Nguyễn Xuân Oánh

Nguyễn Xuân Oánh (Phủ Lạng Thương, today Bắc Giang, 1921 – Hồ Chí Minh City, 29 August 2003) was a Vietnamese economist, who was appointed as Prime Minister of South Vietnam in 1964 and 1965.

Oánh was born in Phủ Lạng Thương He studied at the Lycee Albert and trained as an economist, receiving his doctorate from Harvard University. He subsequently taught economics at Trinity College (Hartford) and worked for the International Monetary Fund before returning to Vietnam as an economic adviser. He was awarded the Harvard Centennial Medal in 1999 given by the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.