''Tiền Phong'' ( vi, Báo Tiền Phong, meaning "

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") is a

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ese daily newspaper published by the Central Committee of the

Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union ( (Đoàn TNCS)), simply recognized as the Union (), is the largest social-political organisation of Vietnamese youth. The union is under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The organization wa ...

, the

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of the

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. It was established during the

First Indochina War The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam) began in French Indochina from 19 December 1946 to 20 July 1954 between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vi ...

as one of the first revolutionary newspapers in Vietnam, at about the same time as the predecessors of ''

Quan Doi Nhan Dan The ''People's Army Newspaper'' () is a Vietnamese newspaper headquartered in Hanoi. It is under the authority of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Ministry of National Defense, and it is practically the off ...

'' and '' Nhan Dan''.

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was in charge of illustrations from 1957 to 1982.

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* Newspapers published in Vietnam Vietnamese-language newspapers Publications with year of establishment missing {{vietnam-newspaper-stub