The Legacy Of The Vietnamese Boat People

Author : Lê Quang Vịnh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780645444322
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of the Vietnamese Boat People written by Lê Quang Vịnh and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After 70 years of Communism in the north Việt Nam (and the 47 years they rules the south), they brainwashed three generations. We, the 'Boat People', could not wait for anyone to claim our freedom for us. We fled, not as cowards, but as loving people who wished only a decent world for our children to grow up in. With all due respect, please read this book, then read it again. Then teach your children, and grandchildren, about what we lost. Lê Quang Vinh (Vinh Lê) is a Vietnamese refugee who arrived in Perth WA in 1978. A young English teacher (Karen) once told the author how her brother (Ross) died fighting as part of the Australian forces during the latter part of the 1954-1975 Việt Nam War. In 1966, when Lê Quang Vinh was just 12 years old, a communist Division (which included two local regiments) ambushed Ross's D company (6 Battalion of the Roayl Australian Regiment) in the rubber plantations of Nui Dat under very heavy rainfall. The battle lasted for three days and resulted in the deaths of 18 Australian soldiers with 24 wounded. On the other side, 1500 Việt Cộng were killed and 350 were wounded. After the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, the War ended. Unfortunately, the winners were the communists and the mission of the South-aligned international forces (to free locals from the tyranny of Communism) as never accomplished. Not only that, but what really happened before, during and after the War was not taught in schools in Việt Nam. Any anti-Communist debate was (and still is) brutally stifled and history is whitewashed for the Party's benefit as a matter of course. These outcomes convinced Lê Quang Vinh that the South Vietnamese people owed their international friends (in particular, Australians) two great debts. The first one can never be fully re-paid: the deaths of the 521 Australian soldiers who died in the battlefields of Việt Nam. The second, however, is the acceptance of the thousands of refugees who settled down in Australia during and after the war. This book was written to pay tribute to the over 58,000 Americans and 521 Australians who sacrificed their lives in the great, if ultimately Quixotic, battle for Freedom and Democracy in Việt Nam. It was also written to set the record straight. It may not always be written in perfect English (which is, after all, the author's most recently acquired tongue) but it is very much from the heart." -- back and dust covers.

Author : Lê Quang Vinh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781088114469
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Legacy of The Vietnamese Boat People (Hardcover) written by Lê Quang Vinh and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD I have visited Việt Nam (Vietnam) on more than a dozen occasions, mainly for business but I have also travelled through the country as a tourist. However, my knowledge and understanding of Vietnamese history, society and culture is limited so in no way am I in a position to speak authoritatively on the historical contents or any interpretation of events described in this book, The Legacy of the Vietnamese Boat People. It is written by my colleague and friend Lê Quang Vinh, who with his family are boat people. Much of what I know about Việt Nam has been gleaned from my visits to the country and informed by the author of this book, particularly when I was travelling with him on many of my visits to the country. Clearly, I am not in a position to provide an informed critique of the contents of this publication so instead I shall focus my comments on certain characteristics, beliefs and behaviours of the author that have driven him to undertake the massive task of producing this book which covers over 4,000 years of Vietnamese history and culture. In this book he gives his own interpretation of the importance of many of the significant events that occurred in the history of Việt Nam, with particular emphasis on the period since 1900. The book provides an even deeper focus on more recent events around the civil war in the country and the political, social, and cultural changes that occurred after the conclusion of hostilities in 1975. My initial contact with the author was early in the first decade of this century when he approached me as the then Principal of Tuart College about promoting the College's educational programs to the local Vietnamese community. He had identified that the adult ethos of the institution and its educational programs which were supported by a strong English as a Second Language program would be invaluable to assist local Vietnamese aiming to undertake tertiary education. Due to the author's knowledge of the local Vietnamese community, his enthusiasm and commitment to encouraging local Vietnamese to take up the educational opportunities offered by the College, and the promotional efforts he made, this project was successful both for local Vietnamese and the College. Buoyed by this success, he then turned his attention to promoting the College to students in Việt Nam who were aspiring to undertake their tertiary education studies in Australia, particularly in Western Australia. It was on this educationally and commercially successful project that I worked most closely with him over about seven years before I retired in 2010. During this time that I went through a massive learning curve about the Vietnamese educational system, individual schools with whom I developed particular relationships, Vietnamese teachers and their students, the aspirations Vietnamese parents had for their children and the Vietnamese society and its culture. The author's contribution to developing my knowledge base about and the success of the venture in Việt Nam was vital and invaluable. The author is a man whose life experiences and interests are many and varied, and during the time I have known him I have come to recognise his many admiral character traits. He has demonstrated that he is a keen and conscientious worker with a lovely sense of humour and with a thoughtful and compassionate nature that expresses itself in his willingness to help people improve their lives and develop their potential as fully as possible.

