Viet Minh

UK/ˌviː.ɛt ˈmɪn/US/ˌvi.ɛt ˈmɪn/

proper noun

A Vietnamese Communist independence and nationalist movement led by Hồ Chí Minh in 1941 organized to wage a guerrilla war against the invading Imperial Japanese forces and later the French in an effort to drive colonialist powers out of Indochina.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA Vietnamese Communist independence and nationalist movement led by Hồ Chí Minh in 1941 organized to wage a guerrilla war against the invading Imperial Japanese forces and later the French in an effort to drive colonialist powers out of Indochina.

Origin

From Vietnamese Việt Minh, shorted form of Việt-Nam Độc-Lập Đông-Minh (Vietnam Independence League).

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APA

Viet Minh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Viet%20Minh

MLA

“Viet Minh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Viet%20Minh. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Viet Minh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Viet%20Minh.

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