previous_occupation status birth_place mission awards nationality article_title birth_date rank selection insignia image time name type
pilot retired thái bình , vietnam soyuz 37 / 36 1980 vietnamese phạm tuân
 14 february 1947 20px lieutenant general , vietnam people 's air force 1979 intercosmos group 30px tuÂn pham.jpg 7d 20h 42m phạm tuân vietnam people 's air force / intercosmos research cosmonaut
phạm tuân

phạm tuân -lrb- born february 14 , 1947 -rrb- is a retired vietnam air force aviator .
he became the first vietnamese citizen and the first non-russian asian in space when he flew aboard the soyuz 37 mission as an intercosmos research cosmonaut .
he was awarded the title hero of the soviet union .
