Vietnam: President Ho Chi Minh with Vietnamese school children, location uncertain but probably Hanoi c.1960s.

Vietnamese icon Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890—2 September 1969) was a Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He famously led the Vietcong during the Vietnam War until his death. It is interesting to note that before taking up arms and ultimately defeating the US army, in his younger years Ho Chi Minh worked in the USA as a chef's helper on a ship and as a baker in Harlem, New York. He also worked as a pastry chef and as a waiter in London.

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