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Indochinese Communist Party

1930–1951 · 20th century · Also known as ICP

The Indochinese Communist Party was the communist party founded by Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong in 1930, merging rival Vietnamese communist groups. Banned and repressed in French Indochina, it created the Viet Minh front in 1941, which seized power in the August Revolution of 1945 and proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It formally dissolved itself in 1945 but survived underground, and in 1951 was refounded as the Workers' Party of Vietnam.

Indochinese Communist Party
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Indochinese Communist Party. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/indochinese-communist-party
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“Indochinese Communist Party.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/indochinese-communist-party. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Indochinese Communist Party.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/indochinese-communist-party.
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