ASSOC.PROF.,DR. TRAN THI MINH TUYET

Academy of Journalism and Communication

Political Theory Journal (Vietnamese Version) Issue No 526 (12-2021)

Abstract: After ten years (1911 - 1920) of vivid life in many countries, with an outstanding intellect and extraordinary energy, from being a patriot, Nguyen Ai Quoc became the first communist of Vietnam. Absorbing the great truth of the times - Marxism - Leninism, Ho Chi Minh launched the national liberation revolution in Vietnam into the orbit of the proletarian revolution and brought the Vietnamese revolution to great victories. The article clarifies Nguyen Ai Quoc’s journey of becoming a communist; analyzes the cause of the success and the significance of that event to the history of the Vietnamese nation and the history of humankind in general.

Keywords: Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh, oppressed peoples, Lenin’s Thesis, Communist Party, communist.