Nguyễn Trường Tộ (chữ Hán: 阮長祚, IPA: [ŋʷǐənˀ ʈɨ̂əŋ tôˀ]; 1830–1871) was a Roman Catholic scholar and reformer during the reign of Tự Đức of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last sovereign Emperor of Vietnam under which the French colonial forces colonized the country. Nguyễn Trường Tộ was best known for his advocacy of his modernisation of Vietnam, criticising the rigid Confucianism of the Huế court.

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