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Luong Thi Loi
Luong Thi Loi
Luong Thi Loi at the claimed age of 111.
Birth: 1906?
Khamkeut District, Bolykhamxay, French Indochina (now Laos)
Death: fl.17 July 2017
Tam Quang, Tuong Duong District, Nghe An, Vietnam
Age: 111 years, 0+ days?
Country: LaosLAOVietnamVIE
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Luong Thi Loi [Vietnamese: Lương Thị Lợi] (1906? – fl.17 July 2017) was a Laotian-born Vietnamese supercentenarian claimant.

Biography[]

Luong Thi Loi claimed that she was born in Khamkeut District, Bolykhamxay Province, Indochina (now Laos) in 1906. At the age of 32, she emigrated to Vietnam with the three children she had with her first husband. There, she remarried with a Thai man, who died in 1980.

Luong had twelve children (six sons and six daughters) from her two marriages. Her youngest daughter was born in 1964. One of her sons, Lo Thanh Vinh [Vietnamese: Lô Thanh Vĩnh] (born 1942), died during the Tet Offensive in 1968.

In 1994, Luong began to suffer blindness. As of 2017, she had over 50 descendants (counting her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren).

Luong Thi Loi was last reported to be alive on 17 July 2017 at the claimed age of 111 years. At the time, she lived in Tung Huong village, Tam Quang commune, Tuong Duong District, Nghe An, Vietnam. If her age is true, she could be oldest known Laotian-born woman ever.

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