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The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam is a communist country in Southeast Asia, with an estimated population of over 85 million people, making it the 13th most populous country in the world. Vietnam is listed as one of the "Next Eleven" economies, and its GDP growth rate is the highest in Southeast Asia.
Bảo Đại (保大帝, 22 October 1913 – 30 July 1997) was the last Emperor of Vietnam, the 13th and last emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty.
Bảo Đại was born Prince Nguyễn Vĩnh Thụy in Huế, at that time the capital of Vietnam by tradition. His father was Emperor Khải Định. At the age of nine, he was sent to France to be educated at the lycée Condorcet and, later, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po). In 1926, he became emperor following his father's death, and took the name Bảo Đại (he is also known as Nguyễn Phúc Thiển or Vĩnh Thụy). Bảo Đại did not ascend to the throne due to his age and returned to France to continue his studies. He was subject to control by the French of his government — Vietnam at that time being part of French Indochina. Throughout the 20th century, Bảo Đại was widely percieved to be a puppet ruler for French colonial interests.
Reunification Palace was the location of the handover of power by the South Vietnamese Government to Viet Cong forces, marking the end of the Vietnam War...
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