Vũ Văn Thái

Vũ Văn Thái
Vũ Văn Thái
	Thái in Taipei, 1960
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	26 January 1919; Hanoi, French Indochina
Died	19 April 1994 (aged 75); Saint-Tropez, France
Spouse	Simone Garoute
Children	3
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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]

Life

Early life

Vũ Văn Thái was born on 26 January 1919 in Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin protectorate, 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]

Political career

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]

Family

His wife, Simone Garoute, is French, and they have three daughters.^[3]^[5]^[10]

Notes

^ 越南語：Tổng Nha Ngân Sách và Ngọai Viện

References

^ "中越關係". ktli.sinica.edu.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
^ 葉惠芬 (2009-04-01). 陳誠先生從政史料選輯：行政院美援運用委員會會議紀錄〈二〉. 國史館. pp. 796–797. ISBN 9789860182989. Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17. 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
^ ^a ^b "Vietnamese Ex-Envoy Tells of Meeting Ellsberg". The New York Times. 1972-01-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
^ ^a ^b "Thai Vu Van". familysearch. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Biography of Vu Van Thai, undated" (PDF). vva.vietnam.ttu.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
^ Le Minh (1958). Wu, Felix L. (ed.). Vietnam. 香港: Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs (1959-07-31). Situation in Vietnam: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate, Eighty-Sixth Congress, First Session on the Situation in Vietnam. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 112. Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
^ "Viet Ambassador to Speak at MSU" (PDF). The Washington Post. 1965. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
^ Stanley Karnow (1965). "Soviet Interests in Curbing China Noted by Saigon's Envoy to U.S." (PDF). The Washington Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
^ ^a ^b Stanley Karnow (1965). "Soviet Interests in Curbing China Noted by Saigon's Envoy to U.S." (PDF). 華盛頓郵報. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Briefing Note For President Lyndon B. Johnson: Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Van Thai" (PDF). vva.vietnam.ttu.edu. 1966-01-28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
^ Thomas, Geoffrey L. (1966-03-24). "Vu Van Thai". www.thecrimson.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Viet Ambassador to Speak at MSU" (PDF). 華盛頓郵報. 1965. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
^ United States. Department of State. Office of Media Services, United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication (1966). The Department of State Bulletin. Vol. 第 54 卷. Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
^ Times, Kathleen Teltsch Special to The New York (1971-12-31). "Vietnamese Called Ellsberg Co-Conspirator Is an Economist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

External links

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Trần Thiện Khiêm	Ambassador of Republic of Vietnam to United States 1965–1966	Succeeded by Bùi Diễm

[13] 越南語：Tổng Nha Ngân Sách và Ngọai Viện

[1] "中越關係". ktli.sinica.edu.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2022-07-16.

[2] 葉惠芬 (2009-04-01). 陳誠先生從政史料選輯：行政院美援運用委員會會議紀錄〈二〉. 國史館. pp. 796–797. ISBN 9789860182989. Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17. 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

[:6-3] "Vietnamese Ex-Envoy Tells of Meeting Ellsberg". The New York Times. 1972-01-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

[:0-4] "Thai Vu Van". familysearch. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[:1-5] "Biography of Vu Van Thai, undated" (PDF). vva.vietnam.ttu.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.

[:02-6] Le Minh (1958). Wu, Felix L. (ed.). Vietnam. 香港: Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance. Retrieved 2022-09-04.

[:2-7] United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs (1959-07-31). Situation in Vietnam: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate, Eighty-Sixth Congress, First Session on the Situation in Vietnam. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 112. Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

[8] "Viet Ambassador to Speak at MSU" (PDF). The Washington Post. 1965. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

[9] Stanley Karnow (1965). "Soviet Interests in Curbing China Noted by Saigon's Envoy to U.S." (PDF). The Washington Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.

[:4-10] Stanley Karnow (1965). "Soviet Interests in Curbing China Noted by Saigon's Envoy to U.S." (PDF). 華盛頓郵報. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-16.

[:5-11] "Briefing Note For President Lyndon B. Johnson: Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Van Thai" (PDF). vva.vietnam.ttu.edu. 1966-01-28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

[12] Thomas, Geoffrey L. (1966-03-24). "Vu Van Thai". www.thecrimson.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

[:3-14] "Viet Ambassador to Speak at MSU" (PDF). 華盛頓郵報. 1965. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

[15] United States. Department of State. Office of Media Services, United States. Department of State. Office of Public Communication (1966). The Department of State Bulletin. Vol. 第 54 卷. Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

[16] Times, Kathleen Teltsch Special to The New York (1971-12-31). "Vietnamese Called Ellsberg Co-Conspirator Is an Economist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

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