He received a first-rate french education , initially at a primary school in phnom penh and then at the lycee chasseloup-laubat in saigon , the best in colonial indochina .

他最初在金边某所小学接受一流的法语教育，继而就学于西贡市（saigon，现称胡志明市）的chasseloup-laubat公立中学，殖民地时期印度支那最好的学校。