  vÃµ chÃ­ cÃ´ng (born vÃµ toÃ n; 7 august 1912 â 8 september 2011) was a vietnamese communist politician, and the president of vietnam between 1987 and 1992.bruce m. lockhart, william j. duiker the a to z of vietnam 2010 p.420 "vÃµ chÃ­ cÃ´ng (1912â ). leading figure in the vietnamese communist party (vcp) and former chief of state of the socialist republic of vietnam (srv). born near da ngng in 1912, vÃµ chÃ­ cÃ´ng became active in the indochinese communist party"."state funeral for former president of state council - vÃµ chÃ­ cÃ´ng". baomoi.com. september 2011. retrieved 4 october 2012. ==early life and political activities== vÃµ chÃ­ cÃ´ng was born vÃµ toÃ n in quáº£ng nam, french indochina, in 1912. he first became politically active in 1930, when he joined with phan bá»i chÃ¢u and phan chu trinh, two early vietnamese nationalists who opposed the french colonial regime. he joined the communist party of indochina in 1935,"vo chi cong, vietnamese leader, is dead at 99". new york times. 15 september 2011. retrieved 24 october 2011. and fought with the vietnamese resistance against the vichy french during world war ii. ==vietcong founding member== after the first indochina war, cÃ´ng as deputy secretary of the party committee of 5th region (and elected is member of central committee party in 1960), before becoming a founding member and deputy chairman of the national front for the liberation of south vietnam (vietcong) in 1961. he later became deputy secretary of the central office for south vietnam (cosvn), and was a key figure in the south vietnamese communist party during the vietnam war. after the reunification of vietnam in 1976, cÃ´ng was awarded a seat on the national politburo.{{cite web|url=http://vietnambreakingnews.com/2011/09/tributes-to-vo-chi-cong-in-hcm-city/|title=tributes to vo
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