Dr. Trần Mỹ Vân is a Vietnamese Australian academic. She and her family were forced to leave their country when the communist North Vietnamese Army defeated the Army of the Republic of Vietnam

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam , sometimes parsimoniously referred to as the South Vietnamese Army , was the land-based military forces of the Republic of Vietnam , which existed from October 26, 1955 until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975...

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Fall of Saigon

The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975...

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She emigrated to Australia and received her AM, PhD. She currently is a Professor at the University of South Australia

University of South Australia

The University of South Australia is a public university in the Australian state of South Australia. It was formed in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and Colleges of Advanced Education. It is the largest university in South Australia, with more than 36,000...

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She has authored two books concerning Vietnamese history, A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan: Prince Cuong De (1882–1951), A Vietnamese Scholar in Anguish, The long journey, Australia's first boat people and A report on the settlement of Indo-Chinese refugees in Darwin, the Northern Territory.

External links

• Homepage of Dr. Tran Van My at Official Website of University of South Australia
  University of South Australia
  The University of South Australia is a public university in the Australian state of South Australia. It was formed in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and Colleges of Advanced Education. It is the largest university in South Australia, with more than 36,000...