Editing Viet D. Dinh (section)

==Early life and education==
Dinh was born in [[Saigon]], [[South Vietnam]]. He and his family [[emigration|emigrated]] to the [[United States]] in 1978, three years after Vietnam had fully embraced [[communism]]. They initially settled in [[Portland, Oregon]], but moved to [[Fullerton, California]], two years later. Dinh joined the restarted debate team at [[Fullerton Union High School]] under coaches Gary Reed and Jacqueline Reedy as a senior, who encouraged him to apply to Harvard University.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mui |first=Ylan Q. |date=2001-08-29 |title=From East to West, Then Up and to the Right |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/08/29/from-east-to-west-then-up-and-to-the-right/24a7330d-6cb3-44e7-9bab-30f53f083304/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

Dinh graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Harvard University]] in 1990 with a B.A. in government and economics. While at Harvard, he was a member of the [[Phoenix S.K. Club]]. He then attended [[Harvard Law School]], where he was a Class Marshal, an [[John M. Olin Foundation|Olin]] Research Fellow in Law and Economics, and ''[[Bluebook]]'' editor of the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]''. He received his [[Juris Doctor]] [[(J.D.)]] ''magna cum laude'' in 1993.