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Thomas Nguyễn was born on April 7, 1953, in Nha Trang in what was then French Indochina.His family fled Vietnam by boat in 1979, landing in the Philippines after 15 days at sea.
Nguyễn Thái Học, founder and leader of the VNQDD, 1930. Nguyễn Thái Học (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ tʰaːj˧˦ hawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]; chữ Hán: 阮 太 學; 1 December 1902 – 17 June 1930) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and independent activist who was the founding leader of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, namely the Vietnamese Nationalist Party.
While the emperor Tự Đức was alive, Prince Quang Thái was placed under house arrest with his family for having connections with those who opposed him. When the emperor Đồng Khánh died, however, the French colonial authorities and the high-ranking mandarins decided that Quang Thái was the ideal successor and enthroned him as the new Vietnamese emperor, Emperor Thành Thái.
Emperor Kiến Phúc was often hampered by poor health and died in Kiến Thành Palace on July 31, 1884 – less than 8 months after ascending the throne. [1] His sudden death sparked rumors that the Emperor was poisoned by his adoptive mother, Tự Đức's Noble Consort Học phi and regent Nguyễn Văn Tường for he knew of their secret affair.
Nguyễn Chí Thanh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ t͡ɕi˧˦ tʰajŋ̟˧˧]; 1 January 1914 – 6 July 1967) [1] [2] [3] was a General in the North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Army and former North Vietnamese politician. Nguyễn Chí Thanh was born in Thừa Thiên Province in Central Vietnam to a peasant family. His original name ...
Thái Thanh was born in 1934 in the village of Bạch Mai, Hanoi, in an artistic-traditioned family.Her father, Phạm Đình Phụng, had 2 wives - the first one gave birth to Phạm Đình Sỹ and Phạm Đình Viêm; the second one gave birth to Phạm Thị Quang Thái (Thái Hằng), Phạm Đình Chương, and Phạm Thị Băng Thanh.
The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, [ 6 ] and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction . The novel received generally positive reviews from critics. [ 7 ]
Dục Đức was born Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Ái and at age 17 was renamed Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Chân (阮 福 膺 禛).He was the second son of Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Y, the fourth brother of Emperor Tự Đức.