Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai (1 November 1910 in Vinh, Annam – 28 August 1941 in Hóc Môn, Cochinchina) was a Vietnamese

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and a leader of the

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during the 1930s.

Early life and education

Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai was born Nguyễn Thị Vịnh on 1 November 1910 in

Vinh Vinh () is the biggest city and economic and cultural center of north-central Vietnam. Vinh is the capital of Nghệ An Province, and is a key point in the East–West economic corridor linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The city is ...

, Nghệ An province, Vietnam. Her father, Nguyễn Huy Bình, also known as Hàn Bình, was born in

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. He had learnt French but, due to failing the civil service examinations, chose to work as a railway official in Vinh. Her mother, Đậu Thị Thư, was a petty shopkeeper from Đức Thọ,

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. Her father frequently permitted her to retain the banned documents in an upstairs room at the train station. When Minh Khai grew more engaged in her revolutionary activities, her mother, a petty shopkeeper, supported her financially on her frequent visits to different provinces.

Revolutionary career

In 1927, she co-founded the

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which was a predecessor of the

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. She was considered as one of the prominent female members of the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP). In April 1930, she was delegated to

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and became a secretary for

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(at the time known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc) in the office of the Orient Bureau of the

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. In April 1931, Minh Khai was detained by the British administration in Hong Kong. The British colonial government initially planned to turn her over to the French authorities. However, her Cantonese fluency enabled her to avoid being handed over to the French but instead, she was imprisoned in several Kuomintang jails in China from 1931 to 1934. In 1934, she and

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were voted to be attendees in the Seventh Congress of Comintern in

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. Later she married Lê. In 1936, she returned to Vietnam and became the top leader of the communists in

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. She was seized by the French colonial government in 1940 and was executed by firing squad the next year. Her husband Lê had been jailed in June 1939, and later died in the tiger cages at Poulo Condore prison in September 1942.Ho Chi Minh: A Life - Ch 8

Legacy

Today, Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai is honoured as a revolutionary martyr by the

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, and some roads, schools, and administrative units in Vietnam are named after her. Some of these include the

Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai (1 November 1910 in Vinh, Annam – 28 August 1941 in Hóc Môn, Cochinchina) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and a leader of the Indochinese Communist Party during the 1930s. Early life and education Nguyễn Thị Minh ...

urban ward in

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, and Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai High School. File:Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai's Delegate's Card at Comintern's 1935 VII Congress, Moscow.jpg, Her Delegate's Card at the 1935

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's 7th Congress in Moscow,

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. She was delegate representing the

. File:Nguyễn TMK.jpg, Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai

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Early life and education

Revolutionary career

Legacy

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