Phan Thanh Gian

Phan Thanh Gian

Phan Thanh Giản (November 11 1796–1867) was a Grand Counsellor at the Nguyễn court in Vietnam. He led an embassy to France in 1863, and committed suicide when France completed the invasion of Southern Vietnam (Cochinchina) in 1867.

Phan Thanh Giản's grandfather was an ethnic Chinese (with ancestry from Fujian Province in China), while his grandmother was a Hoa woman.