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Revolutionary Youth League

political organization, Vietnam

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The Revolutionary Youth League of Vietnam was founded in June 1925 by Ho Chi Minh. It served as the precursor to the Indochinese Communist Party. This organization was a significant clandestine resistance group in Vietnam, aiming to achieve national liberation from foreign interference. The League was influential in mobilizing support among intellectuals, workers, and peasants. While the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (VNQDD), another nationalist organization, focused on republican democracy and engaged in terrorist activities, the Revolutionary Youth League was instrumental in the formation of the Vietnamese Communist Party in 1930.123

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