From 1975 to about 1996, more than 500,000 boat people reportedly stayed at different refugee camps while a guess estimate of between 200,000 and 400,000 (10 to 70%) Vietnamese boat people perished on the high seas. Many boat people faced storms, diseases, starvation, and pirates. Often refugee boats were attacked […]
Monthly Archives: February 2018
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After four days of floating in the sea, everyone was anxious to find land. The captain followed the course directed by the American oil rig. Before the sunrise, it was pitched dark at sea. Only sky and ocean surrounded our ship. The captain encountered a small beam of light floating […]
In the summer of July 1978, whispers about “America” were in the air. North and South Vietnam have been united as one country in the spring of 1975. Three years passed and many changes had taken place since the Vietnam War ended. Three major changes were the currency, re-education camps, […]
From 1990 to 2000, an estimated four million Vietnamese were living overseas. Vietnamese immigrants are scattered among 34 countries all over the world. Slightly over two million are Overseas Vietnamese who are living in the United States. The top ten countries including the United States are Cambodia, France, Australia, Taiwan, […]