Vũ Văn Thái | |
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South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 16 December 1965 – December 1966 | |
President | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu |
Preceded by | Trần Thiện Khiêm |
Succeeded by | Bùi Diễm |
Personal details | |
Born | Hanoi, French Indochina | 26 January 1919
Died | 19 April 1994 Saint-Tropez, France | (aged 75)
Spouse | Simone Garoute |
Children | 3 |
Signature | |
Vũ Văn Thái [1] [2] (26 January 1919 – 19 April 1994) was a Vietnamese engineer and economist, and former Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United States. [3]
Vũ Văn Thái was born on 26 January 1919 in Hanoi, French Indochina. [4] [5] [6]
After receiving secondary education in Vietnam, Vũ Văn Thái went to France to study. [5] From 1939 to 1944, he studied at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and received a diploma in science. From 1944 to 1946, he entered the National Scientific Research Center on a scholarship. [7]From 1946 to 1949, Vũ Văn Thái served as laboratory director at the National Scientific Research Center. [7] He graduated from Sorbonne University in 1954 with a Master of Science diploma. [8]
Although Vũ Văn Thái's father, a famous Vietnamese textile manufacturer, was murdered by the Việt Minh in 1947, [9] As a Viet Minh sympathizer, Vũ Văn Thái supported the Viet Minh's resistance to the French colonialists in the late 1940s and early 1950s. [10] [11] During this period, he served as Hồ Chí Minh's adviser in the negotiations for Vietnam's independence. [11] [12] When efforts to negotiate failed, fighting broke out between the Việt Minh and the French, and Vũ Văn Thái left the Việt Minh after confirming their communist nature. [11]
After the Geneva Conference in 1954, Vũ Văn Thái joined the government of the State of Vietnam. [5] [11]He successively served as the director of the Tonggan Dam Reconstruction Planning Bureau, [7] and director of the Budget and Foreign Aid Bureau. [note 1] [13] In 1961, a conflict broke out between Vũ Văn Thái and Ngô Đình Diệm, and he resigned from the government. [5] He then moved to the United Nations Secretariat, where he served first as a consultant in the Finance and Financial Sector and then as a consultant to the Government of Togo. [13]
After Diệm was overthrown by a coup, Vũ Văn Thái returned to Vietnam and was appointed ambassador to the United States, but he declined the appointment after Nguyễn Khánh launched a military coup and returned to the United Nations Secretariat and was appointed as the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs [13]
In 1965, Vũ Văn Thái served as the third Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United States, and submitted his credentials to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on 16 December 1965. [14] In December 1966, Vũ Văn Thái was replaced as ambassador to the United States. [15]
On 19 April 1994, Vũ Văn Thái passed away in Saint-Tropez, France. [4]
His wife, Simone Garoute, is French, and they have three daughters. [3] [5] [10]
越南經濟訪問團中,有顧問一人,係由越南政府預算及外援局局長武文泰擔任,武局長並擔任政府其他重要公職,對中越經濟合作素表興趣
Vũ Văn Thái | |
---|---|
South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 16 December 1965 – December 1966 | |
President | Nguyễn Văn Thiệu |
Preceded by | Trần Thiện Khiêm |
Succeeded by | Bùi Diễm |
Personal details | |
Born | Hanoi, French Indochina | 26 January 1919
Died | 19 April 1994 Saint-Tropez, France | (aged 75)
Spouse | Simone Garoute |
Children | 3 |
Signature | |
Vũ Văn Thái [1] [2] (26 January 1919 – 19 April 1994) was a Vietnamese engineer and economist, and former Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United States. [3]
Vũ Văn Thái was born on 26 January 1919 in Hanoi, French Indochina. [4] [5] [6]
After receiving secondary education in Vietnam, Vũ Văn Thái went to France to study. [5] From 1939 to 1944, he studied at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and received a diploma in science. From 1944 to 1946, he entered the National Scientific Research Center on a scholarship. [7]From 1946 to 1949, Vũ Văn Thái served as laboratory director at the National Scientific Research Center. [7] He graduated from Sorbonne University in 1954 with a Master of Science diploma. [8]
Although Vũ Văn Thái's father, a famous Vietnamese textile manufacturer, was murdered by the Việt Minh in 1947, [9] As a Viet Minh sympathizer, Vũ Văn Thái supported the Viet Minh's resistance to the French colonialists in the late 1940s and early 1950s. [10] [11] During this period, he served as Hồ Chí Minh's adviser in the negotiations for Vietnam's independence. [11] [12] When efforts to negotiate failed, fighting broke out between the Việt Minh and the French, and Vũ Văn Thái left the Việt Minh after confirming their communist nature. [11]
After the Geneva Conference in 1954, Vũ Văn Thái joined the government of the State of Vietnam. [5] [11]He successively served as the director of the Tonggan Dam Reconstruction Planning Bureau, [7] and director of the Budget and Foreign Aid Bureau. [note 1] [13] In 1961, a conflict broke out between Vũ Văn Thái and Ngô Đình Diệm, and he resigned from the government. [5] He then moved to the United Nations Secretariat, where he served first as a consultant in the Finance and Financial Sector and then as a consultant to the Government of Togo. [13]
After Diệm was overthrown by a coup, Vũ Văn Thái returned to Vietnam and was appointed ambassador to the United States, but he declined the appointment after Nguyễn Khánh launched a military coup and returned to the United Nations Secretariat and was appointed as the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs [13]
In 1965, Vũ Văn Thái served as the third Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United States, and submitted his credentials to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on 16 December 1965. [14] In December 1966, Vũ Văn Thái was replaced as ambassador to the United States. [15]
On 19 April 1994, Vũ Văn Thái passed away in Saint-Tropez, France. [4]
His wife, Simone Garoute, is French, and they have three daughters. [3] [5] [10]
越南經濟訪問團中,有顧問一人,係由越南政府預算及外援局局長武文泰擔任,武局長並擔任政府其他重要公職,對中越經濟合作素表興趣