Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (which was also Communist led)
- Minh was a Marxist- Leninist revolutionary leader that became Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
- Fought for an independent, united Vietnam.
- Ho Chi Minh was also a key figure in the Peoples army of Vietnam
Vietcong
Vietcong or the National Liberation front was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States Army
- Had both guerilla army units and cadres who organized peasents
- Northerners and Southerners were always under the same command structure
- Many were Southern Vietnameese that resettled in the north after the Geneva Accord