Phan Văn Khải Phan Văn Khải Phan Văn Khải (; 25 December 1934 – 17 March 2018) was a Vietnamese politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 25 September 1997 to 27 June 2006. Phan Văn Khải was born on 25 December 1934 in Tan Thong Hoi Commune Củ Chi District, Saigon in French Indochina. Already during his youth he worked in revolutionary organizations. After the end of the first Indochina War and the subsequent partition of the country, Pham Van Khai took the opportunity to emigrate to North Vietnam. Phan Văn Khải joined the
Phan Khôi "Tràng An" (1934). In 1956, Phan Khôi led the "Nhân Văn" - "Giai Phẩm" movement in Hanoi, and he served as editor in chief as well as the publisher of the "Nhân Văn" (1956). He also contributed to the "Giai Phẩm" periodical and "Văn", a weekly publication. Some leading Vietnamese intellectuals in the north of the country, like Nguyễn Hữu Đang and Trần Đức Thảo (1917–1993), joined Phan Khoi to express their ideals in the "Nhân Văn - Giai Phẩm" Movement, demanding freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and democracy. They accused the Vietnamese Communist Party of violating the