1. Which Vietnamese general was awarded military ranks in both Vietnam and another country?

  • Comrade Nguyen Chi Thanh
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  • Comrade Le Trong Tan
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  • Comrade Nguyen Son
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  • Comrade Hoang Van Thai
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The only general in Vietnamese history to be promoted to general both domestically and internationally was Major General Nguyen Son.

According to the People's Army newspaper, he was born in 1908 into a farmer and merchant family from Kieu Ky village, Gia Lam ( Hanoi ), with the birth name Vu Nguyen Bac.

In the list of generals of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, only Major General Hong Thuy - Nguyen Son's Chinese name - is a foreign national.

He participated in the Guangzhou Uprising and the Long March of the Chinese Red Army. In August 1945, after China won the war against Japan, he returned to Vietnam and directly participated in the war against France.

In 1948, he was awarded the rank of Major General of the Vietnam People's Army by President Ho Chi Minh . A few years later, he was awarded the rank of Major General by the Chinese Government.

Throughout his revolutionary career, Major General Nguyen Son made great contributions to both the Vietnamese and Chinese revolutions.



2. Before joining the revolution and being sent to Guangzhou for training by Nguyen Ai Quoc, which school did he attend in Vietnam?

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As the fourth child in a family of six children, Nguyen Son received the best education. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at the Northern Pedagogical College. However, due to his strong personality, having fought and beaten students at a Western school and being harassed by the police, he dropped out of school and later met revolutionary envoy Nguyen Cong Thu, who opened the way to the revolution and was taken to Guangzhou by Nguyen Ai Quoc.

3. Which famous military school in China was Nguyen Ai Quoc selected to send him to study?

  • Sun Yat-sen Military Academy
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  • Whampoa Military Academy
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  • Guangzhou Military Academy
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  • Soviet Military Academy
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After completing Nguyen Ai Quoc's political training class, Nguyen Son (with the working name Ly Anh Tu) was trusted and selected to study at Course IV, Whampoa Military School of the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government (China).

This was a prestigious military school, taught directly by Soviet military experts, where he received basic knowledge of military art from the Marxist-Leninist perspective, preparing for his future military career.

4. After the August Revolution succeeded, he returned to the country and was appointed to what first position?

  • Commander of Region IV
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  • Director of Quang Ngai Military School
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  • Chairman of the South Central Resistance Committee
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  • Director of the General Department of Politics
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When the August Revolution succeeded and the French colonialists returned to invade the South, Nguyen Son returned to help the country at the call of the Fatherland. He was appointed by the Party and the Government as Chairman of the South Central Resistance Committee. In this position, he organized brave battles, protected strategic areas and actively built up forces, especially boldly establishing the once famous Quang Ngai Military School.

5. President Ho Chi Minh once sent him a card with 12 special Chinese characters?

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In January 1948, President Ho Chi Minh signed a decree to promote Nguyen Son to the rank of Major General for his great contributions in the early years of the resistance war against French colonialism. On October 9, 1948, Deputy Minister, Doctor Pham Ngoc Thach, President Ho's envoy from Viet Bac to Thanh Hoa, presided over the promotion ceremony for Major General Nguyen Son.

During this trip, Pham Ngoc Thach personally delivered to General Nguyen Son a letter from Ho Chi Minh with 12 neatly written Chinese characters instructing him:

“The gall bladder must be large.”

Pure and delicate mind

Intellectual education (Thinking must be complete and thoughtful)

"Action must be upright and correct."

6. In which year was he the only foreigner to be promoted to the rank of Major General in China?

  • 1952
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  • 1953
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  • 1955
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  • 1956
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In October 1950, Nguyen Son returned to China. He graduated with honors from the Nanjing Military Academy, and was then assigned to the position of Deputy Director of the Command Department and Editor-in-Chief of the Combat Training magazine. He wrote many editorials and commentaries on military issues, contributing to the modernization of the Chinese military.

In 1955, Nguyen Son was the only foreigner to be awarded the rank of Major General by the Chinese Government.

Having been awarded military ranks in both countries, he became known as the "General of Two Countries".

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/vi-tuong-nao-la-nguoi-viet-nam-duy-nhat-tung-duoc-phong-tuong-o-ca-nuoc-ngoai-2409256.html