Vương
Encyclopedia
Vương is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Wang
in Chinese
and in Korean
, and Vang in Hmong
.
Vuong is the anglicized variation of the surname Vương.
Wang (surname)
Wang is a Chinese family name and one of the most common surnames in the world. It is ranked 8th in the Hundred Family Surnames, and first in the People's Republic of China's National Citizen ID Information System . Wang is ranked as the most common surname in mainland China, with 92.88 million...
in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and in Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
, and Vang in Hmong
Hmong language
Hmong or Mong is the common name for a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmong–Mien/Miao–Yao language family spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos...
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Vuong is the anglicized variation of the surname Vương.
Notable people
- Vuong Van DongVuong Van DongLieutenant Colonel Vương Văn Đông was an officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who led the failed coup attempt of 1960 against President Ngô Đình Diệm. After the failed coup, he fled to Cambodia with the other coup leaders aboard a commandeered air force C-47. Đông was allowed to quietly...
, Army of the Republic of VietnamArmy of the Republic of VietnamThe 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...
(ARVN) lieutenant colonel, staged the 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt1960 South Vietnamese coup attemptOn November 11, 1960, a failed coup attempt against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was led by Lieutenant Colonel Vuong Van Dong and Colonel Nguyen Chanh Thi of the Airborne Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam .... - Vuong Tien DungVuong Tien DungVương Tiến Dũng is a Vietnamese football coach. After retiring from his playing career, during which he played for Công football club and the Vietnamese national side, Vương turned to coaching and coached a number of Vietnamese football clubs...
, football coach - Vương Trung Hiếu, fiction writer, journalist, translator, and interdisciplinary scholar
- Vuong Nguyen, entrepreneur, web developer, photographer, and traveler