Lycée Albert Sarraut
Lycée Albert Sarraut was a French lyceum in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the French colonial period, active from 1919 to 1965. 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.
It is currently Trường Trung học phổ thông Trần Phú - Hoàn Kiếm.
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
- Đào Sĩ Chu, artist painter
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]
See also
- Lycée français Alexandre Yersin - The modern French international school in Hanoi