1945–2014
Võ Thá» Thắng (Vietnamese: [vÉ˨˩˦ tʰɪj˨˩˨ tʰaÅ]; 10 December 1945 â 22 August 2014) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman.
Võ Thá» Thắng (Vietnamese: [vÉ˨˩˦ tʰɪj˨˩˨ tʰaÅ]; 10 December 1945 â 22 August 2014) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman. She was a member of the Long An delegation to the National Assembly of Vietnam during its fourth, fifth, and sixth sessions (1975 to 1981). She later served as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam during its eighth and ninth congresses (1996 to 2006), the Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Chairwoman of the VietnamâCuba Friendship Association, and the Vice President of the Vietnam Women's Union. Outside of Vietnam, she is most well known for a photograph of her smiling at her sentencing for an attempted assassination during the Vietnam War. The photograph is popularly known as the "Smile of Victory" and has become a symbol of Vietnamese women who fought in the war.
Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.
David Thai, (born Thái Hoà ng ThỠon January 30, 1956), is a Vietnamese-American gangster.
Võ Thá» Sáu (1933 â 23 January 1952) was a teenager who fought as a guerrilla during the First Indochina War participating in the resistance movement against the French colonists for Vietnamâs independence.