Phạm Xuân Ẩn

Phạm Xuân Ẩn was a notable Vietnamese spy, journalist, and correspondent for Time, Reuters and the New York Herald Tribune, stationed in Saigon during the war in Vietnam. He was revealed to have simultaneously been spying for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF) during the Vietnam War. After the war, he was promoted to the rank of general of the People's Army of Vietnam. His nicknames were Hai Trung and Trần Văn Trung. He was awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the Vietnamese government on January 15, 1976.