About Hồ Văn Châm
Lived 1932 – 2013 (aged 81). Hồ Văn Châm was a politician and physician.
Hồ Văn Châm (Chữ Hán: 胡文箴; 9 July 1932 – 31 July 2013), also known as Minh Vũ, was a South Vietnamese physician and official, who served as minister of Chieu Hoi and minister of veteran affairs. After the fall of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975, he was sent to a re-education camp. He moved to Canada after being released.
Biography Hồ Văn Châm was born on 9 July 1932 in the village of Phước Tích, Thừa Thiên Province, central Vietnam.
Châm joined the Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam in 1955.
Châm died in Ottawa, Canada, on 31 July 2013, at the age of 82. His wife was from Quảng Ngãi province.
Publications
Les Relations Alimentaires dans les Corps de Troupes au Vietnam, doctoral thesis, Faculty of Medicine, Saigon, 1962 Nutrition situation in Vietnam, 1965
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South Vietnamese physician and official
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