President Ho Chi Minh - Vietnam’s first revolutionary journalist and his enduring legacy
President Ho Chi Minh’s vision endures in today’s Vietnamese press, where truth, clarity, and public service remain guiding principles, not just historical ideals, but living values.
President Ho Chi Minh’s vision endures in today’s Vietnamese press, where truth, clarity, and public service remain guiding principles, not just historical ideals, but living values.
THE HANOI TIMES — In the pantheon of revolutionary figures who shaped modern Vietnam, President Ho Chi Minh stands not only as a national liberator and statesman but also as the founder of Vietnamese revolutionary journalism.
As the nation celebrates the centenary of its press (June 21, 1925 - 2025), his legacy as Vietnam's first revolutionary journalist continues to reverberate through generations of reporters, editors, and thinkers.
President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Archive
From patriotic youth to revolutionary pen
In 1925, amid colonial oppression and rising nationalist fervor, Nguyen Ai Quoc (President Ho Chi Minh's alias) founded Thanh Nien, Vietnam's first revolutionary newspaper, in Guangzhou, China. The first issue, published on June 21, a date now celebrated as Vietnam's Revolutionary Journalism Day, marked a pivotal moment when journalism became a tool of liberation.
