An expert in the science of History of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh studies

According to his work records, he was born on October 1, 1935, but according to him, he was born in the year of Nham Than, in 1932, but he did not remember his exact lunar date of birth, because it was a long time ago. The confusion about his birth year was due to the process of creating and transferring his records when he left his beloved hometown of Binh-Tri-Thien to study in the North in 1953. If according to the year of Nham Than, his destiny is Kim - Kiem Phong Kim - Gold of the sword handle, but perhaps, his personality does not follow his destiny, because he has always been a commanding sword, a sharp sword tip in the field of modern Vietnamese political history. That is why, up to now, although he is at a rare age and his health is no longer strong, he is still a sharp sword, a guiding sword for generations of his students on the long path of researching and teaching Historical Science in general, the History of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh Thought in particular.

Associate Professor, People's Teacher Le Mau Han - Head of History Department (Hanoi University of Science) (1976 - 1990)/Photo: Thanh Long

In 1953, after finishing junior high school, he left Quang Tri to study in the North and perhaps this was the event, the opportunity that created a turning point in his life, not only for science but also for his private life. In 1956, after finishing high school, he entered the History Department, the first class of Hanoi University. In August 1959, after a process of tireless study, like Professor Phan Dai Doan, Professor Vu Duong Ninh, Associate Professor Vu Van Ban..., he was one of 17 students of the first class of Hanoi University who were retained to supplement the teaching staff of History. And perhaps, from here, his destiny with historical science truly blended with his destiny of Sword Wind Gold. Under the guidance of scholars Tran Van Giau, Dao Duy Anh, Tran Duc Thao and the enthusiastic help of senior colleagues, through a process of hard training with many hardships and difficulties, he became a teacher, a historian, an expert on the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam, modern Vietnamese history and especially on Ho Chi Minh's ideology.

Graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of History, majoring in Modern Vietnamese History, but faced with the requirement and task of building a team of political theory lecturers to improve the quality of education, foster political theory for students, and serve the mission of the Fatherland - a task that Hanoi University of Science (now the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi) identified as a key task in the training program of the School, Associate Professor. People's Teacher. Le Mau Han soon came to the Department of Party History. He, together with Professor. Kieu Xuan Ba ​​(former Deputy Head of the Faculty of History), Associate Professor. Ho Sy Khoach, ... established and built the Department of History of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the 1960s and in 1974, the Department of History of the Communist Party of Vietnam was officially established under the Faculty of History.

In 1975, Associate Professor, People's Teacher Le Mau Han was appointed as Head of the History Department and was responsible for an important professional area of ​​clarifying strategic issues in the History of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in political platforms, in military and diplomatic policies and in the issue of Party building. His writing style contained both Party character and scientific character, especially a very high combative character.

As a researcher and lecturer of the History of the Communist Party of Vietnam, he devoted all his heart and mind to scientific research. For him, only thorough research and accurate and correct grasp of the history of the field can help students, trainees and postgraduates grasp the science of the field. As a researcher, he understood very well Lenin's instructions: "In historical science as well as in other sciences, correct facts are the atmosphere of the scientist, the foundation from which to build the theory of the research problem" (according to Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Muu: in the book:Journey to historical truth, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, 2005). Having enough necessary materials and documents, grasping the "spirit" of historical events and placing them in relation to each other in connection with specific historical circumstances when considering, logic is a working principle of his and a requirement of his students and colleagues. And therefore, when reading his research works on Party History, people do not feel bored, dry but find in them a spaciousness, an interesting guidance and attraction of historical truth. Respecting historical truth, correctly evaluating historical truth has made his works and articles full of historical materials truly become a handbook for generations of his students and colleagues to use to approach and research the science of History of the Communist Party of Vietnam. It can be said that his works and articles such as:Revolutionary Platforms of the Communist Party of Vietnam, History of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Volumes I and II),Party Congresses and Central Conferences on Government History, History of the National Assembly of Vietnam, History of the Communist Party of Vietnam... have greatly contributed to the development of the Major in History of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the Faculty of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Associate Professor, People's Teacher Le Mau Han is one of the scientists who contributed to the establishment of the Department of History of the Communist Party of Vietnam (since the 1960s) and the Major of History of the Communist Party of Vietnam (in 1974) at the Faculty of History/Photo: Thanh Long

