He was born in 1890 into a wealthy family His father was a committed anti-French nationalist.

He was born in 1890 into a wealthy family for him to be educated. His father was a committed anti-French nationalist. Ho left Vietnam in1912 and travelled the world for the next 30 years. He learned to speak English, French, Russian and Chinease, living in the USA, France, Russia and China. He became a communist in France but then studied revolutionary technique in Moscow. He worked in Chinafor the Comintern agent Borodin