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In 1942, at age 52, Ho Chi Minh, now Chief of State of North Vietnam, was arrested in South China, accused of being a spy. For fourteen months, bound in leg irons, he was shifted from jail to jail. Throughout he kept a diary written in poetry. Hard Is the Road of Life. Having climbed over steep mountains and high peaks

Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh was imprisoned in China in 1942 while traveling as an emissary from the Vietnamese resistance to meet with Chinese officials. He was shuttled between various prisons for the next 14 months.

Ho Chi Minh City, also known by its former name of Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of . million (13 million in the metropolitan area) as of 2017. Located in southeast Vietnam, the metropolis surrounds the Saigon River and covers about 2,061 square kilometres (796 square miles).

First Page of the Diary. Phil Minton, Veryan Weston.

Chi Minh Ho. The prison diary of Ho Chi Minh Close. 1 2 3 4 5. Want to Read. Chinese poetry, English poetry, Translations from Chinese, Translations into English, Vietnamese Authors.

Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) led the fight for Vietnamese independence from 1941 until his death in 1969. This 1976 recording, produced by folk singer and political activist Barbara Dane, was issued a year after the fall of South Vietnam. The recording presents Ho Chi Minh through his writings and in songs praising his revolutionary zeal. Many of the speeches are presented in English by Vu Thien Dinh with two brief speeches by Ho in English. Two songs on the recording were written by Cubans and sung in Spanish

Sick and disillusioned, Ho Chi Minh was not able to oppose demands for retaliation by his more militant followers, and the First Indochina War began on December 19. After a few months, Ho, who had sought refuge in a remote area of North Vietnam, attempted to reestablish contact with Paris, but the terms he was offered were unacceptable. In 1948 the French offered to return the former Annamese (Vietnamese) emperor Bao Dai, who had abdicated in favour of the revolution in August 1945. From May to July 21, 1954, representatives of eight countries-with Vietnam represented by two delegations, one composed of supporters of Ho Chi Minh, the other of supporters of Bao Dai-met in Geneva to find a solution. They concluded with an agreement according to which Vietnam was to be divided at the 17th parallel until elections, scheduled for 1956, after which the Vietnamese would establish a unified government.

Ho Chi Minh fashioned the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and wrote a declaration of independence that stated, "All men are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. During a cruel land reform after Ho became president of North Vietnam, an estimated 50,000 North Vietnam citizens lost their lives, between 50,000 and 100,000 were imprisoned, and freedom of speech was restricted.