Ho Chi Minh Ideology (Vietnamese: Tư tưởng Hồ Chí Minh “Thoughts of Ho Chi Minh”) is the political philosophy of the Vietnamese Communist Party. It is the adaptation of Marxism–Leninism developed for and applied to the specific social, political, and economic conditions of the Vietnamese people, by Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The Thoughts of Ho Chi Minh are an ideology primarily constructed from the political statements and attitudes of Ho Chi Minh, and is integral to the curriculum of fundamental instruction for civil servants in Vietnam.[1]