Trần Văn Giàu - The great personality among modern Vietnamese intellectual communit

Tóm tắt

“Iron bulwark of South Vietnam” is the heroic land which gave birth to and trained the firm and loyal communists, the talented leaders, the eminent scientists of Vietnam. Among these there has been Prof. Trần Văn Giàu (6/9/1911-16/12/2010), a mirror of righteousness and talent with his merits and ups and downs, leaving deep imprints in the memory of people of Vietnam in general and of South Vietnam in particular. This paper generalizes the features, virtues, abilities, main studies and contributions of Prof. Trần Văn Giàu, in the same time pointing out the objective and subjective factors which influenced his virtues, righteousness and talent - representing one of the greatest historians of Vietnamese modern history.