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The Vietnamese community of the United States was relatively small until a large number of South Vietnamese refugees came to the United States following the end of Vietnam War in 1975. More than half of Vietnamese Americans live in the two most populous states of California and Texas , especially their large urban areas.
Since many Vietnamese immigrants came to the U.S. as refugees or political asylees, Nguyen said, helping them understand state actors' role in fomenting racial discord in the U.S. can allow them ...
On 19 November 2014, inside a flat in Ang Mo Kio, a 32-year-old Vietnamese woman named Tran Cam Ny was suffocated to death by her 40-year-old Singaporean boyfriend Jackson Lim Hou Peng (林豪平 Lín Háopíng). Lim, who was previously jailed for drug offenses, was charged with murder after his arrest on the same day of his girlfriend's death.
Vietnamese-Americans immigrated to the United States in different waves. The first wave of Vietnamese from just before or after the Fall of Saigon/the last day of the Vietnam War, April 30, 1975. They consisted of mostly educated, white collar public servants, senior military officers, and upper and middle class Vietnamese and their families.
Early waves of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants to Singapore in the 1970s mainly include boat people who escaped Vietnam during the aftermath of the Vietnam War, who were initially housed in an ex-military barracks turned refugee camp. 32,457 Vietnamese refugees were hosted in Singapore from 1976 to the early 1990s, with around 5,000 settling ...
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About 23,000 Amerasians and 67,000 of their relatives entered the United States under this act. [3] While the American Homecoming Act was the most successful program in moving Vietnamese Amerasian children to the United States, the act was not the first attempt by the U.S. government.