I know he is a very close friend to Mao and he can speak perfect Chinese and Cantonese. And chi minh is a common Chinese name. When he is dead, Chinese doctor send by Mao is around him. Thats all I know, China and Viet broke up since China Soviet broke up.He started from Saigon port, Joined to Communists in Paris - France. He turned home from Paris to Moscow, through China and Thailand and came home 1941.
Ho Chi Minh has a famous announcement in Conference of France Communist Party in Paris 1921: " I don't care about second or 3rd Communal, I follow what kind of Communal which support Vietnam to be independence State. "