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Lê Anh Tú (born 1981), dharma name Minh Tuệ also called Thích Minh Tuệ, is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk.Having briefly practiced at a temple after giving up his job as a land surveyor, Thich Minh Tue decided to "study according to Buddha's teachings" by keeping the 13 dhutangas of Theravada Buddhism and begging everywhere in Vietnam as a mendicant monk, he only asked for enough food in ...
Phạm Minh Chính (born 10 December 1958) is a Vietnamese politician and former public security lieutenant general. He has served as Prime Minister of Vietnam since 2021, and currently ranks second in the Communist Party after General Secretary Tô Lâm . A member of the Politburo since 2016, Chính is also the Vice Chairman of the National ...
The Prime Minister of Vietnam ( Vietnamese: Thủ tướng Chính phủ, lit. 'Government Premier'), is the head of government of Vietnam who presides over the meetings of the Government (formerly the Council of Ministers). The prime minister directs the work of government members, and may propose deputy prime ministers to the National Assembly .
National University of Singapore. Signature. Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (born 20 July 1954) is a Vietnamese former politician who served as the 11th President of Vietnam from 2021 until his resignation from all state posts in 2023 amidst a series of corruption scandals. [ 1][ 2][ 3] He also was the 7th Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2016 until 2021 ...
The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( Vietnamese: Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam; less formally the Vietnamese Government or the Government of Vietnam, Vietnamese: Chính phủ Việt Nam) is the executive branch and body of the state administration of Vietnam (nhà nước). The members of ...
Võ Thị Sáu (1933 – 23 January 1952) was a Vietnamese schoolgirl who fought as a guerrilla against the French occupiers of Vietnam, then part of French Indochina. She was captured, tried, convicted, and executed by the French colonialists in 1952, becoming the first woman to be executed at Côn Sơn Prison. Today she is considered a ...
Imprisoned Vietnamese author-blogger-journalist Pham Doan Trang will be this year's recipient of PEN America's Barbey Freedom to Write Award, given by the literary and free expression organization ...
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. He was wounded four times during the Vietnam War, and was later ranked as a level 2/4 wounded veteran.