Hieu Cong Truong, OC (born September 23, 1941) is a Vietnamese Canadian engineer, responsible for designing minting machines used by the Royal Canadian Mint.
[1] Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Truong graduated from New York University in 1963 studying chemical engineering.
After earning his master's degree in chemical engineering in 1964, he returned to Vietnam where he was a lecturer at Phu Tho National Technical Center eventually becoming director of its chemical engineering school.
Truong joined the Royal Canadian Mint in 1978 until retiring in 2014.
[2] He is the namesake of the Mint's Hieu C. Truong Centre of Excellence for Research and Development.