FOREWORD
Ho Chi Minh (HCM) has been a controversial historical figure, starting with the
difference between his true personality and the myths about him created either by himself
or the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP).
In the past, the VCP regime was based on Marxism-Leninism. However, at the
beginning of the 90s when Eastern European countries and the USSR collapsed, this
ideology lost all its attractiveness. To fill the ideological gap, the VCP began to introduce
what it called “Ho Chi Minh’s ideology”, whereas HCM himself once had said: “I don’t
have any other thoughts than Marxism-Leninism.” To make sure he was correctly
understood, he stressed that “regarding ideology as the concept about the universe, the
world, and the human society, I’m only a pupil of Marx, Engels, and Lenin, having no
other thought than Marxist philosophy.” (Nguyen Van Tran, Viet cho Me va Quoc hoi
[Write to Mother and the National Assembly], pp. 151-152)
The VCP has been trying to brighten HCM’s image, praise “HCM’s ideology”, and
blame all the VCP mistakes on HCM disciples like Truong Chinh, Le Duan, Le Duc Tho,
etc . . . in order to elevate HCM as a national leader.
Because of this situation, and to follow the suggestions of readers and friends, the book
Exposing the myth of Ho Chi Minh (first edition in 2003) has been revised with more
information and reprinted to meet the demand from youngsters who need to understand
the truth about HCM against propaganda by the VCP in Vietnam.
Added to the first edition of the book in 2003, besides the chapter on “Exposing the Myth
of Ho Chi Minh”, was the chapter on “1968 Massacre in Hue”. Both chapters were
excerpted from the book titled Case of Vietnamese Communist Party, a top recipient of
the 2002 Literature Awards offered by the Vietnamese Association of the Physicians of
the Free World. In addition, the article “Ho Chi Minh’s Glorification Rejected by
UNESCO” and “The Polish Times’ ranking of the 13 bloodiest dictators in the 20th
century” were also added to strengthen the exposure of HCM.
Acknowledgements go to Mr. Timothy Tran and Mr. Ton Dzien for their time-consuming
translations of my texts into English; to friends near and far for their invaluable support
for this edition; and to the mass media and Internet websites for their excerpts or
comments. Thanks also go to anyone for his/her contribution to help the author learn
more and the book better welcome in the future.
TRAN GIA PHUNG
(Toronto, Canada)
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