Nguyễn Đình Đầu Explained

Nguyễn Đình Đầu (born March 12, 1920, in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese historian.^[1] Đầu's researches include the early history of Saigon.^[2] He turned 100 in March 2020.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://indomemoires.hypotheses.org/8941En Nguyễn Đình Đầu : Người Việt Nam không chia rẽ –
2. Erik Harms Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City 2011 - Page 37 "Although most sources identify the founding of what is now Ho Chi Minh City with the military occupation of the area, the naming of districts, and the establishment of administrative works by Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh in 1698, Professor Nguyễn Đình Đầu argues that it did not become a true “city” until Nguyễn Cửu Đàm built a citadel there in 1772 to protect against the danger of Siamese ."
3. https://plo.vn/van-hoa/su-gia-nguyen-dinh-dau-hon-100-tuoi-van-minh-man-thong-tue-960678.html Sử gia Nguyễn Đình Đầu hơn 100 tuổi vẫn minh mẫn, thông tuệ