Trần Kim Phượng Explained

Trần Kim Phượng
Birth Date:5 November 1926
Office:South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
Birth Place:Hanoi, French Indochina
Term Start:21 July 1972
Term End:21 May 1975
Predecessor:Bùi Diễm
Successor:Mission terminated
President:Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Trần Văn Hương
Dương Văn Minh
Death Place:Maryland, U.S.
Children:2
Office2:South Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia
Predecessor2:Tăng Văn Chỉ
Successor2:Nguyễn Duy Quang
Termstart2:1964
Termend2:1967
Office1:South Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia
Predecessor1:Nguyễn Văn Hiếu
Successor1:Đỗ Trọng Chu
Termstart1:1967
Termend1:1970
President1:Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

Trần Kim Phượng (5 November 1926 – 1 April 2004) was the last ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United States.

Trần Kim Phượng was born on 5 November 1926 in Hanoi, French Indochina.[1] [2]

He previously served as South Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia from 1964 to 1967, and Australia from 1967 to 1970.[3]

After the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, the South Vietnamese Embassy in the United States was closed on 21 May.[4] After that Trần Kim Phượng lived in the United States until his death on 1 April 2004 in Maryland.[5] [6]

Family

Trần Kim Phượng was married and had 2 children.

References

  1. Book: Embassy of the Republic of Vietnam in the United States of America . Vietnam Bulletin . 31 August 1972 . VII Number 16 . 5–6 . en-US . 2022-08-31 .
  2. Book: Who's who in Vietnam . Vietnam Press . 1974 . . 632 . en . 2022-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220107184232/https://vva.vietnam.ttu.edu/images.php?img=%2Fimages%2F1483%2F14830202001g.pdf . 2022-01-07 . live.
  3. Book: Vietnam Bulletin . 1971 . Embassy of Viet-Nam . en.
  4. Web site: 2007 . Diplomatic Representation for Socialist Republic of Vietnam . U.S. Department of State Archive . en-US.
  5. Web site: Cựu Đại sứ Trần Kim Phượng từ trần, thọ 79 tuổi . 2022-08-31 . Radio Free Asia . vi.
  6. Web site: 3 April 2004 . Cựu Đại Sứ Trần Kim Phượng Từ Trần . vietbao.com . vi.