Sold! Wyoming Town Goes to Highest Bidder, A Vietnamese Businessman

By ⋅ April 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Buford, Wyoming (Photo: Wiki Commons)

Buford, Wyoming (Photo: Wiki Commons)

Maybe you saw the headlines last week about a tiny town in Wyoming that went up for auction.

Bidders from over 100 countries took part in the auction, hoping to buy a piece of the American rock.

The winning bid — we now know — came from a Vietnamese businessman in Ho Chi Minh City.

Pham Dinh Nguyen paid $900,000 for the right to own Buford, Wyoming (today’s answer) — all 10 acres of it.

Reporter Rebecca Martinez with Wyoming Public Radio has more.

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2 comments for “Sold! Wyoming Town Goes to Highest Bidder, A Vietnamese Businessman”

  • http://twitter.com/jratliff Jeff Ratliff

    I’m a US citizen living in Ho Chi Minh City. Thank you for carrying this story. I’m compelled to point out that both World journalists reporting this story pronounced Mr. Nguyen’s name “noo yen.” Nguyen is the most popular name in Vietnam and like all Vietnamese words is a single syllable. It is roughly pronounced like the English word win.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/WTZHTYNDRC3OZZLO7AK4UVIXSQ gerardoh

    Buford