OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# Redha al-Najar

Redha al-Najar (born 1966) is a citizen of Tunisia who was held in US custody in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility. He is notable for being one of a very small number of the detainees held in Bagram to have had a writ of habeas corpus submitted on his behalf.
Time magazine reports he was captured at his home in Karachi, Pakistan in May 2002. Time reports he spent two years in the CIA's black sites, before being transferred to Bagram. Al-Najar is represented by Barbara Olshansky of Stanford University's International Human Rights Clinic, Tina Monshipour Foster of the International Justice Network, and Sylvia Royce in association with the International Justice Network. Al-Najar was not allowed to send a letter until 2003.
On 15 January 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a heavily redacted list of Detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility.
There were 645 names on the list, which was dated 22 September 2009. One of the names was Ridha Ahmad Najjar. [sic] Historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, asserted that this was another transliteration of Redah al-Najar, who he said was captured in May 2002 in Karachi, Pakistan. Worthington reported he was held in the CIA's "dark prison", and several other CIA black sites, including the "Panjshir prison", and two prisons named "Rissat prison" and "Rissat prison 2". al-Najar's incarceration was not revealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross and he was "...forced to spend 22 hours each day with one or both wrists chained to an overhead bar, for two consecutive days, while wearing a diaper."
On 9 December 2014, the United States Senate Intelligence Committee published the names of 39 individuals tortured by the CIA in its archipelago of black sites. An individual named Ridha Ahmad Najar was listed as one of individuals the CIA tortured.
On 15 December 2014, the Washington Post published an op-ed by Tina M. Foster, one of Najar's lawyers. In the article she wrote about how a whole section of the Intelligence Committee's report was devoted to Najar. She listed all the torture techniques the CIA used on him, and asserted the CIA had tortured him for nearly 700 days.
On 15 June 2015, he was repatriated to Tunisia by the US Government.
# Politics of Hunan

The Politics of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
The Governor of Hunan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Hunan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hunan Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Hunan CPC Party Chief".

## List of secretaries of CCP Hunan Committee

* Huang Kecheng (黄克诚): 1949-1952
* Jin Ming (金明): 1952-1953
* Zhou Xiaozhou (周小舟): 1953-1957
* Zhou Hui (周惠): 1957-1959
* Zhang Pinghua (张平化):1959-1966
* Wang Yanchun (王延春): 1966-1967
* Li Yuan (黎原): 1968-1970
* Hua Guofeng (华国锋): 1970-1977
* Mao Zhiyong (毛致用): 1977-1988
* Xiong Qingquan (熊清泉): 1988-1993
* Wang Maolin (王茂林): 1993-1998
* Yang Zhengwu (杨正午): 1998-2005
* Zhang Chunxian (张春贤): 2005-2010
* Zhou Qiang (周强): 2010–2013
* Xu Shousheng (徐守盛): 2013-2016
* Du Jiahao (杜家毫): 2016–2020
* Xu Dazhe (许达哲): 2020–2021
* Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟): 2021-present

## List of governors of Hunan
### Qing dynasty

* Wu Dacheng (1895)

### Pre-1949

* Zhang Jingyao (1918-1920) - military governor
* Cheng Qian (1928)
* He Jian (1929-1937)
* Cheng Qian (1948)

### People's Republic of China

* Chen Mingren (陈明仁): 1949-1950
* Wang Shoudao (王首道): 1950-1952
* Cheng Qian (程潜): 1952-1967
* Li Yuan (黎原): 1968-1970
* Hua Guofeng (华国锋): 1970-1977
* Mao Zhiyong (毛致用): 1977-1979
* Sun Guozhi (孙国治): 1979-1983
* Liu Zheng (刘正): 1983-1985
* Xiong Qingquan (熊清泉): 1985-1989
* Chen Bangzhu (陈邦柱):1989-1995
* Yang Zhengwu (杨正午): 1995-1998
* Chu Bo (储波): 1998-2001
* Zhang Yunchuan (张云川): 2001-2003
* Zhou Bohua (周伯华): 2003.03-2006
* Zhou Qiang (周强): 2006-2010
* Xu Shousheng (徐守盛) :2010-2013
* Du Jiahao (杜家毫): 2013-2016
* Xu Dazhe (许达哲): 2016–2020
* Mao Weiming (毛伟明): 2020–present

