My-Van Tran

My-Van Tran (8 August 1947 - ) is a Vietnamese-Australian author, academic and community worker. She became and Australian citizen after the Fall of Saigon meant that she was not able to return to Vietnam while she was completing her PhD at the Australian National University.

In around 1975 Tran began studying towards a doctor of philosophy in Asian Civilizations at the Australian National University. During her studies the Fall of Saigon took place and she was unable to return to her home, so, in 1976 she applied to become an Australian citizen.

Life in the Northern Territory In late 1977 Tran moved to Darwin where she began lecturing in history at the Darwin Community College where she taught about American and Southeast Asian history until 1988. While in this role she played a major part in the development of their bachelor of arts course and also developed a series of short courses and public lectures directed at public servants. While there Tran was also appointed to several government advisory bodies including the South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission and the National Multicultural Advisory Council. A report on the settlement of Indo-Chinese refugees in Darwin, the Northern Territory (1980). A Vietnamese Scholar in Anguish: Nguyen Khuan and the decline of the Confucian order, 1884-1909 (1992). A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan: Prince Cuong De (1882–1951) (2005).

Awards and honours In the 1986 Australia Day Honours Tran was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to Asian-Australian relations" and in 2002 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to the Vietnamese community, and to the promotion of multiculturalism and Asian studies".