Lam Nguon Tanh
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- This is a Vietnamese name; the family name is Lâm, but is often simplified as Lam in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person properly should be referred to by the given name Tánh.
Rear Admiral Lam Nguon Tanh (Vietnamese: Lâm Ngươn Tánh) (born 1928, Sadec, Vietnam) last was Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Vietnam Navy during the Vietnam War. In 1974, he took part in the Battle of Hoang Sa between China. [1]
He gained asylum in the United States after the Fall of Saigon in April 1975 and worked as a naval architect at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia. A devout Anti-Communist, he continues to work with Vietnamese exile groups.
[edit] Highlights of naval career
Saigon Merchant Marine Academy, 1948
The Republic of Vietnam Naval Academy, 1952
United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, 1958
United States Naval Shipyard Management School in Pearl Harbor, 1960
United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, 1965
United States National Defense Management College in Monterey, California, 1973
Commander of RVN Navy Eastern Riverine Forces Command
Commander of RVN Navy Sea Forces Command and Fleet Command
RVN Navy Chief of Staff (two terms)
Commander of RVN Naval Shore Establishments and Schools Command
Commandant of the Saigon Naval Shipyard
Deputy to the Deputy Chief of General Joint Chief of Staff for Navy Operations
Commandant and Founder of the RVN Armed Forces Political Warfare College
Vice-Chief of Naval Operations
Chief of Naval Operations
His honors include the National 4th Degree Honor Medal [of the Republic of South Vietnam]].
[edit] Activities in exile
In April 1975, Rear Admiral Lam and his wife left Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. They eventually settled in King George, Virginia. Rear Admiral Lam served the U.S. Defense Department (Department of Navy) for more than 20 years as a naval architect at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia.
From 1981-1985, he was Secretary General of the Republic of Vietnam Veterans Association.
Frm 1989-1991, he founded the Vietnamese Navy General Association and was the first-term Chairman.
Since 1997, he has served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of an exiled anti-communist organization The Government of Free Vietnam.
In 2000, he became the Deputy Prime Minister in-charge of National Defense.
In August of 1997, he founded the Free Vietnam Coalition Party and serves on the Member Central Leadership Council.
He is the founder of Vietnamese Navy General Association and First Term Chairman.[2]
In 2005, he was elected as Prime Minister of The Government of Free Vietnam.