## List of chairmen of Hunan People's Congress

* Wan Da (万达): 1979-1983
* Sun Guozhi (孙国治): 1983-1985
* Jiao Linyi (焦林义): 1985-1988
* Liu Fusheng (刘夫生): 1988-1998
* Wang Maolin (王茂林): 1998
* Yang Zhengwu (杨正午): 1999-2006
* Zhang Chunxian (张春贤): 2006-2010
* Zhou Qiang (周强): 2010–2013
* Xu Shousheng (徐守盛): 2013–2016
* Du Jiahao (杜家毫): 2016–2020
* Xu Dazhe (许达哲): 2020–2021
* Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟): 2021-present

## List of chairmen of CPPCC Hunan Committee

* Zhou Xiaozhou (周小舟): 1955-1959
* Zhang Pinghua (张平化): 1959-1967
* Mao Zhiyong (毛致用): 1977-1979
* Zhou Li (周里): 1979-1983
* Cheng Xingling (程星龄): 1983-1987
* Liu Zheng (刘正): 1988-1998
* Liu Fusheng (刘夫生): 1998-2001
* Wang Keying (王克英): 2001-2003
* Hu Biao (胡彪): 2003-2013
* Chen Qiufa: 2013-2016
* Li Weiwei: 2016–present
# Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"

The Serenade, after Plato's Symposium, is a composition by Leonard Bernstein for solo violin, strings and percussion. He completed the serenade in five movements on August 7, 1954. For the serenade, the composer drew inspiration from Plato's Symposium, a dialogue of related statements in praise of love, each statement made by a distinguished speaker. The seven speakers who inspired Bernstein's five movements are:
    I. Phaedrus: Pausanias – marked Lento and Allegro
    II. Aristophanes – marked Allegretto
    III. Eryximachus, the doctor – marked Presto
    IV. Agathon – marked Adagio
    V. Socrates: Alcibiades – marked Molto tenuto and Allegro molto vivace
Although the Serenade is scored for violin, strings, harp and percussion (timpani and five more percussionists playing side drum, tenor drum, bass drum, triangle, suspended cymbal, xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes, Chinese blocks, tambourine), the violin is the most prominent solo instrument. The composition is about a half-hour in length.
Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation, the Serenade is dedicated to "the beloved memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky". The premiere was conducted by Bernstein himself on September 12, 1954, at La Fenice (Venice), with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and violinist Isaac Stern. It was also first recorded by Stern and Bernstein for Columbia Records on April 19, 1956, in New York City, with the Symphony of the Air.
# David Astle

David Robert Astle (born 9 November 1961) is an Australian TV personality and radio host, and writer of non-fiction, fiction and plays. He also co-hosted the SBS Television (SBS) show Letters and Numbers, as the dictionary expert, in company with Richard Morecroft and Lily Serna, a role to which he returned for Celebrity Letters and Numbers in 2021.

