<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phạm_Tuân" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Phạm Tuân">Phạm Tuân</a> becomes the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam">Vietnamese</a> citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercosmos" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Intercosmos">Intercosmos</a> Research Cosmonaut.