Vietnamese monks and Buddhist communities in the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s policies in 1945

Abstract

In the first year after the August Revolution in 1945, Vietnam was in an extremely difficult situation, like "a thousand pounds hanging from a hair". As the country was in danger, Vietnamese monks and Buddhist communities could not remain indifferent to the situation. They stood up to fight to preserve national independence that had just had been regained after years of fighting Japanese fascists and French colonialists. From then on, Vietnamese monks and Buddhists implemented the policies of President Ho Chi Minh through 3 major areas: 1. Political; 2. Economic, social and cultural; 3. Young monks participated in the southern political and religious movement.