Not only did he have the merit of founding and building the development of the Department of Communist Party History, the Faculty of History in particular and the Party History Science in Vietnam in general, but for Ho Chi Minh Studies, when mentioning research on Ho Chi Minh Thought, people cannot help but mention him as a leading expert in this new science. Together with his students and colleagues, he organized research courses on learning about Ho Chi Minh Thought. For this new science, he seemed to have an ability, a capacity to attract not only leading scientists in the field of Ho Chi Minh studies inside and outside the school but also generations of young cadres to join hands to build and promote the development of this science. Reading the articles and books he wrote about Ho Chi Minh, one can feel not only Ho Chi Minh's thoughts and philosophies about the Vietnamese revolution, but also Ho Chi Minh's warm, sincere, humane, and humane feelings for the Vietnamese people and for all of humanity. And therefore, the works that Associate Professor, People's Teacher, Le Mau Han wrote about Ho Chi Minh were not only purely scientific works, but also stories and literary works with artistic value. For example, rereading the article "Ho Chi Minh with the flag of national independence in the first Platform of the Party"He wrote and published in the Party History Journal No. 5 (53) in 1990, one can see in it his new, bold historical thinking to position and readjust historical issues and events with abundantly cited data, but resolved in a gentle way, with his profound explanations of the truth of "Independence, freedom - national liberation" of Ho Chi Minh expressed in the Party's first Political Platform in 1930. It was also he who correctly assessed the formula for the birth of the Communist Party of Vietnam, that it was a combination of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thought with the workers' movement and the patriotic movement in Vietnam.

Associate Professor, People's Teacher Le Mau Han and Professor, People's Teacher Vu Duong Ninh - two leading Historians, teachers of many generations of students and trainees of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities

It can be said that as a scientist, a teacher - he has always been the sword of command, the flame that illuminates and guides generations of his students. However, as a leader with 15 years as Head of the History Department, Party Secretary, he has also left deep impressions on his colleagues and students. Up to now, in many meetings of generations of staff of the Faculty as well as the Department, when talking about him and the work of staff planning, the teaching and research staff who are now associate professors, doctors, even those who have retired often gratefully recount: It was Professor Le Mau Han who first advocated "Associate Doctorate" and he was the one who directly participated in guiding and helping many brothers and sisters inside and outside the Faculty and the School to successfully defend their doctoral theses in history. He often told his students and colleagues that: A degree may not fully reflect a person's ability, but it is a mandatory condition that motivates people to strive to rise up to their duties. For teachers, doing that is also a way to set an example, to encourage young people and students to train and strive to become scientists. We must end the situation of bachelors training bachelors - a temporary solution that is only allowed to exist in wartime or when the country does not have the conditions to standardize the teaching staff. That is a philosophy of scientific development, an experience of high practical value that he realized during his leadership of the Faculty of History and left to the Faculty of History as a handbook for building and developing the Faculty.

His whole life was devoted to historical science in general and the History of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh Studies in particular. He has been working as the Party requires in the innovation of theoretical thinking, which is to tell the truth and clearly tell the truth. The way he has worked in the process of working from Marxist cognitive methodology, the implementation methods of specialized science, his dedication, strictness and his contributions are great examples for many generations of students.

Having lived in the capital for nearly 60 years, Associate Professor, People's Teacher Le Mau Han is like an embodiment of the harmony between the "Trang An style" and the spirit of the people of Quang Nam, Central Vietnam. We, his students, all know that he is still continuing new scientific works, which are meaningful in anticipating the changes of the times.