[Video] Ho Chi Minh: Great Diplomat of the Vietnamese Revolution

* Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan: Doing diplomacy means having to deal with many subjects and the problem is to make more friends and fewer enemies, taking advantage of conflicts between opposing countries to protect national interests. If we look back at history, Uncle Ho was very flexible in that story.

* Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh - Principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities: “In this Agreement, what Ho Chi Minh wanted was for France to recognize Vietnam as an independent nation, but it was not achieved. France only recognized Vietnam as a free nation, but that was also an important result, from being a slave, it now became a free nation.”

* Prof. Pierre Asselin (University of San Diego, USA): I think Ho Chi Minh is a symbol of Vietnamese diplomacy. He knew when to fight and when to negotiate. He was very good at balancing, even taking advantage of relationships with major countries. When studying the methods of Vietnamese diplomacy today, I still see those things.