Vo Duc Van (December 20, 1959 in My Tho) also known as Nguyen Nha Trang is a Vietnamese-American who emigrated to the United States in 1980. In 2001 he was arrested for his part in the attempted bombing of the Vietnamese embassy in Thailand. The "bomb incident" occurred on 19 June and was intended as a political statement as June 19 is the commemoration day celebration of South Vietnam National Army Day
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