tran le xuan born april 15 1924 in hanoi vietnam popularly known as madame nhu but more properly madame ngo dinh nhu was considered the first lady of south vietnam from 1955 to 1963 she was the wife of ngo dinh nhu brother and chief adviser to president ngo dinh diem as diem was a lifelong bachelor and because the nhus lived in the independence palace she was considered to be the first lady diem often appointed relatives to high positions so her father became the ambassador to the united states while her mother a former beauty queen was south vietnams observer at the united na 2b02k51.jpg from triệu lệ dĩnh photo View Photo