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Outside Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics, as Nguyen. Nguyen was the seventh most common family name in Australia in 2006 [8] (second only to Smith in Melbourne phone books [9]), and the 54th most common in France. [10] It was the 41st most common surname in Norway in 2020 [11] and tops the foreign name list in the ...
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (a former prime minister) has Nguyễn is his family name, Tấn is his middle name, and Dũng is his personal name. In Vietnamese formal usage, he is referred to as Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, but by his personal name ("Mr. Dũng") in English-language text of Vietnamese multimedia, not by his family name ("Mr. Nguyễn").
Currently "Vietnam" is most commonly used as the official name in English, leading to the adjective Vietnamese (instead of Viet, Vietic or Viet Namese) and 3-letter code VIE in IOC and FIFA (instead of VNM). In all other languages mainly written in Latin script, the name of Vietnam is also commonly written without a space. [52]
Vietnamese personal names are usually three syllables long, but may also be two or four syllables. The first syllable is the family name or surname.Because certain family names, notably Nguyen, are extremely common, they cannot be used to distinguish among individuals in the manner customary in English.
Nguyễn Lưu Viên (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ liw˧˧ viən˧˧]; 21 November 1919 [1] – 18 September 2017) was a South Vietnamese doctor and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of South Vietnam under various prime ministers.
In late 1955, Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem changed the name of the Vietnam National Army to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He retained the same position in a new military structure. In early 1956, moving to the field of Military Training, he assumed the Chief of Staff position of the Đà Lạt Military Academy.
Nguyen Toon, mythical North Vietnamese fighter pilot; Pham Nuwen, of the science fiction novel A Fire Upon the Deep, is treated as a far-future descendant of the Nguyen surname. Diane Nguyen, a main character in BoJack Horseman; Dong Nguyen, one of the title character's love interests in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ ŋawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ tʰəː˧˧]; chữ Hán: 阮 玉 書 26 May 1908 – 12 June 1976) [1] was a South Vietnamese politician who was the first vice president of South Vietnam, serving under President Ngô Đình Diệm from 1956 until Diệm's overthrow and assassination in 1963.