietnamese leader
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Ton Duc Thang
president of Vietnam
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Truong Chinh
Vietnamese scholar and statesman
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Vo Chi Cong
Vietnamese revolutionary
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Do Muoi
Vietnamese political leader
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Phan Chau Trinh
Vietnamese leader
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Phan Boi Chau
Vietnamese patriot
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Huynh Phu So
Vietnamese philosopher
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Cuong De
Vietnamese prince
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho
Le Duc Tho
Vietnamese politician
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Duy Tan
emperor of Vietnam
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De Tham
Vietnamese patriot
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Phan Dinh Phung
Vietnamese rebel leader
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Le Duan
Vietnamese politician
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Ly Nam De
Vietnamese leader
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Khuc Thua Du
Vietnamese ruler
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Quang Trung
emperor of Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam from 1955 to 1963, wearing a dark double-breasted suit and tie, facing the camera with a neutral expression.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietnamese political leader