Pham Van Dong

[fahm vahn dawng]

noun

1. 1906–2000, Vietnamese political leader: prime minister of North Vietnam 1955–76 and of unified Vietnam 1976–86.

Example Sentences

Following a few last-minute wording changes, President Richard Nixon sent a cable to North Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Van Dong declaring, as he wrote in his memoir, that the agreement "could now be considered complete" and that the United States, after accepting and then postponing two earlier dates, "could be counted on" to sign it at a formal ceremony on Oct.

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Mr. Joergensen refused to move into Marienborg, the prime minister’s home, preferring to stay in his three-room apartment in a working-class district of southern Copenhagen, where he entertained state leaders, including Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong.

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To back up its claim to the Paracels, China recently released a 1958 letter from Pham Van Dong, then the prime minister of Vietnam,, to Premier Zhou Enlai of China.

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Born on August 25, 1911, in central Vietnam, Giap was a close friend of the late revered president Ho Chi Minh and was held in high regard alongside former prime minister Pham Van Dong.

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Then Mr. Lewandowski had a frank talk with Pham Van Dong, North Vietnam’s prime minister, and was startled to hear him say the Americans would be easier to defeat than the French.

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