Charles Trần Văn Lâm, also known as simply Trần Văn Lâm, was Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Vietnam during the height of the Vietnam War. He was one of signers of the Paris Peace Accord in 1973. He was the first Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia in the late 1950s and became Foreign Minister in 1969. In 1973 he became the president of the Senate of South Vietnam. When Saigon fell in 1975, Trần Van Lam was required to sign an und...
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Charles Trần Văn Lâm, also known as simply Trần Văn Lâm, was Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Vietnam during the height of the Vietnam War. He was one of signers of the Paris Peace Accord in 1973. He was the first Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia in the late 1950s and became Foreign Minister in 1969. In 1973 he became the president of the Senate of South Vietnam. When Saigon fell in 1975, Trần Van Lam was required to sign an undertaking not to take part in any political activities as a condition for his entry into Australia. He moved to Canberra where he and his wife opened a coffee shop. On the 6th of February, 2001, Charles Tran Van Lam died in his Canberra home, aged 88.
The son of a well-to-do real estate owner, Tran Van Lam was born in Cholon, a largely Chinese town next to Saigon. He was educated at Hanoi University and trained as a pharmacist. He was the founding Secretary General of the Vietnam Pharmacists Association before his election to the Saigon City...
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