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Thieu

American  
[tyoo] / tyu /

noun

  1. Nguyen Van 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.


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In 1975, with Communist forces closing in, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after nearly 10 years in office and fled the country.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2021

Aimee Thieu Three-dimensional hand-cut paper art and sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2021

While at the military academy in Da Lat, the Chaus befriended Thieu, the future president, and his wife, who together settled in suburban Boston after the fall of Saigon.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2020

At Stanford, Thieu worked in a psychology laboratory dedicated to the research of memory.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2019

“It would rock the world if it were known that Thieu was conniving with the Republicans,” he told aides.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin