Lycée Albert Sarraut () was a French

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, during the

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period and in the early post-colonial period, active from 1919 to 1965. It was one of 69 high schools founded by the French in their colonies worldwide, named for

Albert Sarraut Albert-Pierre Sarraut (; 28 July 1872 – 26 November 1962) was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic. Biography Sarraut was born on 28 July 1872 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. On 14 March 1907 Sarraut ...

. The school offered high standard academic programs for students between the ages of 11 and 18. It is currently the .

Former students

Many Vietnamese scholars and leaders graduated from lycée Albert Sarraut. Among them were: *

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, a pioneer computer scientist *

Hoàng Xuân Hãn Hoàng Xuân Hãn (Đức Thọ, 1908 – Paris, 10 March 1996) was a Vietnamese professor of mathematics, linguist, historian and educationalist. He was Minister of Education in the short-lived 1945 cabinet of historian Trần Trọng Kim and dr ...

* Nguyen Tien Lang * Hoàng Văn Chí *

Nguyễn Phan Long Nguyễn Phan Long (; 1888 – 16 July 1960) was a Vietnamese journalist and politician who served as Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam from 20 January to 27 April in 1950. He was dismissed by the Head of State Bảo Đại under pressure f ...

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* Trần Lệ Xuân ( Madame Ngô Đình Nhu) * Nguyễn Mạnh Tường: Lawyer, participant in the

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* Đào Sĩ Chu, artist painter * Lê Thành Khôi, Vietnamese-French scientist in education and economics, author of history and

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consultant *

Nhất Linh Nguyễn Tường Tam (; chữ Hán: 阮祥三 or 阮祥叄; Cẩm Giàng, Hải Dương 25 July 1906 – Saigon, 7 July 1963) better known by his pen-name Nhất Linh (, 一灵, "One Spirit") was a Vietnamese writer, editor and publisher in col ...

(

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) - the leader of Tu Luc Van Doan, and

Khái Hưng Trần Khánh Giư, pen-name Khái Hưng (1896 in Cổ Am village, Vĩnh Bảo, Hải Phòng – 1947 in Nam Định) was a Vietnamese novelist, member of Self-Reliant Literary Group, and a nationalist intellectual. As a boy, he studied at ...

Tran Khanh Giu - an acclaimed Vietnamese novelist who later was killed by the

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also received their education here. *From the Vietnamese Communist Party, General

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, and the former Secretary General

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Truong Chinh (1909-1988)
/ref> had graduated from this lycée. Princes from

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

were educated at the school, including: *Prince

Souphanouvong Prince Souphanouvong (13 July 1909 – 9 January 1995; ), nicknamed the Red Prince, was along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champasak (town), Champasak, one of the "Three Princes of the Kingdom of Laos, Three ...

. b at

Luang Prabang Luang Prabang (Lao language, Lao: wikt:ຫຼວງພະບາງ, ຫຼວງພະບາງ, pronounced ), historically known as Xieng Thong (ຊຽງທອງ) and alternatively spelled Luang Phabang or Louangphabang, is the capital of Lu ...

, 13 July 1909, the first president of the Lao PDR and leader of the

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movement. *Prince Kham-Phan Panya. b. at Luang Prabang, 29 March 1908 (s/o Mom Kamala), educ. Lycée Albert Sarraut, Hanoi *Prince Kham-Mao. b. at Luang Prabang, 23 September 1911 (s/o Mom Kamabuwa), educ. Lycée Albert Sarraut, Hanoi *Prince Kham-Hing. b. at Wat Nong, Luang Prabang, 15 July 1918 (s/o Mom Kamala), educ. Luang Prabang and Lycée Albert Sarraut, Hanoi (B.Phil. 1939).

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Former students

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