The name of the state comes from the name of its capital city, Oaxaca. This name comes from the Nahuatl word Huaxyacac, which refers to a tree called a guaje (Leucaena leucocephala) found around the capital city.
He helped found the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and the League for the Independence of Vietnam, or Viet Minh, in 1941. At World War IIâs end, Viet Minh forces seized the northern Vietnamese city of Hanoi and declared a Democratic State of Vietnam (or North Vietnam) with Ho as president.
This organization soon lapsed into inactivity, only to be revived by the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) and Há» ChÃ­ Minh in 1941. The Viá»t Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from the French Empire. The United States supported France. When the Japanese occupation began, the Viá»t Minh opposed Japan with support from the United States and the Republic of China. After World War II, the Viá»t Minh opposed the re-occupation of Vietnam by France and later opposed South Vietnam and the United States in the Vietnam War.