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Le, Steven
Vietnamese language interview with Steven Le.
The Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA) is a grassroots collection of interviews conducted and supported through The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation (VAHF) to provide oral…
The Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA) is a grassroots collection of interviews conducted and supported through The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation (VAHF) to provide oral…
Smith, Demian
At the time of the interview, Demian Smith was an attorney based out of Denver, Colorado who advocates for refugees, immigrant families and individuals with disabilities. He describes his experiences in an interracial marriage and multicultural…
Tags: Advocacy (Refugees), Cambodia, Colorado, Community Service, Corruption, Cultural Conflict or Adjustment, Denver CO (USA), Disability, Elderly, Human Rights, Humanitarian Organization, Immigration or Naturalization, Interracial Relationship, Language, Law or Legal Issues, Refugees, Resettlement, Schooling or Education, Second Generation, Traditions or Custom, Vietnam (Contemporary)
Nguyen, Hung Van (Peter)
Nguyen Van Hung (Peter) was born in 1958 and left Vietnam as a "boat person" in 1979. He first settled in Japan before going to Taiwan in 1988 as a missionary and then to Australia to attend seminary and to be ordained as a Catholic priest. He has…
Dong, Minh Quang
Father Quang Dong recalls his experiences escaping Vietnam with over sixty passengers on a boat for seven days and six nights. A Thai ship dropped them off near Malaysia where they were set up in a refugee camp in Pulau Bidong. He describes his…
Quitugua, David
Monsignor David Quitugua recalls Vietnamese refugees that came to Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States which temporarily hosted 100,000 Vietnamese in 1975. At that time, the Catholic Church sponsored about 3,000…