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Hồ Trung Dũng (singer)
Hồ Trung Dung (born 1925) was a Vietnamese prominent French medical doctor in Vietnam for over 50 years from the 1950s until his retirement at the end of the 20th century. Education He completed the French Baccalauraete; He graduated from the French established Medical School in Saigon – Saigon Medical School Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University Family Hồ's father-in-law was Minister of Health – Dr.Khuong Huu Long under the last monarch Bảo Đại. Hồ is a direct descendant of an aristocrat from city Vĩnh Long, Vietnam. Hồ's wife was Mrs. Khương Hữu Thị Hiệp. from a wealthy and well-established family Khương Hữu. He retired in the United States after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and died in 2002. Medical practice Hồ served as chief executive officer and president of Từ Dũ, an OB/GYN hospital in Saigon since the 1950s until the fall of Saigon in 1975. During this period he also taught medicine at Saigon Medical School and served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam. It first received international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the French Union, with its capital at Saigon (renamed to Ho Chi Minh City in 1976), before becoming a republic in 1955. South Vietnam was bordered by North Vietnam to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. Its sovereignty was recognized by the United States and 87 other nations, though it failed to gain admission into the United Nations as a result of a Soviet veto in 1957. It was succeeded by the Republic of South Vietnam in 1975. The end of the Second World War saw anti-Japanese Việt Minh guerrilla forces, led by communist fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |