Abstract

This article analyzes the ideology embedded in President Ho Chi Minh's statement “Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom,” delivered on July 17, 1966, as a pivotal message during the resistance war against the U.S. and the nation-building process that followed. The article examines how this thought fostered patriotism and national solidarity during wartime and continues to serve as a foundation for Vietnam’s development strategy in the new era. It emphasizes the relevance of Ho Chi Minh's ideology in the current context of maintaining political independence, enhancing national unity, and promoting sustainable socio-economic development, proposing that this ideology be creatively applied as a guiding principle in national governance today.

Keywords: The Great Spring Victory of 1975, nothing is more precious than independence and freedom, the anti-US war of strategies to save the nation, Ho Chi Minh thought.