Đoàn Văn Toại

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Đoàn, but is often simplified to Doan in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Toại.
Đoàn Văn Toại
Born1945
Vietnam
DiedNovember 2017(2017-11-00) (aged 71–72)
California, United States
OccupationsActivist, author
Years active1960s–2000s
Known forAdvocacy for democracy in Vietnam, writings on political imprisonment
Notable workThe Vietnamese Gulag

Đoàn Văn Toại (1945 in Vietnam – November 2017 in California) was a Vietnamese-born naturalized American activist and the author of The Vietnamese Gulag (Simon & Schuster, 1986).

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