# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nguyen-van-linh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:11:26.130Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nguyen-van-linh"
name: "Nguyen Van Linh"
slug: "nguyen-van-linh"
description: "Nguyễn Văn Linh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. Nguyễn Văn Linh was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War. During his time in office, Linh was a strong advocate of \"Đổi Mới\" (renovation), an economic plan whose aim was to turn Vietnam’s planned economy to a socialist-oriented market economy. As such, Linh was often touted as the \"Vietnamese Gorbachev\" after the Soviet leader, who introduced Perestroika."
tagline: "General secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1915–1998)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/T%C3%A1m_L%C3%AA_Thanh_v%C3%A0_Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Linh_%28cropped%29_%282%29.jpg/330px-T%C3%A1m_L%C3%AA_Thanh_v%C3%A0_Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Linh_%28cropped%29_%282%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1915-07-01"
deathDate: "1998-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.166588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump