The role of Nguyen Ai Quoc in propagating Marxism-Leninism in Vietnam (1920-1930)

Marxism-Leninism has served as a guiding ray of hope for oppressed nations and classes, inspiring them to rise up and liberate themselves. Since his encounter with Marxism-Leninism, Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi Minh, 1890-1969) gradually laid the foundation for a struggle to emancipate the Vietnamese nation and its people. To achieve this great objective, he actively worked towards propagating the path of saving the nation and liberating the people through Marxism-Leninism in Vietnam. While embracing Marxist principles, he distanced himself from dogmatic teachings and instead, based his understanding on a solid grasp of the revolutionary essence and scientific nature of that theory. He selected core principles, adapted and developed them to suit the Vietnamese reality, and expressed them in an easily understandable language. Additionally, he discovered the most effective forms and means of dissemination. The success of the revolutionary cause in Vietnam is inseparable from the immense contributions of Nguyen Ai Quoc. One of his significant contributions to the nation’s revolution was the propagation of the path of saving the nation and liberating the people through Marxism-Leninism in Vietnam. Placing this issue within the historical context of that time helps appreciate the visionary and remarkably forward-thinking mindset of Nguyen Ai Quoc.