Vaan Nguyen
Israeli writer
Vaan Nguyen (Hebrew: ואן נויין; born Nguyễn Thị Hồng Vân; April 18, 1982) is an Israeli poet, actress, journalist and social activist.
Early life
Nguyen is the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, who were part of a group called the Vietnamese boat people. They escaped Vietnam after the end of the Vietnam War, in 1977, after her grandfather was killed by the communist authorities. The boat was wrecked on the Philippines shore, but they were denied entry, and were interned in a refugee camp.
In 1979, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin granted 180 Vietnamese refugees Israeli citizenship, Nguyen's parents among them. They were settled in the desert town of Sderot, but moved from place to place for several years. Nguyen was born during this time, in the southern city of Ashkelon. The family eventually settled in Jaffa, where Nguyen and her four sisters grew up.
Her childhood was difficult; she faced racist bullying and violence. As a result, she tried to distance herself from her Vietnamese ancestry, going so far as to write to members of parliament to ask to have her "Ethnicity: Vietnamese" erased from her identity card.
“Vaan Nguyen” enters the record as israeli writer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Vaan, Nguyen and Israeli can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7907821. VIAF identifies the subject as 56427477. The Library of Congress control number is no2008105209. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982, 1977 and 1979.
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