From Refugees to Americans: Thirty Years of Vietnamese Immigration to the United States

Fact Sheet

Published: June 1, 2005

Thirty years after the fall of the Saigon government, Vietnamese Americans celebrate the fact that they have moved far beyond their refugee origins and become successful economic and political players in U.S. society.

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