SOME REFLECTIONS ON VIETNAMESE NATIONAL VALUES: HO CHI MINH AND THE VALUES OF INDEPENDECE, FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS

Abstract

In this paper the author shares his reflections on Ho Chi Minh’s thought on the values of independece, freedom and happiness. The author argues that these values are the core values of the modern Vietnam and have served as the common inspiration and basis to connect and unite all the Vietnamese together in the fight to gain and maintain independence for the nation, bring freedom to all Vietnamese and open opportunities for all people to pursuit happy life. During the modern history of Vietnam, those fundamental values have always acted as the main driving force in the cause of struggle for national liberation and national unification as well as in the cause of building a Vietnam. And today within the cause of Renovation and building a suitable socialist model for the national condition of Vietnam the fundamental values of independence, freedom and happiness continue to serve as the guiding values for our national development.