[4] After realizing the communist nature of the Việt Minh, he left and returned to Saigon, publishing and printing newspapers.

Professor Bùi Xuân Bào (Culture), Nguyễn Chánh Lý (Commerce), Võ Văn Nhung (Technology).

During his tenure as prime minister, he made state visits to Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the US, Brazil, and Japan.

[9] In an interview with the New York Times, Lộc describes in the re-education camps he and other inmates were forced to perform hard labor such as clearing the jungles, swamps, and minefields to build dams and farming.

[9] Lộc attempted to leave Vietnam 14 times before successfully making it to Singapore on 10 May 1983 as a refugee with his wife and their eleven-month-old infant.