‘Mr. Vietnamese’ in the United Nations
Nguyen Huu Dong. Nguyen Huu Dong is an experienced Vietnamese diplomat. Dong, who could speak French even before his mother tongue, studied economics in Switzerland and France. He worked in the information room of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, which then became the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam in France. After the national reunification, Dong was assigned to the Economic Department of the Vietnamese Embassy in France. In 1982, he was introduced to work at the United Nations by Nguyen Co Thach, the Minister of Foreign Affairs at that time. Proud to be Vietnamese At the United Nations, he worked in organizing and supervising elections. He also assists in institutional building in underdeveloped or unstable countries. He has been to approximately 40 countries with a passport that says nothing about his nationality, and a few cassettes of Trinh Cong Son’s music. During his mission, Nguyen Huu Dong introduce...