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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship(set)
Background
Era
People of the wider world
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Ho Chi Minh Hồ Chí Minh
He took on France, Japan and America in turn to win Vietnam's independence
Political and party leadership · Vietnam state institutions
1890–1969
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Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm
Politician who became State of Vietnam premier in 1954, ousted Bảo Đại and was South Vietnam’s first president until killed in 1963
Government and administration · Vietnam state institutions
1901–1963
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Hoàng Văn Hoan Hoàng Văn Hoan
Pro-Chinese veteran, North Vietnam’s first ambassador to China, who defected to China after the 1979 war
Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam state institutions
1905–1991
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Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng
Ho Chi Minh's closest lieutenant and Vietnam's longest-serving prime minister, governing for 32 years
Government and administration · Vietnam state institutions
1906–2000
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Le Duan Lê Duẩn
The longest-serving General Secretary who reunified Vietnam and invaded Cambodia in his 26-year rule
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam
1907–1986
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Trường Chinh Trường Chinh
Vietnam's chief theoretician, demoted for the land reform disaster and returned to launch Đổi Mới
Political and party leadership · Vietnam state institutions
1907–1988
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Lê Đức Thọ Lê Đức Thọ
Vietnamese Politburo member who negotiated the Paris Peace Accords with Kissinger and declined the Nobel Peace Prize
Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam state institutions
1911–1990
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Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp
The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy
Military command · Vietnam state institutions
1911–2013
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Bảo Đại Bảo Đại
Last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, who abdicated in 1945 and returned as head of the French-backed State of Vietnam
Monarchs and royalty · Vietnam state institutions
1913–1997
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Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh
South Vietnamese general who led the 1963 coup and ordered the 1975 surrender
Military command · Vietnam state institutions
1916–2001
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Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng
Vietnamese general who led the 1975 spring offensive to Saigon and directed the 1979 invasion of Cambodia and border war with China
Military command · Vietnam state institutions
1917–2002
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Tố Hữu Tố Hữu
Revolutionary poet laureate who, as the Party's ideology chief, policed its writers
Literature and arts · Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam
1920–2002
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Võ Văn Kiệt Võ Văn Kiệt
Architect of Đổi Mới and prime minister of Vietnam
Government and administration · Vietnam state institutions
1922–2008
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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
General who was president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975, opposed the Paris Peace Accords and resigned days before the fall of Saigon
Military command · Vietnam state institutions
1923–2001
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Nguyễn Thị Bình Nguyễn Thị Bình
PRG foreign minister, the only woman to sign the Paris Peace Accords, and later vice president of Vietnam
Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam state institutions
1927–