Nguyễn Sơn
Nguyễn Sơn | |
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| Birth name | Vũ Nguyên Bác |
| Other name(s) | Hồng Tú Nguyễn Sơn Lý Anh Tự Hồng Thủy Hong Shui (洪水) |
| Born | 1 October 1908 Kiêu Kỵ village, Gia Lâm district, Bắc Ninh province, French Indochina |
| Died | 21 October 1956 (aged 48) Hanoi, North Vietnam |
| Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party North Vietnam |
| Branch | People's Liberation Army Vietnam People's Army |
| Rank | Major General (China) Major General (North Vietnam) |
| Battles / wars | Chinese Civil War
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| Awards | Order of Bayi (First Class) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class) Order of Liberation (First Class) |
Nguyễn Sơn (1 October 1908 – 21 October 1956), also known by his Chinese name Hong Shui (Chinese: 洪水), was a Vietnamese military leader who participated in the Chinese Communist Revolution and the First Indochina War against the French. Sơn spent much of his early years in China, and was one of the few Vietnamese who had participated in and survived the Long March with the Chinese Communist Party. He was awarded the rank of Major General in both the Vietnam People's Army and the People's Liberation Army.
He married Lê Hằng Huân, a daughter of the writer Lê Dư, his sisters-in-law being Lê Hằng Phương wife of the writer Vũ Ngọc Phan, and Lê Hằng Phấn wife of the writer Hoàng Văn Chí.