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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…
Lu, Anh Thu
Lu Anh Thu has been an active board member since 2003 for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington D.C. The foundation was established in 1993 through a congressional act signed by President Clinton. The mission is to educate this…
Huynh, Mylene T.
Mylene Huynh describes her childhood growing up in the beach city of Nha Trang during wartime. Her father was a physician that worked for the South Vietnamese. Her mother was a pharmacist. Her father later was place in a reeducation camp for one…
Nguyen, Nam (Michael)
Father Michael Nam Nguyen describes his experiences living in a Catholic community under communist rule during the aftermath of the Fall of Saigon. His family escaped by boat to a refugee camp in Malaysia before being resettled in the United States.…
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…
Harper, Randall and Shirley
Dr. Randall Harper and Shirely Harper recall fond memories of their relationship with Dr. Duc Tran and pharmacist Tuyet Tran. They helped in the resettlement process for the Tran family, including gifting a used car to them so that the couple would…
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…
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…
Nguyen, Jeanne
A Vietnamese-language interview with Jeanne Nguyen.
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…
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…
Lu, Nina
Nina Lu is a 1.5 generation American from the Hunan region in China. Her father is from Vietnam. She is currently working on a Master's in Business at UT Austin. She speaks about the importance of improving access to a broader historical perspective…