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Thieu

American  
[tyoo] / tju /

noun

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


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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

Since her first appearance, though, Thieu has avoided telling people up front about her time on the show for fear that it would come to define her.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2019

Another was South Vietnam’s only authentic national election in September 1967, when General Nguyen Van Thieu became president with slightly more than one-third of the votes.

From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2018

He assured Thieu that the United States was not abandoning South Vietnam, that Nixon would continue the bombing as long as necessary.

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

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