How many days did it take President Ho Chi Minh to write the Declaration of Independence?

President Ho Chi Minh wrote the Declaration of Independence in the last 4 days of August 1945 at the place where he and the Central Committee of the Party temporarily stayed after the General Uprising. The small attic was both a place for meetings and a place to rest, and it was also the place where he diligently wrote the historical document that gave birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

On September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh, on behalf of the Vietnamese people, read the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration not only announced the birth of the first people's democratic state in Southeast Asia, but also became an immortal piece of literature, leaving a strong mark on the national liberation movement in the world .

President Ho Chi Minh wrote the Declaration of Independence at house number 48 Hang Ngang, Hanoi - the residence of patriotic businessman Trinh Van Bo and his wife.

In the midst of the August Revolution of 1945, Mr. Trinh Van Bo's family donated the second floor to the Central Committee's cadres as a workplace, and also arranged a private space for President Ho Chi Minh to write the Declaration. Not liking to live alone, he chose to live and work with his colleagues.

Later, this house was donated to the State by Mr. and Mrs. Trinh Van Bo, becoming an important historical relic associated with the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

President Ho Chi Minh was interested in the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 from an early age. While in Tan Trao (Tuyen Quang), he proactively asked the US OSS to parachute a copy of the American Declaration for reference in the process of preparing historical documents for the nation.

When writing the Declaration of Independence at 48 Hang Ngang (Hanoi), Uncle Ho quoted the immortal sentences in the American Declaration of Human Rights, but at the same time rearranged the order of basic rights to suit the reality and ideology of Vietnam. The words were transformed, carrying a new meaning: There can be no freedom without the right to life, just as there can be no happiness without freedom.

This inheritance not only demonstrates President Ho Chi Minh's creative intelligence, but also shows that he skillfully used universal human values ​​to affirm the righteousness of the Vietnamese revolution before the people at home and international public opinion.

The Declaration of Independence of Vietnam was completed at 48 Hang Ngang, Hanoi. Here, at 10:30 on August 29, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh received intelligence major Archimedes LA Patti, Head of the Indochina Section of the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

At that time, President Ho Chi Minh showed Major Patti the draft of the Declaration of Independence that was being drafted. Major Patti, who was then in Hanoi to carry out the mission of rescuing prisoners of war and disarming the Japanese army, was the first foreigner to hear this draft.

During the conversation, Mr. Patti was extremely surprised when President Ho Chi Minh quoted and adjusted some sentences in the 1776 American Declaration of Independence, especially the change in the order of "liberty and life" to "life and liberty", with a new, deeper meaning.

According to the memoirs of General Vo Nguyen Giap in Unforgettable Years , the khaki suit that President Ho Chi Minh wore when reading the Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945 was used by him throughout his 24 years as President. This suit was worn on major national holidays, foreign visits, and always kept in a simple style, "without a single medal on the chest, just like the day he was introduced to his compatriots".