Nguyen, Hung Van (Peter)

Abstract

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 been recognized by the United States State Department for his human rights efforts in Taiwan, including his assistance to Vietnamese immigrants and for the exposure of abuses against foreign laborers and brides.

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Interviewer: Nancy Bui
Videographer: Trien Bui

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Nguyen, Hung Van (Peter) , “Nguyen, Hung Van (Peter),” Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive (ViDDA), accessed May 8, 2024, https://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net/items/show/150.

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