- Đồng Sỹ Nguyên
Đồng Sỹ Nguyên (or Nguyen Sy Dong or Nguyen Huu Vu; he was renamed Dong Sy Nguyen by
Ho Chi Minh ) is the former vice prime minister of Vietnam, a member of thePolitburo of theCommunist Party of Vietnam , lieutenant-general of the North Vietnamese Army, and former minister of transport of Vietnam. He was born inQuang Binh Province , home to generalVo Nguyen Giap andNgo Dinh Diem , president of theRepublic of Vietnam .Born on
March 1 ,1923 to a middle-class family in Quang Trung Commune,Quang Trach ,Quang Binh Province , Dong Sy Nguyen attended Sainte Marie Lycée inDong Hoi . He participated in anti-French political movements and was sought by the French colonists; therefore he fled toThailand and participated in overseas Vietnamese patriotic movements there. He joined theIndochinese Communist Party in 1939. In 1944, he secretly returned to Vietnam and was made leader of the Communist Party committee branch in Quang Trach Phu, served as editor-in-chief of the "Hong Lac Newspaper", built up the Trung Thuan Military Zone, trained the armed forces, and participated in theAugust Revolution . After theAugust Revolution , he was nominated as the leader of the Viet Minh in Quang Binh Province. He was a member of the first session of the National Assembly of Vietnam.Joining the army
When the
First Indochinese War broke out, he was assigned the leader ofViet Minh ’s army inQuang Binh Province and the provincial army’s communist party committee member. In 1950, he was sent to Viet Bac to attend an advanced level army class, then he was sent to the Bureau General of Politics of Vietnamese Army to act as an envoy in Command wing in Lower Laos inWinter-Spring Campaign of 1953-1954 In 1954, he was dispatched to the General Staff ofNorth Vietnamese Army , in charge of Civilian Forces Mobilization Department. In 1959, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel. In 1961, he was sent toChina to attend Beijing Advanced Military School. In 1964, he came back toNorth Vietnam and was assigned Vice General Staff for a brief period, then the head of Communist Party Committee ofNorth Vietnamese Army ’s arm Military Zone IV in 1965, and Chief Command and Head of Communist Party Committee arm in North Vietnamese Volunteer Armed Troops in Central and Southern Laos.In late 1965, he was wounded and returned toHanoi for medical treatment, he was assigned Vice Director of the Bureau of Logistics of North Vietnamese Army and Frontline Logistics, reporting toDinh Duc Thien . In early 1967, he was assigned Chief-in-Command of 559 Troop, replacing colonel Hoang Van Thai. He remained this position until 1976. Dong Sy Nguyen was one of important persons in constructing theHo Chi Minh Trail duringVietnam War . In 1974, he was conferred lieutenant-general. In 1976, he was promoted deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense in charge of Economic Construction, then Minister of Construction, Minister of Transportation. In 1979, he returned to the military to assume Command-in-Chief and leader of the Communist Party of the Capital Military Zone (an arm of Vietnamese Army in charge of defendingHanoi ). He was a member of the secession IV Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.Back to civil duty
From 1982, he was an alternate of the session V
Politburo then member ofPolitburo of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (the supreme power body of the Communist Party of Vietnam) (1986-1991) and Vice Chairman of the Council of the Ministers (Cabinet) and Minister of Transport.After he had retired from above positions, he was assigned as a special governmental envoy in charge of Programme 327 (an afforestation programme). He was assigned by Vietnamese prime ministerPhan Van Khai as the special envoy in supervision ofHo Chi Minh Highway . His wife is Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, they have 4 sons and 2 daughters. His eldest son is Nguyen Sy Hung, chairman of the board of directors ofVietnam Airlines .Persondata
NAME=Đồng Sĩ Nguyên
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Nguyen Sy Dong, Nguyen Huu Vu
SHORT DESCRIPTION=North Vietnamese General
DATE OF BIRTH=March 1, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH=Quang Binh ,Vietnam
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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