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Nguyễn Đức Mậu (born 14 January 1948 in Nam Trực District, Nam Định) is a Vietnamese poet. [1] His 'The Old Soldier' is one of many war poems to carry the idea of a nation that has been at war for generations.
Vũ Văn Mẫu (Vietnamese pronunciation: [vu˦ˀ˥ van˧˧ məw˦ˀ˥]; 25 July 1914 – 20 August 1998) was a South Vietnamese diplomat and politician, who was the last Prime Minister of South Vietnam, serving under President Dương Văn Minh's leadership in 1975.
Marriage of Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh (1951) In 1951, Thiệu married Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh, the daughter of a wealthy herbal medicine practitioner from the Mekong Delta. She was a Roman Catholic, and Thiệu converted to Catholicism in 1958. Critics claimed that he did so in order to improve his prospects of rising up ...
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng was born on 17 November 1949 in Cà Mau in southern Vietnam. He purportedly volunteered on his 12th birthday to join the Vietcong , doing first-aid, and communication tasks; he also worked as a paramedic, and a physician.
Đỗ Mậu (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ʔɗo˦ˀ˥ məw˧˨ʔ]; 1 July 1917 – 11 April 2002) [1] was a Major general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), best known for his roles as a recruiting strategist in both the 1963 coup that toppled President Ngô Đình Diệm and the 1964 coup led by General Nguyễn Khánh that deposed the junta of General Dương Văn ...
Nguyễn Bá Cẩn (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ ʔɓaː˧˦ kən˧˩]; 9 September 1930 – 20 May 2009) [1] was a South Vietnamese politician who served as the penultimate Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 4 April 1975 until 28 April 1975, serving under Presidents Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (4 April to 21 April) and Trần Văn Hương (21 April to 28 April).
Gia Long (Chữ hán: 嘉隆) (Vietnamese: [zaː lawŋ] , [jaː lawŋ] ; 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam. His dynasty would rule the unified territories that constitute modern-day Vietnam until 1945.
Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Văn Thuận, also known as Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận (pronounced [ŋʷjə̌ˀn van tʰwə̂ˀn] ⓘ; 17 April 1928 – 16 September 2002), was a Vietnamese cardinal in the Catholic Church. He was a nephew of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, and of Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục. [1] [2] [3]