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Nguyễn is the transcription of the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the character 阮, which originally was used to write a name of a state in Gansu or an ancient Chinese instrument ruan. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The same Chinese character is often romanized as Ruǎn in Mandarin and as Yuen in Cantonese .
Nguyễn is the most common Vietnamese surname, held by an estimated 40 percent of Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics, as Nguyen . The following is an incomplete list of individuals with this surname.
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").
The Nguyễn dynasty (Vietnamese: Nhà Nguyễn or Triều Nguyễn, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last Vietnamese dynasty, established by a Nguyễn lord and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 to 1883 before becoming protectorates.
Viet was born in Ban Mê Thuột, South Vietnam in 1971. [17] He was the son of Linda Thanh Nguyen and Joseph Thanh Nguyen, [18] refugees from North Vietnam who had moved south in 1954. [19] [20] Viet's mother's real name is Nguyễn Thị Bảy and she is a
The endonym Vietnam was supposedly coined by 16th century poet Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.. Throughout the history of Vietnam, official and unofficial names have been used in reference to the territory of Vietnam.
The Nguyễn lords (Vietnamese: Chúa Nguyễn, 主阮; 1558–1777, 1780–1802), [a] also known as the Nguyễn clan (Vietnamese: Nguyễn thị; chữ Hán: 阮氏), were Nguyễn dynasty's forerunner and a feudal noble clan ruling southern Đại Việt in the Revival Lê dynasty. The Nguyễn lords were members of the House of Nguyễn Phúc.
Đặng Tuyết Mai met Nguyễn Cao Kỳ on a trip from Manila to Vietnam. At around the age of ten during the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên moved to the United States. When first moving to America, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên lived in Fairfax, Virginia, then later moved to Huntington Beach, California in which she ...