agricultural engineer. Political struggle before the August Revolution of 1945 In 1923, Phan Đăng Lưu began working in the office of experimental sericulture in Đông Ba, . He was transferred to Diễn Châu District, Nghệ An, in 1925. He also worked in Linh Cảm, Hà Tĩnh Province, in Phú Phong, Bình Định Province, in Đà Lạt and Di Linh, Lâm Đồng Province. Wherever he went, he would be non-chalant about his anti-colonialistic views. This eventually led to his dismissal. He used this opportunity to immerse himself in the study of communist and anti-imperialistic writings such as Marx's Le Capital or by Nguyễn Ái Quốc. By that time, he had already been involved in the political movement Hội Phục Việt. On July 14, 1928, at the general plenum of the Tân Việt Revolutionary Party, Phan Đăng Lưu was voted as a standing member into the central committee of the party, responsible for revolutionary propaganda that included the propagation of a new democratic order and the socialist doctrine. In this function, together with Đào Duy Anh and other members of the Tân Việt Revolutionary Party he co-edited, translated, compiled several works under the party's publishing organ . It comprised works such as the A.B.C. of Marx's Doctrine ("A.B.C Chủ nghĩa Mác"), New Democracy ("Dân chủ mới"); translations of works such as Social Essays ("Xã hội luận"), A History of economic teachings ("Lược sử các học thuyết kinh tế") or The Communist Manifesto ("Tuyên ngôn Đảng Cộng sản"). At the end of 1928, Phan Đăng Lưu and Hà Huy Tập were sent to Guangzhou, China, in order to engage the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth League into a common struggle for liberation and independence. He returned after 5 months as the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth League went into hiding and contact could not be established. In September 1929, Phan Đăng Lưu went to Guangzhou for a second time to discuss and prepare the foundation of a Vietnamese Communist Party with the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth League. He was later captured in Haiphong and subsequently put to trial with 60 other members of the Tân Việt Revolutionary Party at the Nam triều court in Vinh. Phan Đăng Lưu received a prison sentence of 3 years on 21 January 1930. Phan Đăng Lưu was transferred to the , where he nevertheless continued to engage in revolutionary activities. While being in prison, he was admitted to the Communist Party of