Government of Free Vietnam
| Provisional Government of Free Vietnam | |||||
| Chính Phủ Lâm Thời Việt Nam Tự Do | |||||
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Anthem "March of the Youths" |
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| Capital |
Garden Grove, California, U.S. Missouri City, Texas, U.S. |
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| Government | Government-in-exile | ||||
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| • | 1995-2005 | Nguyen Huu Chanh (first) | |||
| • | 2005-2013 | Nguyễn Khánh (last) | |||
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| • | Established | April 30, 1995 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 2013 | |||
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The Provisional Government of Free Vietnam (GFVN; Vietnamese: Chính Phủ Lâm Thời Việt Nam Tự Do) was an unrecognized government in exile of a hypothetical Federal Republic of Vietnam. It was an anti-communist political organization headquartered in the American cities of Garden Grove, California and Missouri City, Texas.
The Government of Free Vietnam was an anti-communist political organization that was established on April 30, 1995, by its founder Nguyen Hoang Dan. The former government in exile, called the Provisional National Government of Vietnam leading by Hon. Prime Minister Dao Minh Quan and has intimate contact with the government of the United States and 27 countries in the European Council.
The Provisional National Government of Vietnam was formed by the People of Vietnam on 21 October 1990 in Garden Grove, California.
The Provisional National Government of Vietnam has no relation with the so-called 'Government of Free Vietnam'. Even Mr. Nguyen Huu Chanh is a member of the New Vietnamese Democracy of Vietnam Movement,one of the important groups to form the Provisional National Government of Vietnam. The United States Government has issued official letters to the Prime Minister Dao Minh Quan and 27 countries in the European Council has established relations with this Provisional National Government of Vietnam since 2013. The Government of Free Vietnam was dissolved in 2007 by order of the U.S. government.
The Provisional National Government of Vietnam stated that the political goals of its organization were to:
The GFVN had an approximate budget of US$1 million a year, donated by Vietnamese expatriates around the world.
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