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Historical Figures from Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
1890–1969Industrial AgeOther
He fought the Japanese, the French, and the Americans in sequence — and outlasted all of them, dying a year before his country was finally reunified.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
1901–1963Modern HistoryOther
He was America's chosen leader in South Vietnam — installed with CIA support, protected for years, and then removed in a coup the CIA also helped organise.
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