Việt Minh (Vietnamese: [vîət mīŋ̟] , chữ Hán: 越盟) is the common and abbreviated name of the League for Independence of Vietnam (Vietnamese: ViệtNam Độc
chữ Quốc ngữ. The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: ngườiViệt , lit. 'Việt people' or 'Việt humans') or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh , lit. 'Metropolitan
returned to power the following month, Hồ's government retreated to the countryside and began guerrilla warfare. The Việt Minh defeated the French Union in