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Originally Posted by jackbl
Hi, why Ho Chi Minh, people call him as Bac Ho. Vo Nguyen Giap, people call him as Bac Giap?
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Bac Giap:
1. 'Bac' is what you call a man or a woman in Vietnamese who is around your grandparents' age.
2. When the Vietnamese call each other by name, they use the 2nd name after the surname, so Vo Nguyen Giap = they will call him Giap.
So its the same as how we can call someone 'Uncle Lee' or 'Uncle Harry', using either the name or the surname after 'Uncle'.