Famous Vietnamese Military Leaders

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Võ Nguyên Giáp

(Officer)

Birthdate: August 25, 1911

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Lệ Thủy District, Vietnam

Died: October 4, 2013

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a politician who also served in the Vietnam People's Army as an army general. Regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest military strategists, Giáp played key roles as a military commander in the First Indochina War and in the Second Indochina War. He is also credited with laying the foundation for the Annamite Range trail.

Nguyen Ngoc Loan

(Military personnel)

Birthdate: December 11, 1930

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Huế, Vietnam

Died: July 14, 1998

Nguyen Van Thieu

(Politician)

Birthdate: April 5, 1923

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, Ninh Thuận Province, French Indochina

Died: September 29, 2001

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Duong Van Minh

(Politician)

Birthdate: February 16, 1916

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Mỹ Tho

Died: August 6, 2001

Lady Trieu

(Warrior)

Birthdate: November 8, 0226

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Jiuzhen, Vietnam

Died: 0248 AD

Tran Hung Dao

(Statesman)

Birthdate: 1228 AD

Birthplace: Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam

Died: 1300 AD

Nguyen Khanh

(Military officer)

Birthdate: November 8, 1927

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Tra Vinh, Vietnam

Died: January 11, 2013

Văn Tiến Dũng

(General)

Birthdate: May 2, 1917

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Từ Liêm, Vietnam

Died: March 17, 2002

Tran Van Tra

(Vietnamese general)

Birthdate: January 1, 1918

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Quang Ngai, Vietnam

Died: April 20, 1996

Trưng sisters

(Rulers of Vietnam)

Birthplace: Vietnam

Trưng Trắc

(Military Leader)

Birthdate: September 13, 0014

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Mê Linh, Vietnam

Died: March 5, 0043

Tran Ngoc Chau

(Military personnel)

Birthdate: August 9, 1923

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Hue, Vietnam

Died: June 17, 2020

Ly Thuong Kiet

(Military Leader)

Birthdate: 1019 AD

Birthplace: Hanoi, Vietnam

Died: 1105 AD

Phan Dinh Phung

(Rebel Leader)

Birthdate: June 6, 1847

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Đông Thái, Đức Thọ District, Hà Tĩnh Province, Vietnam

Died: January 21, 1896

Lê Văn Duyệt

(Military officer)

Birthdate: 1763 AD

Birthplace: Dinh Tuong , Vietnam

Died: July 30, 1832

Nguyễn Tri Phương

(Commander)

Birthdate: 1806 AD

Birthplace: near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Died: 1873 AD

Chu Van Tan

(Military leader)

Birthdate: May 22, 1909

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Phu Thuong, Vietnam

Died: 1984 AD