Pham Van Tra
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Phạm Văn Trà was Minister of Defense of Vietnam
. He was previously Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese Army and Vice-Minister of Defense (December 1995–1997), and a four-star General. He replaced Doan Khue as minister of defense in September 1997.
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. He was previously Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnamese Army and Vice-Minister of Defense (December 1995–1997), and a four-star General. He replaced Doan Khue as minister of defense in September 1997.