Pham Van Dong

Pham Van Dong

Phạm Văn Đồng ( listen; March 1, 1906 – April 29, 2000) was an associate of Hồ Chí Minh. He served as prime minister of North Vietnam from 1955 through 1976, and was prime minister of a unified Vietnam from 1976 until he retired in 1987 under the rule of Lê Duẩn and Nguyễn Văn Linh.

Read more about Pham Van Dong:  Early Life, The First Indochina War, 1954 To 1987, Retirement

Famous quotes containing the words van and/or dong:

    Yes, it’s hard to write, but it’s harder not to.
    —Carl Van Doren (1885–1950)

    With hym ther was a plowman, was his brother,
    That hadde ylad of dong ful many a fother.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)