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Vietnamese diaspora

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How a Vietnamese community emerged among the most vaccinated in Alabama

COVID-19

Many Vietnamese Americans in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, say they got vaccinated because they wanted to feel safer at work, making them among the most vaccinated communities in the state.

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Why you won’t see Ho Chi Minh City appear in this newspaper in California

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With the help of the military and civilian aid groups, Vietnamese refugees at California's Camp Pendleton created a community after being resettled there in 1975. They received food, shelter and services to help prepare them for permanent residence in the

Remembering the California refugee camp that gave Vietnamese a new life in the US

Conflict
Several dozen Vietnamese demonstrators protest against what they described as human rights violations in the former South Vietnam on April 30, 1998 at city hall in Orlando, Florida.

Forty years after Vietnam, a refugee relives his journey from Saigon to San Francisco

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Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, left, is the long-time emcee of the "Paris by Night" show. She is also the daughter of Nguyen Cao Ky, the former South Vietnam leader.

For Vietnamese, ‘Paris By Night’ is a mix of Vegas, nostalgia and pre-war culture

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California professor leading project to get Vietnamese immigrant to tell their own story

An oral history project at the University of California, Irvine, seeks to help Vietnamese American students connect with their elders and, along the way, document the stories of life for Vietnamese immigrants to the United States, before and after their trip.

Vietnamese Immigrants Remember Life in the Old Country

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In California, a group of college students has launched an oral storytelling project to draw out how Vietnamese immigrants remember life back home. Many of them arrived here after the Vietnam War.

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