Nguyen Cao Ky with his wife Dang Tuyet Mai and their daughter Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen in their apartment at the Tan Son Nhut Air Base – Photo by Marilyn Silverstone.
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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and his third wife, in a visit to Vietnam in 2004, was welcomed by the high-ranking Communist official Phạm Thế Duyệt. A statue of Hồ Chí Minh was in the background.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ in South Vietnam before the fall of Saigon.
The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, signed in Manila, Philippines, on Sept. 8, 1954, created a regional defense arrangement called the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). Its purpose was to foster a system of mutual support to protect Southeast Asia against Communist expansion. The signatory nations were Australia, France, New Zealand, Great Britain, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States. Vice President Nguyễn Cao Kỳ stood far left in the picture and President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu is third from the right.
South Vietnamese General Nguyen Cao Ky, Prime Minister of Republic of Vietnam (1965-7) and Commander in Chief of South Vietnamese Air Force pictured in October 1971. Three decades after the war Nguyen Cao Ky has been given permission to return home to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival of Tet. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images)
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, once the powerful premier of South Vietnam, now runs a liquor-delicatessen-grocery store in the blue collar suburban community of Norwalk, California. Here Ky works the cash register as his wife, Đặng Tuyết Mai (back to camera) after escaping Vietnam in 1975.
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIET NAM: Former South Vietnamese vice-president Nguyen Cao Ky (L) and his former war-time body guard Ly Huynh hug each other as Ky is greeted upon his arrival at the Sheraton Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, 14 January 2004. Ky, who was a staunch anti-communist, returned home with Hanoi’s blessing, nearly 30-years after the Vietnam War. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ hugged his old bodyguard in Vietnam in 2004.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ’s coffin was covered with the flags of the US, Malaysia and South Vietnam. Funeral in Malaysia on 29/7/2011.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ’s picture on a worship altar for the deceased at Vĩnh Nghiêm temple, Saigon. It is believed Kỳ wore Malaysian costume as he was awarded a Tunship by the Malaysian Government in 1965. Tun title was also rewarded to all retired Malaysian Prime Ministers.
American First Lady Bird Johnson, President Lyndy B. Johnson, South Vietnam Second Lady Đặng Tuyết Mai. Phillipines First Lady Imelda Marcos and South Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ in Manila.
Đặng Tuyết Mai and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ 1969.
Kỳ Duyên and Đặng Tuyết Mai in the US before Ms Mai fell ill.
Kỳ Duyên and Đặng Tuyết Mai, Duyên’s third partner and Duyên’s two daughters.
Kỳ Duyên and her mother on a cruise.
Restaurant Phở Ta of Đặng Tuyết Mai built in 2009 in an affluent area in Saigon.
Đặng Tuyết Mai before she fell ill.
Đặng Tuyết Mai before her death.
Đặng Tuyết Mai’s funeral.
Death Notice of Đặng Tuyết Mai.
Kỳ Duyên at her mum’s funeral.
Kỳ Duyên and her two daughters at her mum’s funeral.
Kỳ Duyên and her two daughters at her mum’s funeral.
Kỳ Duyên and her two daughters at her mum’s funeral.
Kỳ Duyên on the street of Saigon.
Kỳ Duyên in Hải Phòng, North Việt Nam.
Kỳ Duyên’s house in an expensive and modern area in Saigon. She was standing next to a water filter device.
Kỳ Duyên’s luxurious restaurant Memory Lounge built in Đà Nẵng in 2011, Middle Việt Nam.
Kỳ Duyên on the balcony of her restaurant Memory Lounge.
Memory Lounge by day.
Kỳ Duyên, sitting on a hotel balcony, with a shopping bag with Memory Lounge printed on it.
Kỳ Duyên and the Paris By Night show poster.
A Paris by Night poster.
Paris by Night show stage.
Paris by Night show stage.
Paris by Night show audiences.
Paris by Night’s traditional “áo dài” fashion show.
The Canmake cosmetic store of Kỳ Duyên in Hà Nội, North Vietnam.
Canmake grand opening in Hà Nội, North Vietnam.
Canmake grand opening in Saigon, South Vietnam.
Grand opening of Kỳ Duyên’s cosmetic store. Her third partner and business partner is on the far left
Kỳ Duyên with her third partner (far left) and her close friend as well as business partner – singer Thanh Hà – sho lives in the US.
Kỳ Duyên in Vietnam with singer, song writer Đức Huy (at the back) who moved back to live in Vietnam so he can earn more money with larger number of audiences and marry a younger wife.
Kỳ Duyên as an MC for a show in Hà Nội, North Vietnam. The show was about Chế Linh, a famous singer who now lives in USA.
Kỳ Duyên was invited to open a brand new international school teaching both Vietnamese and English in Vietnam.
Kỳ Duyên in front of a friend’s Mustang worths around $30,000 USD but after being imported into Vietnam worths around $125,000 USD,
Kỳ Duyên invited to be on a judging panel for a singing and beauty pageant on TV in Vietnam.
Nguyen Cao Ky with his wife Dang Tuyet Mai and their daughter Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen in their apartment at the Tan Son Nhut Air Base – Photo by Marilyn Silverstone.
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