Nguyen Van Thieu was born on April 5, 1923 in Tri Thuy, Ninh Thuan, Vietnam. He is known for his work on Issues and Answers (1960), The Ten Thousand Day War (1980) and Vingt-quatre heures sur la deux (1969). He was married to Nguyen Thi Mai Anh. He died on September 29, 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.