Notable People
This is a list of Vietnamese expatriates in Germany and German citizens of Vietnamese origin or descent.
- Denny Pham,Pro Skateboarder
- Kim Bùi, Olympic gymnast
- Kien Nghi Ha, post-colonial critic, political scientist and writer
- Minh-Khai Phan-Thi, actress and former presenter for German music channel "VIVA"
- Nguyễn Ngọc Kiều Khanh, a beauty pageant
- Phạm Nguyễn Lan Phiên, piano prodigy, youngest piano student accepted at the Frankfurt College of Music
- Marcel Nguyen, gymnast
- Philipp Rösler, Vice-Chancellor of Germany, Federal Minister of Economics and Technology and chairman of the Free Democratic Party
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