Tokyo, May 16 -- President Ho Chi Minh holds a special position in modern world history and national liberation movements around the globe in the 20th century, Professor Shimizu Masaaki from Japan's Osaka University affirmed. Speaking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Japan on the occasion of the 135th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890-2025), the Japanese scholar said that President Ho Chi Minh is well-known worldwide not only for leading the Vietnamese people to gain independence. He is also considered an iconic leader of the decolonisation movement in the Southern hemisphere, especially in Asia, Africa, Latin America. First, President Ho Chi Minh was a rare leader who skillfully combined the Vietnamese nationalism w...