The monograph includes the articles by scholars both from Russia and Vietnam written under scientific cooperation project between Moscow and Hanoi state univer sities. The research explores various aspects of Vietnam national leader and first Presi dent Ho Chi Minh's heritage important for his native country and over the world. These aspects are Ho Chi Minh's contribution to the cause of national liberation, party and state building, economic and foreign policy, formation of a new culture and morality. The monograph conceptualizes Ho Chi Minh's ideology, describes his acti vities at the Communist International and several countries, especially in Russia and China.