All blog posts for July 2011

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011)

Author: daoosaigon. Published on Saturday 23 July 2011 at 10:19 p.m. Categories: Việt Nam. Tags: obituary, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, South Việt Nam, war. Comments: 7.

And so departs a Prime Minister and Vice President of South Việt Nam...

It's ironic that someone so flamboyant and historic in real life got overshadowed by their daughter before death. You've never heard of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, daughter of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ? Then you've probably never heard of Paris by Night, the Vietnamese language variety show she's been hosting since god knows when. It's very, very big in the "overseas" Vietnamese community. But unless you're a speaker or married to one, it's probably passed your notice. Never mind that - let's talk about the big man himself. 

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