The Viá '' t Minh received control over the north , in a territory called Democratic Republic of Vietnam under Há '' `` ChÃ Minh . In 1941 , Ho Chi Minh , seeing communist revolution as the path to freedom , returned to Vietnam and formed the Viá '' t Nam Ä á '' c Lá p Ä á '' `` ng Minh Há '' i ( Allied Association of Independent Vietnam ) , better known as the Viá '' t Minh .