## Career

Astle's cryptic crosswords, appearing under the name "DA" in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald (for which he also writes the "Wordplay" section), have developed a large following which includes musician Holly Throsby and actor Geoffrey Rush. Rush called him "the Sergeant Pepper of cryptic crosswords". In 2011, his portrait called "DA" painted by artist Amanda Marburg, was shortlisted for the Archibald Prize.
Astle's 2013 book Cluetopia: The story of 100 years of the crossword celebrates the centenary of the crossword with a chapter for each year. Astle is a three times winner of the Banjo Paterson Writing Award. He won third prize in The Age Short Story Award in 1990 and his first novel, Marzipan Plan, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. In 2001 he won the James Joyce Suspended Sentence Award for short fiction. His play Cowboy Humour was part of the Short and Sweet play festival in 2008, which has previously featured Astle's plays including The Gentleman Had An Axe in 2007 and The Mercy Kitchen.
Astle has taught journalism at RMIT University and in 2004 was awarded a DSC Teaching Award for best sessional teacher. In 2013, he helped create the word "phub" (a portmanteau of phone and snub), for when someone is ignored in favour of a mobile phone.

### Radio & Television

In 2010 Astle was part of Letters and Numbers, an Australian reboot of the UK series Countdown. Astle was the dictionary expert alongside host Richard Morecroft and maths expert Lily Serna. The show was produced by Shine Australia and ran for two seasons on SBS TV.
From 2015 Astle was a fill-in host on ABC Radio Melbourne as well as a regular word expert on ABC TV's News Breakfast.
In December 2019, Astle was appointed as host of the Evenings radio program on ABC Radio Melbourne and ABC Local Radio in Victoria replacing Lindy Burns. Throughout 2019 Astle filled in for Burns whilst she was on long service leave.
In 2021 Celebrity Letters and Numbers was created with Astle returning as dictionary expert alongside Serna and new host Michael Hing. The show is currently in its third season and has featured guests including Nakkaih Lui, Aaron Chen and Benjamin Law.
# 2024 Thailand Open 2

The 2024 Thailand Open 2 was a professional WTA tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Thailand Open as part of the WTA 250 tournaments of the 2024 WTA Tour. The event was a special second staging of the tournament for 2024 only, to fill a vacancy for a WTA 250 tournament in the fall tour calendar. It will take place at the True Arena Hua Hin in Hua Hin, Thailand, from 16 to 22 September 2024.

## Champions
### Singles

* Rebecca Šramková def. Laura Siegemund 6–4, 6–4

### Doubles

* Anna Danilina / Irina Khromacheva def. Eudice Chong / Moyuka Uchijima 6–4, 7–5

## Singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| UKR | Dayana Yastremska | 34 | 1 |
| CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 36 | 2 |
| CHN | Wang Xinyu | 40 | 3 |
| POL | Magda Linette | 42 | 4 |
| CHN | Wang Xiyu | 53 | 5 |
| USA | Katie Volynets | 57 | 6 |
| JPN | Moyuka Uchijima | 64 | 7 |
| FRA | Varvara Gracheva | 66 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 August 2024.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Thasaporn Naklo
* Lanlana Tararudee
* Zheng Saisai
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Gao Xinyu
* Arianne Hartono
* Ksenia Laskutova
* Tatiana Prozorova
* Mananchaya Sawangkaew
* Wei Sijia

### Withdrawals

* Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro → replaced by Jana Fett
* Jaqueline Cristian → replaced by Mai Hontama
* Sofia Kenin → replaced by Rebeka Masarova
* Chloé Paquet → replaced by Alycia Parks
* Martina Trevisan → replaced by Rebecca Šramková
* Wang Yafan → replaced by Taylah Preston

## Doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| KAZ | Anna Danilina | | Irina Khromacheva | 73 | 1 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | CZE | Anna Sisková | 133 | 2 |
| ITA | Angelica Moratelli | USA | Sabrina Santamaria | 149 | 3 |
| ITA | Camilla Rosatello | BEL | Kimberley Zimmermann | 174 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 9 September 2024

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Viktorija Golubic / Lanlana Tararudee
* Thasaporn Naklo / Bunyawi Thamchaiwat
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Ma Yexin / Zheng Saisai

### Withdrawals

* Anna Bondár / Mayar Sherif → replaced by Ma Yexin / Zheng Saisai
# Güven Yalçın

Güven Yalçın (born 18 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Arouca, on loan from Serie A club Genoa. Born in Germany, he played for the Turkey national team.

## Club career

Yalçın spent his entire youth development with Bayer Leverkusen, joining them in 2006. On 27 July 2018, Yalçın signed with Beşiktaş in Turkish Süper Lig. Yalçın made his professional debut for Beşiktaş in a 1-1 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifier against FK Partizan on 23 August 2018.
On 1 February 2021 he was signed by Italian side Lecce on loan with an option to buy.
On 21 July 2022, Yalçın returned to Italy and signed with Genoa.
On 8 September 2023, Yalçın was loaned to Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük until the end of the season.

## International career

Yalçın was born in Germany and is of Turkish descent. He first represented the Turkey U17, and then represented the Germany U18s in a 3-0 friendly win over the Austria U18s on 17 April 2017. He then switched back to represent the Turkey U19s, with whom he participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
He made his Turkey national football team debut on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Greece, as a 55th-minute substitute for Cenk Tosun.

## Honours

Beşiktaş
* Turkish Super Cup: 2021
# Prokop of Moravia

Prokop of Moravia, or Prokop of Luxembourg (Czech: Prokop Lucemburský; German: Prokop von Mähren; c. 1358 – 24 September 1405), a member of the House of Luxembourg, was junior Margrave of Moravia from 1375 until his death in 1405 and the provincial governor of the kingdom.

## Biography

Prokop was born circa 1358 in the Moravian town of Brno. He was the third son of Margrave John Henry and Margaret of Opava. Upon his father's death in 1375, his eldest brother Jobst was confirmed as Margrave and Lord of Moravia, while Prokop and his brother John Sobieslaw received the title of "junior margraves".
The brothers soon started the so-called Moravian Margrave Wars, fueled by disputes over inheritance and the destabilizing situation after the death of their uncle Charles IV in 1378. Jobst and Prokop ruled Moravia together at that time and participated in the joint efforts of the Luxembourg dynasty to obtain the Polish and Hungarian crowns. They financially supported their cousin Sigismund of Luxembourg in obtaining the Hungarian crown. The Bohemian king Wenceslas IV also sought financial assistance from his Moravian cousins.
In 1402, Prokop became a prisoner of Sigismund of Luxembourg in Prešpurk and remained in prison for two years. Jobst eventually contributed to his release, but Prokop soon succumbed to illness and died on 24 September 1405 in Brno. After his death, Jobst became the sole lord of Moravia.
His illegitimate son George of Luxembourg [cs] was the last descendant of the Luxembourg family. However, due to his illegitimate origin, he could not assert the inheritance rights to the property and titles of his ancestors.

## Ancestors

Ancestors of Prokop of Moravia :
# 1930 FIFA World Cup Group 3

Group 3 of the 1930 FIFA World Cup began on 14 July 1930 and concluded on 21 July 1930. Uruguay won the group, and advanced to the semi-finals. Romania and Peru failed to advance.
Romania scored early on in their first match against Peru. The score stayed at 1-0 until Peru found an equalizer in the 75th minute. Romania scored 2 late goals to win the match 3-1. Peru were eliminated 1 match later by hosts Uruguay after 1 goal from Hector Castro was enough to win the match. Uruguay dominated the first half of their game against Romania, scoring 4 goals which was enough to send them through to the knockouts.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 4 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Peru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |

## Matches
### Romania vs Peru

| GK | Ion Lăpușneanu |
| DF | Rudolf Bürger |
| DF | Adalbert Steiner |
| MF | Alfred Eisenbeisser |
| MF | Emerich Vogl (c) |
| MF | László Raffinsky |
| FW | Nicolae Kovács |
| FW | Adalbert Deșu |
| FW | Rudolf Wetzer |
| FW | Constantin Stanciu |
| FW | Ștefan Barbu |
| Manager: ||
| Constantin Rădulescu ||
| GK | Juan Valdivieso |
| DF | Mario de las Casas |
| DF | Alberto Soria |
| MF | Plácido Galindo (c) | 70' |
| MF | Domingo García |
| MF | Alberto Denegri |
| FW | Julio Lores |
| FW | Alejandro Villanueva |
| FW | José María Lavalle |
| FW | Demetrio Neyra |
| FW | Luis de Souza |
| Manager: ||
| Francisco Bru ||
* Linesmen:
* John Langenus (Belgium)
* Francisco Mateucci (Uruguay)

### Uruguay vs Peru

| GK | Enrique Ballestrero |
| DF | Domingo Tejera |
| DF | José Nasazzi (c) |
| MF | José Leandro Andrade |
| MF | Lorenzo Fernández |
| MF | Álvaro Gestido |
| FW | Santos Urdinarán |
| FW | Héctor Castro |
| FW | Pedro Petrone |
| FW | Pedro Cea |
| FW | Santos Iriarte |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Suppici ||
| GK | Jorge Pardon |
| DF | Mario de las Casas |
| DF | Antonio Maquilón (c) |
| MF | Plácido Galindo |
| MF | Alberto Denegri |
| MF | Eduardo Astengo |
| FW | Julio Lores |
| FW | Alejandro Villanueva |
| FW | José María Lavalle |
| FW | Demetrio Neyra |
| FW | Luis de Souza |
| Manager: ||
| Francisco Bru ||
* Linesmen:
* Thomas Balvay (France)
* Henri Christophe (Belgium)

### Uruguay vs Romania

| GK | Enrique Ballestrero |
| DF | Ernesto Mascheroni |
| DF | José Nasazzi (c) |
| MF | José Leandro Andrade |
| MF | Lorenzo Fernández |
| MF | Álvaro Gestido |
| FW | Pablo Dorado |
| FW | Héctor Scarone |
| FW | Peregrino Anselmo |
| FW | Pedro Cea |
| FW | Santos Iriarte |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Suppici ||
| GK | Ion Lăpușneanu |
| DF | Rudolf Bürger |
| DF | Iosif Czako |
| MF | Alfred Eisenbeisser |
| MF | Emerich Vogl (c) |
| MF | Corneliu Robe |
| FW | Nicolae Kovács |
| FW | Adalbert Deșu |
| FW | Rudolf Wetzer |
| FW | László Raffinsky |
| FW | Ștefan Barbu |
| Manager: ||
| Constantin Rădulescu ||
* Linesmen:
* Alberto Warnken (Chile)
* Ulises Saucedo (Bolivia)
# Frantz Kruger

Frantz Kruger (born 22 May 1975 in Kempton Park, South Africa) is a South African born Finnish discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion. His personal best throw of 70.32 metres, achieved in May 2002 in Salon-de-Provence, is the current African record.
He was married to Finnish former triple jumper Heli Koivula Kruger (divorced 2016), and received Finnish citizenship in 2007. Kruger has been available to represent Finland by a special permit from the government of IAAF since 20 August 2007. In international discus competition at Helsingborg, he set a new Finnish discus record, 69.97 metres.

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing South Africa ||||||
| 1994 | African Junior Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | Shot put | 14.17 m |
| 1994 | African Junior Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | Discus throw | 55.86 m |
| 1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | Discus throw | 58.22 m |
| 1997 | Universiade | Catania, Italy | 6th | Discus throw | 61.64 m |
| 1998 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 1st | Discus throw | 62.17 m |
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2nd | Discus throw | 63.93 m |
| 1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1st | Discus throw | 66.90 m |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 17th (q) | Discus throw | 62.02 m |
| 1999 | All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1st | Discus throw | 61.02 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | Discus throw | 68.19 m |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 8th | Discus throw | 65.27 m |
| 2001 | Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 1st | Discus throw | 67.84 m |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 1st | Discus throw | 66.39 m |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 6th | Discus throw | 65.26 m |
| 2003 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 7th | Discus throw | 60.05 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 5th | Discus throw | 64.34 m |
| 2004 | African Championships | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | Discus throw | 63.85 m |
| 2004 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 8th | Discus throw | 59.65 m |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | Discus throw | 64.23 m |
| 2005 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 5th | Discus throw | 63.19 m |
| Representing Finland ||||||
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 19th (q) | Discus throw | 60.72 m |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 11th | Discus throw | 61.98 m |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 12th | Discus throw | 59.77 m |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 19th (q) | Discus throw | 59.55 m |
# Nutwood Place

Nutwood Place is a historic farm complex on the northern edge of Urbana, Ohio, United States. Today composed of the farmhouse, a round barn, and a small amount of former fields, the farm has been owned by some of Urbana's leading families. Colonel William Ward, the founder of Urbana and the farm's original owner,$^{:120}$ built the farmhouse in 1815. At this time, he owned 160 acres (65 ha) of land north of the village of Urbana; there he established his farm under the name of "Nutwood Place," where he lived until his 1822 death.$^{:121}$
Commercial hatter Absalom Jennings of New York City bought the farm in 1856, but he waited three years before taking up residence there. Here he remained for the rest of his life, breeding horses and cattle. Under his direction, the brick round barn was erected in 1861.$^{:121}$
In 1976, Nutwood Place was added to the National Register of Historic Places because of its well-preserved historic architecture. It is one of eight places listed on the National Register in Urbana.
# Tran Van Tho

Trần Văn Thọ (born in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese former economic advisor to the Japanese government, head of a major Japanese bank’s ODA assessment committee, and a professor of economics at the faculty of Social Sciences of Waseda University in Japan.

## Biography
### Early life

He was born in 1949 in a poor village in the central Quảng Nam Province.

### Academic career

He came to Japan in 1968 on a Japanese government scholarship. He attended Tokyo's Hitotsubashi University to study economics. Hitotsubashi University has a reputation as a leading university in economics. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics in 1973, and earned a M.A. in 1975 in the same institute. In 1993, he obtained a doctorate from Hitotsubashi University (Ph.D. in Economics).
He worked at Japan Center for Economic Research(JCER), became an assistant professor, then professor at Obirin University in Tokyo. In 1990 the Japanese government, for the first time, named three foreigners to the Economic Council of Japan, which advises the prime minister. Tho was one of them and he served for nearly 10 years on the council. In 2000, after completing his term, he was appointed professor at Waseda University.

## Activity

In 1993 he was invited to be a member of an economic body advising Vietnamese Prime Minister Võ Văn Kiệt. Later he was on a policy research team under Kiet’s successor Phan Văn Khải. It was then that he called for eliminating paperwork and bureaucracy, recruiting state officials on merit, setting up a level playing ground for foreign and domestic investors and for private and state-owned enterprises. He also advised the government to compile a “negative list” with entrepreneurs allowed to involve in any activity not finding a place in it. He also criticized the indiscriminate award of doctorates which, thus, held little value. Calling for the revocation of a regulation prohibiting Communist Party members from doing business, he said officials should be allowed to open private companies and engage in business. This has since been seriously considered.
In 1997 he published a book in Vietnamese, Industrializing Vietnam in the Age of the Asia-Pacific, and again in 2005, East Asian Economic Upheavals and the Road to Industrialization for Vietnam. In 2003 the Japan Bank for International Cooperation invited him to be the head of its ODA project assessment committee for developing infrastructure in northern Vietnam. Tho initiated the founding of the Vietnam Asia-Pacific Economic Center in Vietnam of which he is now chairman.
In 2018, at age 69, Professor Tran Van Tho was awarded the Order of Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette in recognition of his contributions to the development of economic ties between Japan and Vietnam, deepening the country’s understanding of Japan.
He retains his Vietnamese citizenship.