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Hoang, Diem
Vietnamese language interview with Diem Hoang, who was born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and US military father. She discusses her search to find her father.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews…
Trinh, Hoi
English language interview with Hoi Trinh. His parents were both teachers in Saigon, but were made to work in agriculture postwar. His family tried to escape several times and were caught. He recall being imprisoned for three months at eight years…
Vo, Hubert
Hubert Vo talks about his experiences as a Texas state representative for district 149. He is currently the first and only Vietnamese American to be elected to the Texas legislature.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora…
Wuest, Ken
Ken Wuest, a former American soldier deployed to Vietnam, discusses his time there and the interesting circumstances of how he came to meet his daughter, Hoang Diem, whom he fathered while he was in Vietnam.
This interview is part of the…
This interview is part of the…
Tang, Khanh Duc
Khanh Duc Tang describes his escape from Vietnam with his father, Can Tang, his mother and sister when he was fifteen years old in a small boat from My Tho in April of 1983. His sister was abducted by Thai fishermen along with three other young…
Hoang, Khanh Han (Kathy)
Kathy Khan is the first Vietnamese American woman appointed to a full-time presiding judge position in Houston, Texas. She relates the multiple challenges that she has endured as a minority and a woman in her career. She escaped Vietnam on April 29,…
Nguyen, Kieu Chinh
Kieu Chinh describes her childhood living in Hanoi during WWII. When she was six, the Japanese bombed a hospital killing her mother and infant brother. She also recalls "the starvation" period during the Japanese occupation when her family moved to…
La, Quy Huy
Vietnamese language interviews with La Huy Quy, whose family escaped from North to South Vietnam in the years following the Geneva Convention of 1954, which partitioned Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the…
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the…
Lê, Cương Đình
Vietnamese language with Lê Đình Cương, who was born in Quang Ngai, Vietnam. In 1952, Viet Cong forces took over his father's home to house their soldiers; the French released two bombs on the house, completely destroying it. In 1959, he joined the…
Nguyen, Loan
English language interview with Loan Nguyen.
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…