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In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Dương, but is often simplified to Duong in English-language text.

In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Hoa.

Dương Quỳnh Hoa (1930–2006)^[1] was a notable member of the National Liberation Front (Việt Cộng) in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War and a member of its provisionary government, serving as a cabinet member.

Early years

Born in 1930, Hoa was from a southern upper-class family, which had been Frenchified during the colonial era.

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After completing her secondary schooling in Vietnam, she moved to Paris in the 1950s, where she became a communist. Upon finishing her degree, she returned to southern Vietnam, which following the partition of Vietnam following the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Conference had become part of the anti-communist Republic of Vietnam.

During this period of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Hoa spied for the com