Nguyễn Hồng Giáp

Biography

He was born September 21, 1934 in Nam Thành village, Yên Thành district, Nghệ An province, within a family of wealthy Catholic rice farmers ; his father Nguyễn Ðình Long (1906-1976) and several family members were persecuted during the great land reform (1954). When he was in primary and secondary schools, he used to study at Vinh - Bến Thủy, Nha Trang and Thủ Đức Saigon (1948-1960), then moved to France (1960-1973) and got a Ph.D in History and a master's degree in Economics at Sorbonne University, Paris. He returned to Vietnam in 1973 teaching history and economy at Dalat University, and served as vice-dean of the Faculty of Literature (the dean was Pr. Nguyễn Khắc Dương).

After the reunification of Vietnam (1975), he was among the few professors who did not emigrate and stayed in Dalat University, even though during the next ten years he was not allowed to teach. He rather took part in the preservation of the university off material decays. Then he studied the life of various Tây Nguyên ethnic people (he is the co-author with Pr. Nguyễn Khắc Tụng of « North Tây Nguyên ethnic people collective meeting spaces on pilotis »).

Between 1990 and 2012, he teaches again but also takes part in several administration activities. He became successively general manager of Ðông Phương Bảo Lộc Bank (1990), director of Trí Dũng Management School in Hochiminh City (1993), teacher in Economy at Văn Lang University, Hochiminh City (1995), dean of the School of Hochiminh City, Techniques and Technology (1998), head of Formation and dean of the Faculty of Management and Tourism at the University of Cửu Long, Vĩnh Long (2000), rector assistant of Hồng Bàng University, Hochiminh City (2003). He created and became director of Hochiminh City Research and Tourism development Center (2005), then created and became President of the Administration Board of Tân Thanh Economics and Tourism School, Hochiminh City (2007-2012).

Notable Works

Family

He has seven children: