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Delpech was born in Hanoi on 1 May 1916. His father was an architect. He studied at the Albert-Sarraut High School Hanoi (formerly Tonkin) (from 1926–1934) where he was a classmate of North Vietnamese general Võ Nguyên Giáp and Phạm Văn Đồng. After graduating, Delpech joined the School of Fine Arts in Hanoi, where he studied lacquering and painting.