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Bui, Tin
Vietnamese language interview with Bui Tin, a writer and former colonel of North Vietnam, who speaks about Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam War.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the…
Nguyen, Cam Van
Cam Van Nguyen discusses her journey from Hue to Dalat to Saigon, Vietnam before fleeing the country and settling in the United States.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the…
Tang, Can
Can Tang worked with the United States CIA during the Vietnam War. Postwar, he was imprisoned in a reeducation camp by the new communist government until his family bribed an official to release him in 1983. He escaped Vietnam in a small boat from…
Nguyet, Cao Anh
Cao Anh Nguyet shares her family history as a descendant of the Nguyen dynasty, her experiences teaching after the communists gained control after 1975, her sponsorship to the U.S. and about her current journalism work.
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Tran, Ly Kim
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project.
Cao, Quang Ánh
English language interview with Cao Quang Ánh from Louisiana. Cao is a native of Vietnam. His father was an officer in the South Vietnamese Army who was imprisoned after the fall of Saigon to communist North Vietnam in 1975. His mother raised their…
Vu, Chieu-Anh
Chieu Anh Vu is a fashion designer and 1.5 generation Vietnamese with Dutch, Canadian and American identities. She describes her birth at sea after her parents escaped the Fall of Saigon on a ship. She expresses her passion for her career and…
Phan, Chris
Chris Phan was born in the Vinh Long province in Vietnam. His dad and uncles had been involved in the military or politics in South Vietnam, but after 1975, his family was forced to move to a rural area during the land reforms. He remembers that his…
Khuat, Chuong
English language interview with Chuong Khuat.
Le, Cindy
Cindy Le, a second generation Vietnamese American born in the United States, talks about her family history, particularly her father's service in the South Vietnamese Army and his subsequent thirteen-year imprisonment after the war. She describes her…