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Vision of Ho Chi Minh: India-Vietnam Relations Vision of Ho Chi Minh India-Vietnam Relations Edited by G. Jayachandra Reddy seaps UGC Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati Foreword When the editor of the present work asked me to write Foreword to this volume I reminisced about my teacher introducing me to the subject of Vietnam, during my post-graduation, when the great Vietnamese battle for national unity was raging. The Vietnamese war against the French and the Americans drew world attention with an astonishment of how this tiny nation fought against the forces several times mightier in fire power and resources. Through ages Vietnamese were known for their exemplary resilience and valour in their fight against foreign domination to safeguard their national identity. From time to time Vietnam produced great personalities who exhibited extraordinary courage and fortitude against foreign domination. Ho Chi Minh was one such captivating personality, endowed with indomitable courage and strategic mastery, influenced the Vision of Ho Chi Minh twentieth century political scene of Vietnam. India-Vietnam Relations Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890 and travelled abroad at twenty one ©Copy rights 2017 by the editor in search of national salvation against French colonial servitude. He became a trained communist and returned home during the Published by Second World War in the backdrop of fifteen years of UGC Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies revolutionary activity and intermittent captivity in China. Soon Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati-517502 he became a household name in the national struggle for Andhra Pradesh, India independence and unity of the country. He emerged as a legend Email: [email protected] in his own lifetime where Vietnamese mothers sang songs of his heroic qualities to cheer their infant children. He could All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a successfully ignite the spirit of rebellion for the national cause as retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, other contemporaries could not do it on that scale. This is the mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior reason why Vietnamese reposed faith in Ho Chi Minh in the written permission of the publisher. struggle for the liberation of the country. The defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu epitomised his skillful strategy and planning of First Edition: 2017 the guerilla war. The division of the country at the Geneva ISBN: 978-81-926904-3-8 Conference of 1954, reminded him of his greater task to fight against much more powerful enemy, the United States, to unify Layout & Printed at: Divya Creations the country. Ho Chi Minh was sure that the struggle would be Nallakunta, Hyderabad - 500 044. harder and prolonged. He, therefore, prepared the Vietnamese to Ph No: +91 9440 726 907, 040 - 2764 3862. wage political and at the same time an armed struggle to unify the ii iii Foreword When the editor of the present work asked me to write Foreword to this volume I reminisced about my teacher introducing me to the subject of Vietnam, during my post-graduation, when the great Vietnamese battle for national unity was raging. The Vietnamese war against the French and the Americans drew world attention with an astonishment of how this tiny nation fought against the forces several times mightier in fire power and resources. Through ages Vietnamese were known for their exemplary resilience and valour in their fight against foreign domination to safeguard their national identity. From time to time Vietnam produced great personalities who exhibited extraordinary courage and fortitude against foreign domination. Ho Chi Minh was one such captivating personality, endowed with indomitable courage and strategic mastery, influenced the Vision of Ho Chi Minh twentieth century political scene of Vietnam. India-Vietnam Relations Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890 and travelled abroad at twenty one ©Copy rights 2017 by the editor in search of national salvation against French colonial servitude. He became a trained communist and returned home during the Published by Second World War in the backdrop of fifteen years of UGC Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies revolutionary activity and intermittent captivity in China. Soon Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati-517502 he became a household name in the national struggle for Andhra Pradesh, India independence and unity of the country. He emerged as a legend Email: [email protected] in his own lifetime where Vietnamese mothers sang songs of his heroic qualities to cheer their infant children. He could All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a successfully ignite the spirit of rebellion for the national cause as retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, other contemporaries could not do it on that scale. This is the mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior reason why Vietnamese reposed faith in Ho Chi Minh in the written permission of the publisher. struggle for the liberation of the country. The defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu epitomised his skillful strategy and planning of First Edition: 2017 the guerilla war. The division of the country at the Geneva ISBN: 978-81-926904-3-8 Conference of 1954, reminded him of his greater task to fight against much more powerful enemy, the United States, to unify Layout & Printed at: Divya Creations the country. Ho Chi Minh was sure that the struggle would be Nallakunta, Hyderabad - 500 044. harder and prolonged. He, therefore, prepared the Vietnamese to Ph No: +91 9440 726 907, 040 - 2764 3862. wage political and at the same time an armed struggle to unify the ii iii Preface country. It was his astute political strategy that Vietnam impacted Ho Chi Minh, one of the great revolutionaries of the twentieth the American domestic and foreign policy matters for almost two century, excelled as a leader, a teacher, a journalist, a strategist, an decades. Ho Chi Minh was confident of victory, however, he internationalist, a unifier, a guerrilla fighter, a negotiator, a passed away on 3 September 1969, six years before his dream creative thinker, and a poet as well. He endured decades of exile came true. and then decades of war. As a guerrilla leader and then as the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam under assault I congratulate the Director and staff of the Centre for Southeast from French colonialism, he lived with his comrades in the most Asian and Pacific Studies for hosting an International Conference th basic possible conditions in the caves of Cao Bang, often having to commemorating 125 birth anniversary of Ho Chi Minh and also forage for food. Yet again his dedication to the causes of for taking great pains to bring the conference proceedings into Vietnamese independence, Vietnamese unification, and global book form. It is also scholarly thinking to add some articles on socialism never faltered. With relentless energy, profound India-Vietnam relations as it was the cherished dream of Ho Chi intelligence and undying passion, he led his people through every Minh and Jawaharlal Nehru to think of taking the India and up and down over the course of half a century. With very good Vietnam relations to a higher plane. I fondly hope that this reason, 'Uncle Ho' continues to be revered, loved and studied in volume, a compendium of scholarly contributions, will be of Vietnam, and his legacy remains a source of profound inspiration immense use for the academics as well as reading public. for anti-imperialists throughout the world. India-Vietnam relations have been exceptionally friendly and Prof. K. Raja Reddy cordial ever since their foundations were laid by the leaders of the Former Director two countries Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh and Indian Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies President Rajendra Prasad and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal S.V. University, Tirupati Nehru. The traditionally close and cordial relations have their historical roots in the common struggle for liberation from the colonial rule and the national struggle for independence. Nehru was one of the first visitors to Vietnam after its victory against the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954; and the visit was reciprocated by President Ho Chi Minh in February 1958. In recent times, political contacts have strengthened as reflected in several high-level visits by the leaders from both sides as well as in the upward trade and economic linkages. India's thrust under the 'Look East' policy combined with Vietnam's growing engagement within the region and with India has paid rich dividends and Vietnam is an important regional partner in Southeast Asia. India and Vietnam closely cooperate in various regional forums such as ASEAN, East Asia Summit, Mekong iv v Preface country. It was his astute political strategy that Vietnam impacted Ho Chi Minh, one of the great revolutionaries of the twentieth the American domestic and foreign policy matters for almost two century, excelled as a leader, a teacher, a journalist, a strategist, an decades. Ho Chi Minh was confident of victory, however, he internationalist, a unifier, a guerrilla fighter, a negotiator, a passed away on 3 September 1969, six years before his dream creative thinker, and a poet as well. He endured decades of exile came true. and then decades of war. As a guerrilla leader and then as the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam under assault I congratulate the Director and staff of the Centre for Southeast from French colonialism, he lived with his comrades in the most Asian and Pacific Studies for hosting an International Conference th basic possible conditions in the caves of Cao Bang, often having to commemorating 125 birth anniversary of Ho Chi Minh and also forage for food.
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