Trần Quang Vinh (1897-1975) was a political leader of the

Cao Đài Caodaism ( vi, Đạo Cao Đài, Chữ Hán: ) is a monotheistic syncretic new religious movement officially established in the city of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam in 1926. The full name of the religion is (The Great Faith or theThird Un ...

sect active at the time of the establishment of the 1945 Empire of Vietnam. Vinh had been commander of the Cao Dai's paramilitaries, but stepped aside in August 1945 because of his associations with the Japanese. In October 1945 he was briefly captured by the

Viet Minh The Việt Minh (; abbreviated from , chữ Nôm and Hán tự: ; french: Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam, ) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Fro ...

but escaped after 4 months.Serguei A. Blagov Caodaism: Vietnamese Traditionalism and Its Leap Into Modernity 2001 "On October 9, 1945, the Việt Minh detained Trần Quang Vinh, yet he managed to escape on January 20, 1946. On 17 February 1946 Vinh arrived in Saigon, and he had to hide in Chợ Lớn. However, on May 8 the French arrested him."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinh, Tran Quang 1897 births 1975 deaths