the reputation of định and his southern rebels persisted long after his death. phan bội châu, the leading vietnamese revolutionary of the early 20th century, travelled into the south in 1904, seeking to start a new anti-french movement. he specifically attempted to recruit followers among the surviving elderly members of định's movement. định was highly regarded as a revolutionary hero by vietnamese of both communist and anti-communist persuasions. in 1964, an article in the north vietnamese "nghiên cứu lịch sửu" described định as "the hero symbolising the spirit of resistance to the foreign colonialists of the people of southern viet-nam". the same article extolled định's physical appearance and his capabilities, stating "he was handsome in appearance, understood the military manual and was a good shot". during the vietnam war era, north vietnamese historians sought to portray the viet cong—which fought against the army of the republic of vietnam and the united states—as định's modern successor. định was also highly regarded among anti-communist south vietnamese scholars. a prominent thoroughfare in the centre of ho chi minh city in southern vietnam is named after him.