General Linh Quang Vien was born on November 11, 1918, Cao Bang, North Vietnam.
Biography
He attended Albert Sarraut High School, Hanoi and graduated in 1939.
In 1958, he graduated Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
He served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
In April 1975, he escaped during the Fall of Saigon because he was anti-communist, he was offered political asylum and immigrated to the United States.
Since 1995, he has served as the Vice Prime Minister of an exiled anti-communist organization known as The Government of Free Vietnam.
Quotes
- "The communist party and Vietnamese communist government are totally impotent and are tacitly accepting this situation for their own survival purposes"
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