Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> authorities imprisoned him from 1930-1936 &amp; again from 1939-1944. The French imprisoned him a "tiger cage" cells in the prison on Poulo Condore (Côn Sơn Island) in the South China Sea. Poulo Condore was the harshest prison in all of French <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indochina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indochina</span></a>. During his time in the "tiger cage", Thọ suffered from hunger, heat, torture &amp; humiliation. He was a teenager &amp; these prison experiences hardened him.</p><p>After his second release he returned to Hanoi in 1945 to help lead the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietMinh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VietMinh</span></a>, the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseIndependence</span></a> organization, as well as a revived communist party called the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnamWorkersParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamWorkersParty</span></a>. He was senior Viet Minh official in southern Vietnam until the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GenevaAccords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenevaAccords</span></a> of 1954. From 1955 he was a member of the Politburo of the Vietnam Workers’ Party, or the Communist Party of Vietnam(renamed in 1976). During the Vietnam War (1955–75) Tho oversaw the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietCong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VietCong</span></a> insurgency that began against the South Vietnamese government in the late 1950s. He carried out most of his duties during the war while in hiding in South Vietnam.</p><p>“The Nobel Committee made a big mistake,” he said in an interview with UPI a decade later. “This is a prize for peace. The thing here is, who is the one that has created peace? The ones who fought against the U.S. and established peace for the country are us, not the U.S. However, the Nobel Committee has put the invader and the invaded as equal – that is something I cannot accept, and that is the reason why I declined the prize.” When asked if he’d accept the prize now that the country is free, he replied, “Yes, but only if the prize is awarded to me only.”<br><a href="https://tienphong.vn/uy-ban-giai-nobel-da-sai-lam-dang-tiec-post611381.tpo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tienphong.vn/uy-ban-giai-nobel</span><span class="invisible">-da-sai-lam-dang-tiec-post611381.tpo</span></a></p><p>Lê Đức Thọ's "insolence" towards Western politics helped to gain his country control over Saigon, Vientiane &amp; ousted a pro-Western government in Phnom Penh. Within Vietnam, Lê Đức Thọ is remembered as a revolutionary leader who played a pivotal role in the country’s struggle for independence &amp; reunification. He is honored as a key figure in Vietnam’s history.</p><p>Despite his involvement in peace negotiations, Lê Đức Thọ remains a controversial figure, among those who view him as a symbol of the repressive communist regime in Vietnam. The communist government’s human rights abuses &amp; suppression of dissent have led to criticism of his role in the post-war government.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseRevolutionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseRevolutionaries</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Communist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Viet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Viet</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USWarOnVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USWarOnVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LongLiveVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongLiveVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GlobalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSouth</span></a></p>