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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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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…
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…
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…
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…
Dang, Hoan
English language interview with Hoan Dang, who was born in Saigon. He evacuated from from Saigon with his family in 1975 and was processed in a refugee camp in Guam.
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The Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA) is a grassroots collection…
Hoàng, Loan Phi
Vietnamese language interview with Hoàng Phi Loan, a former South Vietnamese school teacher who give an emotional account of the time she spent imprisoned in a communist reeducation camp.
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This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora…
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…
Wang, Jason
Jason Wang, an Asian American studies major at UT Austin, describes how he became interested in Vietnamese American history by participating in an oral history project that he conducted as part of a course on Vietnamese Americans taught by Dr. Linda…