Firstly, poor you to have such a vague comment, i don’t know if you are educated, secondly for people who wants to and ready to accept the truth, don’t believe in the history that Vietnamese escapers to the U.S, the rich and betrayer tell you. It is clearly written ( even in Wikipedia ) that Ngo Dinh Diem rule was marked by authoritarianism, corruption and political repression. He was widely criticized for his handling of Buddhist protests and his refusal to hold elections as required by the 1954 Geneva Accords ( because he knows that most of the Vietnamese back then will support Ho Chi Minh ). Ngo Dinh Diem’s regime was also marked by widespread human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial killings. On the other hand, Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam had wide popular support and his leadership legitimized through a series of elections, he lead the country during a time of war and great political upheaval, and his leadership was shaped by the need to build a new nation out of the ruins of war and French colonialism.

Dictatorship is a complex concept and it’s mostly used to describe a leader who holds absolute power, uses repression and censorship, and does not allow political opposition. Ho Chi Minh’s leadership was not in this sense, it was more of a collective leadership, where the Communist Party of Vietnam was the main decision maker. Even the American warriors show respect to him, his life goal was only one, is for Vietnam to be self-governed and only that.