later, General Dương Văn Minh was forced to declare his surrender to the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. The regime of the Republic of Vietnam completely collapsed. Life in exile After submitting his resignation, he arranged for his wife and youngest daughter to board the last Air France flight to Paris on April 26. Only 2 days later, he was brought over the Philippines by the US Embassy on a C-130 plane of the US army. On this flight were also Hoàng Đức Nhã and Phan Quang Đán, two veteran politicians. From the Philippines, US authorities took him to California. After he arrived in Sacramento, his wife and youngest daughter were also approved by the US government to immigrate to the United States from Paris to reunite. After settling in northern California, he initially opened a small gas station in the city of Mountain View. However, after only 3 months, the business had to stop because of capital loss. Then, he enrolled to study computing at the age of 46. In 1979, he graduated as a programmer and joined Standard Oil, then Chevron Texaco Corp., working in the Computer Department until retiring in 1998. In retirement, he devotes time to social activities and human rights. In September 2003, he published his memoirs My Country.'' In May 2009, he submitted the dossier "Vietnam's continental shelf" to the United Nations, affirming Vietnam's sovereignty over the East Sea and the Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa archipelagoes. He died at 4:30 am on May 20, 2009 at Regional Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA. See also Politics of South Vietnam References 1930 births 2009 deaths South Vietnamese politicians Members of the National Assembly (South Vietnam) Prime Ministers of South Vietnam Vietnamese emigrants to the United States People from San Jose, California