# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hoang-van-thai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:40:38.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hoang-van-thai"
name: "Hoàng Văn Thái"
slug: "hoang-van-thai"
description: "Hoàng Văn Thái, born Hoàng Văn Xiêm, was a Vietnamese Army General and a communist political figure. His hometown was Tây An, Tiền Hải District, Thái Bình Province. During the 1968 Tết Offensive, he was the highest senior North Vietnamese officer in South Vietnam. He was the first chief of staff of the Vietnam People's Army, and was responsible for key military forces in North Vietnam. He was also Chief of Staff in the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ."
tagline: "Vietnamese general (1915–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_t%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bng_Ho%C3%A0ng_V%C4%83n_Th%C3%A1i.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1915-05-01"
deathDate: "1986-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.53
  momentum:             4.0041067761807
  historical:           13.90904933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "黄文太"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hoàng Văn Thái"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hoàng Văn Thái"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hoàng Văn Thái"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hoàng Văn Thái"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hoàng Văn Thái"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hoàng Văn Thái"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хоанг Ван Тхай"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump