2013 Event Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, will welcome it's first McDonald's early next year; the site will be run by the son of Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Henry Nguyen 1975 Event South-Vietnam General Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30 1969 Death Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Ta't-Tanh, North Vietnamese president, dies at 79 1954 Event Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out 1954 Event Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu 1951 Event Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi 1950 Event French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh 1950 Event Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China 1946 Event War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi 1946 Event Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam 1945 Event Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 Event Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup 1890 Birthday Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam, 1946, 1969