Hoàng Kế Viêm

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Hoàng, but is often simplified to Hoang in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Kế Viêm.
Hoàng Kế Viêm
Hoàng Kế Viêm Tomb in Trường Sơn Commune, Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province
Birth nameHoàng Tá Viêm (黃佐炎)
NicknameNhật Trường
Born1820
Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province
Died1909 (Aged 89)
Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province
Buried
Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province
AllegianceNguyễn dynasty
Service years1870–1889
RankGeneral Lieutenant
ConflictsTonkin Campaign, Sino-French war

Hoàng Kế Viêm (1820–1909) was a Vietnamese General and a Dong'ge Grand Secretariat during the Nguyễn dynasty. He played a significant role in suppressing borderlands banditry and resisting French invasion during the second half of the 19th century.

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