IRVINE : Ex-South Vietnam Leader to Give Talk
The former commander-in-chief of the South Vietnamese Army and former president of the Republic of Vietnam, Gen. Nguyen Khanh, is scheduled to address the Orange County Forum, a public affairs organization.
His talk, titled “The Economic War for Vietnam,” is expected to focus on the possibility of Vietnam becoming a colony of China if the United States does not immediately invest in its economy.
Khanh was born in South Vietnam in 1927. He graduated from a French military academy in 1947 and pursued a military career. He became South Vietnam’s chief of state in 1964 but was overthrown in a coup d’etat in 1965 and left Saigon for Europe.
In 1977 he immigrated to the United States and now lives in the San Francisco area with his wife, Nguyen Le Tran, and four of their six children.
Khanh will speak at an Orange County Forum luncheon meeting, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, 17900 Jamboree Road. Admission is $25 for forum members and $35 for non-members. For reservations, call (714) 588-9884.
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