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The federal refugee resettlement system established by the Indochinese Assistance and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975, which was active from 1975 to 1988, designated Houston as a major resettling site for Vietnamese. [4] Texas received many Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s because it had a warm climate, an expanding economy, and a location ...
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.
Vietnamese-language media in Texas (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Vietnamese-American culture in Texas" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Vietnamese has more than 1.5 million speakers in the United States, where it is the sixth-most spoken language.The United States also ranks second among countries and territories with the most Vietnamese speakers, behind Vietnam.
Its mission is to empower the Vietnamese-American community in the United States and facilitate the transition of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants from dependency to self-sufficiency. It works with national and local affiliates to support its member agencies; to strengthen national advocacy capability and, to promote the integration of the ...
In 1982, at the age of 19, Le received her undergraduate BSEE degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin [4] [5] [6] and subsequently obtained her MBA in May 1989 from the University of Houston while working full-time.
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The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive collects and preserves the documentary record of the Vietnam War.The Vietnam Center and Archive, part of Texas Tech University, is the nation's largest and most comprehensive collection of information on the Vietnam War.