Vietnam: Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) General Pham Van Dong, Military Governor of Saigon, 1965

Phạm Văn Đồng (1919—2008) was a South Vietnamese ARVN general. In 1965, as military governor of Sàigòn, he repressed Buddhist demonstrations instigated by the monks Thích Trí Quang and Thích Tâm Châu. Đồng was regarded highly by American and French officers, and well respected by many ARVN officers.

A staunch nationalist and anti-communist, he was considered an ally to various rightist nationalist groups and private armies, including the labor union, the Northern Catholics, several Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (Việt Quốc) factions, multiple Đại Việt groups, Việt Nam Cách Mạng Đồng Minh Hội (Việt Cách) high-ranking members, Duy Dân and Hòa Hảo leaders. Dong fell foul of Air Marshal Nguyễn Cao Kỳ in 1967 and was dismissed from the ARVN. He went into exile in the United States after the Fall of Saigon in 1975 and died in Pennsylvania in 2008.

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