Trần Kim Phượng

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần, but is often simplified to Tran in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Phượng.

Trần Kim Phượng (5 November 1926 – 1 April 2004) was the last ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to the United States.

Trần Kim Phượng
South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
In office 21 July 1972 – 21 May 1975
President	Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Trần Văn Hương Dương Văn Minh
Preceded by	Bùi Diễm
Succeeded by	Mission terminated
South Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia
In office 1967–1970
President	Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Preceded by	Nguyễn Văn Hiếu
Succeeded by	Đỗ Trọng Chu
South Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia
In office 1964–1967
Preceded by	Tăng Văn Chỉ
Succeeded by	Nguyễn Duy Quang
Personal details
Born	(1926-11-05)5 November 1926 Hanoi, Tonkin, French Indochina
Died	1 April 2004(2004-04-01) (aged 77) Potomac, Maryland, U.S.
Children	2

Trần Kim Phượng was born on 5 November 1926 in Hanoi, French Indochina.^[1][2]

He previously served as South Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia from 1964 to 1967, and Australia from 1967 to 1970.^[3]

After the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, the South Vietnamese Embassy in the United States was closed on 21 May.^[4] After that Trần Kim Phượng lived in the United States until his death on 1 April 2004 in Potomac, Maryland.^[5][6]

Family

Trần Kim Phượng was married and had 2 children.^[1]