In this
Vietnamese name, the
surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the
given name, Đầu.
Nguyễn Đình Đầu (born March 12, 1920, in
Hanoi) is a Vietnamese historian.[1] Đầu's researches include the early history of
Saigon.[2] He
turned 100 in March 2020.[3]
^Erik Harms Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City 2011 - Page 37 "Although most sources identify the founding of what is now Ho Chi Minh City with the military occupation of the area, the naming of districts, and the establishment of administrative works by Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh in 1698, Professor Nguyễn Đình Đầu argues that it did not become a true “city” until
Nguyễn Cửu Đàm built a citadel there in 1772 to protect against the danger of Siamese ."