Hồ Văn Châm (

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: 胡文箴; 9 July 1932 – 31 July 2013), also known as Minh Vũ, was a South Vietnamese physician and official, who served as minister of

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and minister of veteran affairs. After the fall of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975, he was sent to a re-education camp. He moved to Canada after being released.

Biography

Hồ Văn Châm was born on 9 July 1932 in the village of

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, Thừa Thiên Province, central Vietnam. Châm joined the

Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, Id ...

in 1955. In 1969, he was appointed commissioner general of the Central Executive Committee of the Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam. Châm died in

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, Canada, on 31 July 2013, at the age of 82.

Personal life

Hồ Văn Châm was a Buddhist with a

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Nguyên Minh. His wife was from

Quảng Ngãi province Quảng Ngãi is a northern coastal Provinces of Vietnam, province in the South Central Coast region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam. It borders Quảng Nam to the north, Bình Định to the south, Kon Tum province, Kon Tum to the ...

. The couple had eight children.

Publications

* Les Relations Alimentaires dans les Corps de Troupes au Vietnam, doctoral thesis, Faculty of Medicine, Saigon, 1962 * Nutrition situation in Vietnam, 1965

Medals

VPD_National_Order_of_Vietnam_-_Knight_BAR

Knight of the

National Order of Vietnam The National Order of Vietnam () was a combined military-civilian decoration of South Vietnam and was considered the highest honor that could be bestowed upon an individual by the Republic of Vietnam government. The decoration was created in ...

Vietnam_Army_Distinguished_Service_Order_Ribbon-Second_Class

Army Distinguished Service Order, Second Class * Vietnam_Armed_Forces_Honor_Medal_ribbon-First_Class

Armed Forces Honor Medal, First Class * Vietnam_Good_Conduct_Medal_ribbon-Third_Class

Good Conduct Medal, Third Class *

Vietnam Campaign Medal The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, also known as the Vietnam Campaign Medal (), is a South Vietnamese military campaign medal which was created in 1949 and awarded during the First Indochina War. During the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War ...

Military Service Medal The Military Service Medal is a military medal awarded to members of the Military of Austria. It is awarded in three classes: gold, silver, and bronze depending on length of recognized service. Established in 1963, the medal was originally called ...

, Third Class * Vietnam_Air_Service_Medal_ribbon

Air Service Medal, Honor Class * Vietnam_Public_Health_Service_Medal_ribbon-First_Class

Health Medal, First Class * Vietnam_Rural_Revolutionary_Development_Medal_ribbon

Rural Development Medal * Vietnam_Ethnic_Development_Medal_ribbon-First_Class

Ethnic Development Medal, First Class Source:

References

External links

Chương trình Chiêu Hồi của Việt Nam Cộng Hòa

1932 births 2013 deaths Vietnamese Buddhists People from Huế {{Vietnam-med-bio-stub Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam politicians South Vietnamese politicians Vietnamese physicians