Nguyễn Văn Báu, better known as Nguyên Ngọc, is a Vietnamese writer and dissident, and was a political officer and soldier who fought for the North Vietnamese, Viet Cong and communist forces during the Vietnam War.
Nguyen Ngoc was the son of a post officer worker south of Danang.
Ngoc met and was deeply impressed by North Vietnamese political leader Lê Duẩn in 1951.
[1] Ngoc joined the Viet Cong as a political officer writing poems and slogans in support of their cause.
[2][1] Interviewed by filmmaker Ken Burns for the TV series The Vietnam War, Ngoc described how Ho Chi Minh used simple language and humble imagery to effectively communicate with villagers in Vietnam.