Talk:Nguyễn Hữu Bài

Diacritics
Name needs diacritics. Badagnani (talk) 04:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Title
Let me explain this edit. In the Imperial Chinese government system (used in Korea until 1897, China until 1911, and Vietnam until 1945) the head of a ministry was called a Thượng thư (尚書) and not a Bộ trưởng (部長). He was the head of the Ministry of Personnel (吏部, Lại Bộ) which was only renamed to be the Ministry of Internal Affairs (部內務, Bộ Nội vụ) during the Empire of Vietnam period in 1945. While the Bảo Đại did reform the court to emulate the French government more, it wasn't until the absolute final year of the Nguyễn Dynasty period that they revamped the government to take its modern form. While the Ministry of Personnel and a Ministry of the Interior are similar in scope, the former is also somewhat akin to a national human resources department and was the most powerful ministry in this system (excluding the reign of the militaristic Gia Long Emperor when the Ministry of War was the most powerful entity in the country). I will expand the Ministry of Personnel article in the future, but having him be referred to by the wrong title will cause readers to think something different. --Donald Trung (talk) 18:32, 26 June 2022 (UTC)