Trần Văn Khá[1][2] was a Vietnamese educator and diplomat, served as the State of Vietnam's first ambassador to the United States.[3]
Trần Văn Khá | |
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.png) Trần Văn Khá in 1943 | |
| State of Vietnam Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 1 July 1952 – 1954 | |
| Chief of State | Bảo Đại |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Trần Văn Chương |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1894 Saigon, French Indochina |
Life
editTrần Văn Khá was born in Saigon, French Cochinchina in 1894.[4]
From 1911 to 1925, Trần Văn Khá lived in Paris, France, working for the French War Department's Colonial Labor Directorate (Direction des travailleurs coloniaux). After returning to Saigon in 1925, he was mainly engaged in teaching and youth education issues, especially sports and scouting activities.[4]
Trần Văn Khá once participated in the meeting of the Colombo Plan initiated by the Commonwealth of Nations.[5]
After the armistice between France and Germany, he was elected to the Saigon City Council and to the Standing Committee of the French Indochina Congress.[4]
On 2 March 1952, Trần Văn Khá was appointed as Vietnam's first ambassador to the United States.[6] Before leaving for the United States, he arrived in Hong Kong on 29 April to visit friends in Hong Kong and bid farewell to them.[7] He flew out of Hong Kong and returned to Saigon on 4 May.[8]
On 15 June, he arrived in New York City.[9] On 19 June, the Vietnamese Embassy in the United States was officially opened and he took office.[10] On 1 July, he submitted his credentials to U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
After the establishment of the State of Vietnam in 1949, Trần Văn Khá served as the national economic minister after the reorganization of Trần Văn Hữu's cabinet on 21 February 1951.[11]
In 1954, he resigned and returned to Vietnam to take up a new position.[12]
Family
editTrần Văn Khá's father-in-law was the governor Nguyễn Văn Vịnh.[13]
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "越南駐美大使陳文可抵紐約". 工商晚報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). The Kung Sheung Daily News. 1952-06-16. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "越南駐美大使要求華府援越加强反共作戰". 華僑日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 1953-09-05. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
越南駐美大使陳文可今日自巴黎飛抵此間，轉返華府任所，向美政府請求加強對越南之援助。
- ^ Keith, Charles (2019-09-25). "Những người Việt đến Mỹ vào thời điểm giữa hai cuộc chiến Pháp - Việt và Mỹ - Việt (The First Vietnamese in America)". Viện nghiên cứu phát triển Phương Đông (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ a b c Souverains et notabilites d'Indochine (in French). Hanoi: Editions du Gouvernement General de l'Indochine. 1943. p. 39.
- ^ "陳文可昨抵港法遠東海軍司令偕行". 華僑日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 1952-04-30. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Vietnam Names Envoy to U. S." The New York Times. 1952-03-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "陳文可談越南戰事". 工商晚報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 工商日報有限公司. 1952-04-30. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "法海軍遠東司令柯圖理返西貢陳文可大使夫婦偕行 柯圖理陳文可離港飛越". 華僑日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 1952-05-05. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "越南駐美大使陳文可抵紐約". 工商晚報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 工商日報有限公司. 1952-06-16. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Diplomatic Representation for Socialist Republic of Vietnam". United States Department of State. 2007. Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ Đoàn Thêm (1966). Hai mươi năm qua: việc từng ngày (1945-1964). NXB Nam Chi. pp. 87–88. Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Solemn ceremony". LIFE. Vol. 37, no. 13. Life Publishing Company. 1954-09-27. ISSN 0024-3019. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Trần Văn Khắc. Lịch sử Hướng-Đạo VIỆT-NAM Hồi ký (PDF) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.