Respuesta :
France is the nation that inspired HoChiMinh to challenge their colonial authority in Vietnam.
Option B, France is the correct answer..
The French turned Vietnam into their colony in 1887 and ruled oppressively over the Vietnamese, interfered in their social and religious affairs and drained their resources. These actions of France inspired HoChiMinh to turn against the French colonial authority and he succeeded in eliminating them from Vietnam in 1945.