Hồ Văn Ngà
Hồ Văn Ngà (1902-1945) was a Vietnamese politician who served as leader of Vietnamese National Independence Party, he participated in August Revolution and War in southern Vietnam (1945-1946), part of the Civil war in Vietnam from 1945 to 1949.[1]
Biography
Hồ Văn Ngà was born in 1902 in Tân An, Long An province, into a Confucian family, practicing Oriental medicine. As a child, he studied at Tân An village school. In 1918, he went to Saigon to study at Chasseloup Laubat school. In the third year, he was expelled because he participated in a strike, but thanks to his excellent academic performance, he was readmitted to the school.
Political career
In 1936, Ngà joined the Indochinesischer Kongress (Indochinese Congress) along with Tạ Thu Thâu, Nguyen Van Tao, Dương Bạch Mai, Phan Văn Hùm, Diep Van Ky and collaborated with French-Vietnamese newspapers. He called on patriots to establish the National United Front.
On March 9, 1945, Japanese staged a coup against France, ending French rule in Indochina. Five days later, the Vietnamese National Independence Party, Hòa Hảo, Caodaism, Vanguard Youth with others factions founded the National Unified Front. Afterwards, the Front established the Provisional Executive Committee of Southern Vietnam. The Viet Minh took 7 out of 9 seats in the Committee and then monopolized it, but was opposed by the Caodaist, Hòa Hảo and Vietnam National Restoration League, Ho Chi Minh ordered the assassination and liquidation of members of the opposition parties.
On October 1945, he was captured then executed by the Viet Minh in Cà Mau.[2]