headed by General Trần Văn Trà, was stationed at the school. The school was temporarily closed until July 1975, then the class of 1974-1975 took their final examinations and graduated in September 1975. Principals Notable alumni Trần Đại Nghĩa, military scientist, ingénieur, inventor , Professor in Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, known for Le-Murakami-Ohtsuki invariant. Lê Diệp Kiều Trang, Businesswoman, Ex-director of Facebook and GoJek in Vietnam Trần Minh Triết, Vice President of University of Science, VNU-HCM Cathy Thao Tran, Founder of Ohana Do Cao Tri - Army of the Republic of Vietnam general, commander of III Corps Le Minh Dao - Army of the Republic of Vietnam general, commander of the 18th Division Politics and law Nguyễn Văn Chì , political activist Huỳnh Tấn Phát Trương Tấn Sang, seventh president of Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Triết, sixth president of Vietnam , anti-Vietnam war activist in United States Nguyễn Tiến Trung Tran Ngoc Lieng - lawyer Culture Trúc Hồ Trần Văn Khê, Honorary Member of the International Music Council of UNESCO, director of research at CNRS and professor at the Sorbonne Lưu Hữu Phước, recipient of the Hồ Chí Minh Prize in 1996 Trần Lê Cẩm Ly, pop singer in Vietnam war era , popular R&B singing star Tóc Tiên Uyên Linh, winner of the third season of Vietnam Idol in 2010 Cao Toàn Mỹ References External links (in Vietnamese) Tuyển sinh trường THPT Chuyên Lê Hồng Phong TPHCM (in Vietnamese) 1927 establishments in Vietnam Educational institutions established in 1927 High schools for the gifted in Vietnam High schools in Ho Chi Minh City High schools in Vietnam Schools in Vietnam