Lycée Albert Sarraut

School gate at noon in summer 2009

Lycée Albert Sarraut was a French lyceum in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the French colonial period. It was one of 69 high schools founded by the French in their colonies worldwide, named for Albert Sarraut. The school offered high standard academic programs for students between the ages of 11 and 18.

Former students

Many Vietnamese scholars and leaders graduated from lycée Albert Sarraut. Among them were:

Bui Tuong Phong, a pioneer computer scientist
Hoang Xuan Han ^[1]
Nguyen Tien Lang^[2]
Hoàng Văn Chí
Vo Nguyen Giap
Truong Chinh
Pham Van Dong
Joseph Trần Lê
Nguyễn Sĩ Dinh
Bửu Lộc
Bửu Thọ
Nguyễn Văn Chi
Paulus Hiếu
Trần Lệ Xuân (Madame Ngô Đình Nhu)
Trần Mai
Nguyễn Kim Hồng
Nguyễn Kim Hải
Nguyễn Mạnh Tường: Lawyer, participator in the Nhân Văn affair
Marie Điện
Vu Bang
Souphanouvong

The name of the school is now 'Hoàn Kiếm Trần Phú High School'.^[3]

Nhất Linh (Nguyên Tuong Tam) - the leader of Tu Luc Van Doan, and Khai Hung Tran Khanh Giu - an acclaimed Vietnamese novelist who later was killed by the Viet Minh also received their education here.^[4]

From the Vietnamese Communist Party, General Vo Nguyen Giap,^[5] and the former Secretary General Truong Chinh ^[6] had graduated from this lycée.

Princes from Laos were educated at the school, including:

Prince (Anga Sadet Chao Fa Jaya) Kamabanapana [Kham-Phan Panya]. b. at Luang Prabang, 29 March 1908 (s/o Mom Kamala), educ. Lycée Albert Sarraut, Hanoi,

Prince (Anga Sadet Chao Fa Jaya) Kamauva [Kham-Mao]. b. at Luang Prabang, 23 September 1911 (s/o Mom Kamabuwa), educ. Lycée Albert Sarraut, Hanoi

Prince (Anga Sadet Chao Fa Jaya) Kamahinga [Kham-Hing]. b. at Wat Nong, Luang Prabang, 15 July 1918 (s/o Mom Kamala), educ. Luang Prabang and Lycée Albert Sarraut, Hanoi (B.Phil. 1939).^[7]

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Coordinates: 21°01′25″N 105°51′22″E / 21.0235°N 105.856°E / 21.0235; 105.856