Vietnamese boat people (Vietnamese: Thuyền nhân Việt Nam) were refugees who fled Vietnam by sea following the 1975 fall of Saigon, which marked the end of the Vietnam War. This migration and …

May 28, 2025 · For over a month, a 43-year-old Vietnamese man has been sitting in a Louisiana detention center waiting to see whether he will be deported to a country he fled as a boy.

Oct 11, 2023 · Click here for an interactive map that highlights the states and counties with the highest concentrations of immigrants from Vietnam and other countries. The greater Los Angeles, San Jose, …

Documenting stories of Vietnamese refugees and diaspora journeys from Vietnam. VBP is a nonprofit and podcast with the mission to preserve the stories for future generations.

May 20, 2025 · Legal and immigration experts say that Vietnamese refugees were scattered across the country and often placed in low-income urban centers that were under-resourced and heavily policed.

2 days ago · Operation New Life was the largest evacuation of the Vietnam War, moving thousands of refugees to safety. It gave many Vietnamese families a chance at a new life.

Mar 16, 2026 · March 17 marks the 46th anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980, which has helped make it possible for more than 3 million refugees to find safety in the United States, including over …

May 21, 2024 · After the end of the war, about 1.8 million Vietnamese refugees fled what was once their home, not wanting to be subject to Communist rule, resulting in one of the largest diasporas in the …

Sep 1, 2021 · In the months following the fall of Saigon, U.S President Gerald Ford and Congress authorized the evacuation and resettlement in the United States of approximately 140,000 refugees …