Trần Bạch Đằng (born Truong Gia Trieu) (1926 – April 16, 2007) was a key figure in planning the 1968

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during the

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, and was the leader of Communist forces in

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, the

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ese capital, during that offensive. He was the leading

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political officer in Saigon and a member of the National Liberation Front Central Committee. Đằng is the author of the novel Ván bài lật ngửa, which was about an intelligence figure in the Vietnam War - Colonel

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, under the pen name Nguyễn Trương Thiên Lý.

Biography

His real name is Trương Gia Triều. He was born on July 15, 1926, in Hòa Thuận commune, Giồng Riềng District,

Rạch Giá Rạch Giá () is a provincial city and the capital city of Kiên Giang province, Vietnam. It is located on the Eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, southwest of Ho Chi Minh City. East of city, it borders Tân Hiệp and Châu Thành town, t ...

(now Kiên Giang province). He was one of the early students of Petrus Trương Vĩnh Ký High School (now Lê Hồng Phong High School For The Gifted).Những học sinh kh�a đầu ti�n trư
Đằng started participating in military activities at the age of 17. In 1946, he was assigned to be in charge of the "Chống Xâm Lăng" newspaper of the Saigon Party Committee. In 1951, he worked as the editor-in-chief of the "Nhân dân Miền Nam" newspaper. In 1976, he became a member of the Vietnam Writers Association. Đằng died from lung cancer at the age of 81 - on April 16, 2007, at Cho Ray Hospital.

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1926 births 2007 deaths Communist Party of Vietnam politicians Vietnamese people of the Vietnam War People from Kiên Giang province {{Vietnam-war-stub