Võ ThỠThắng
1945–2014
- Nationality
- Vietnam
- Occupation
- partisan
Võ Thá» Thắng (Vietnamese: [vÉ˨˩˦ tʰɪj˨˩˨ tʰaÅ]; 10 December 1945 â 22 August 2014) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Côn Äảo PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Võ Thá» Thắng (Vietnamese: [vÉ˨˩˦ tʰɪj˨˩˨ tʰaÅ]; 10 December 1945 â 22 August 2014) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman. She was a member of the Long An delegation to the National Assembly of Vietnam during its fourth, fifth, and sixth sessions (1975 to 1981). She later served as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam during its eighth and ninth congresses (1996 to 2006), the Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the Chairwoman of the VietnamâCuba Friendship Association, and the Vice President of the Vietnam Women's Union. Outside of Vietnam, she is most well known for a photograph of her smiling at her sentencing for an attempted assassination during the Vietnam War. The photograph is popularly known as the "Smile of Victory" and has become a symbol of Vietnamese women who fought in the war.
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