Ho Chi Minh is an outstanding thinker of the Vietnamese nation and makes significant contributions to the treasury of human thought and theory. His thought represents a crystallization of the nation’s traditional cultural values and the quintessence of human culture, particularly through the creative application of Marxism-Leninism to the country’s specific conditions. Ho Chi Minh Thought holds not only tremendous historical value but also serves as the ideological foundation and guiding principle for the cause of renewal in Vietnam. The paper focuses on analyzing Ho Chi Minh within the stream of 20th century human thought, clarifying his prominent and innovative arguments, and thereby highlighting the theoretical and practical value of Ho Chi Minh’s thought to the revolutionary cause in Vietnam and the world.