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Vietnamese immigration checkpoint in Ho Chi Minh City's cruise terminal. Immigration to Vietnam is the process by which people migrate to become Vietnamese residents. After the declaration of independence in 1945, immigration laws were modified to give the central government some control over immigrant workers arriving from nearby South Asian countries such as China (including Hong Kong ...
President Ford took a stance that impacted the lives of many, both the refugees and the people of America. In President Ford's press statement on April 3, he discussed the urgency of aiding the people of Vietnam. He said, "We are seeing a great human tragedy as untold numbers of Vietnamese flee the North Vietnamese onslaught.
The Orderly Departure Program (ODP) was a program to permit immigration of Vietnamese to the United States and to other countries. It was created in 1979 under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Vietnamese e-Visa Vietnamese e-Visa Stamp. Vietnam introduced a pilot electronic visa system on 1 February 2017. [30]Starting from August 15, 2023, an e-Visa is issued to citizens of all countries and territories and is issued for single or multiple entry up to 90 days.
Visa requirements for Vietnamese citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Vietnam by the authorities of other states. As of 2024, Vietnamese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 55 countries and territories, ranking the Vietnamese passport 88th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index .
Vietnamese immigration to the United States post-Vietnam War (1975) profoundly influenced American cuisine. [81] Vietnamese Americans opened restaurants to preserve traditions and support families, introducing iconic dishes like phở, bánh mì, and gỏi cuốn, which have since become widely popular and embraced across the country. [81] [82]
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Harris County had 80,409 ethnic Vietnamese, making up 28.7% of the Asians in the county.As of the same year, 15% of the Asians in Fort Bend County were of Vietnamese origins, making them the third largest Asian ethnic group in the county.
By 1980, about 245,000 Vietnamese lived in the U.S., with about 91 percent of the population arriving in the previous five years. [1] Vietnamese immigrants fled their country in two distinct waves. The first large wave of immigration occurred in 1975 and included elites and highly educated residents who left with the fall of Saigon.