Author : Lê Quang Vinh
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Legacy of the Vietnamese Boat People written by Lê Quang Vinh and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nghia M. Vo
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786482494
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vietnamese Boat People, 1954 and 1975-1992 written by Nghia M. Vo and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest diaspora in Vietnamese history occurred between 1975 and 1992, when more than two million people fled by boat to escape North Vietnam's oppressive communist regime. Before this well-known exodus from Vietnam's shores, however, there was a massive population shift within the country. In 1954, one million fled from north to south to escape war, famine, and the communist land reform campaign. Many of these refugees went on to flee Vietnam altogether in the 1970s and 1980s, and the experiences of 1954 influenced the later diaspora in other ways as well. This book reassesses the causes and dynamics of the 1975-92 diaspora. It begins with a discussion of Vietnam from 1939 to 1954, then looks closely at the 1954 "Operation Exodus" and the subsequent resettlements. From here the focus turns to the later events that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese to flee their homeland in 1975 and the years that followed. Planning for escape, choosing routes, facing pirates at sea, and surviving the refugee camps are among the many topics covered. Stories of individual escapees are provided throughout. The book closes with a look at the struggles and achievements of the resettled Vietnamese.

Author : Mary Terrell Cargill
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786407859
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices of Vietnamese Boat People written by Mary Terrell Cargill and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 30, 1975, the Hanoi government of North Vietnam took control over the South. South Vietnamese, particularly "intellectuals" and those thought to have been associated with the previous regime, underwent terrible punishment, persecution and "re-education." Seeking their freedom, thousands of South Vietnamese took to the sea in rickety boats, often with few supplies, and faced the dangers of nature, pirates, and starvation. While the sea and its danger claimed many lives, those who made it to the refugee camps still faced struggle and hardships in their quest for freedom. Here are collected the narratives of nineteen men and women who survived the ordeal of escape by sea. Today, they live in the United States as students, professors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and craftspeople who have chosen to tell the stories of their struggles and their triumph. Each narrative is accompanied by biographical information. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Carina Hoang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780825306907
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boat People written by Carina Hoang and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic exploration of the plight of Vietnamese refugees who left their country on boats from 1975 through 1996 in search of safety and freedom.

Author : Gutti Raja Mohan Rao
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387765930
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book PROBLEM OF VIETNAM BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG written by Gutti Raja Mohan Rao and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vu Nguy
Publisher : Vaala & NV Press
ISBN 13 : 9780976365402
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Risking Death to Find Freedom written by Vu Nguy and published by Vaala & NV Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lea Tran
Publisher : Lea Tran
ISBN 13 : 9781939237743
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Did Not Miss the Boat written by Lea Tran and published by Lea Tran. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lea Tran begins her memoir with vivid details of the historically-significant Vietnam War era as she and her family experienced the upheaval when the communists brought down Saigon and their world was forever changed. With extraordinary courage and determination, Tran's resourceful father managed to get his family out of the country, albeit as "boat people." "Lea Tran tells her family's refugee story, giving a poignant and moving voice to the many refugees who risked their lives fleeing Vietnam," said Pastor Tim Rauk, one of the many Americans who sponsored refugees during that crisis. In this compelling story, the plot thickens for the refugees as they endure the dangers of the open seas, attacks by pirates, and abrupt rejection, just when they finally reach a port they thought would be their salvation. In I Did Not Miss the Boat, Tran writes, "There is a misconception that once refugees settle in a new country, problems are solved, but this is false?I learned that fitting into the American mainstream does not guarantee happiness, unless I deal with my past, make peace with my identity, and accept who I really am." The intent of the book is not only to recount a perilous yet amazing adventure, but to inspire people to look deeper into their roots, understand their early influences, and discover connections between past adversity and profound opportunity. "No matter how difficult your challenges, or how dire your situation seems, you have the power to navigate your own way through. You can build your own boat so you never have to miss one," writes Tran, who also delivers her motivational message to audiences as a TEDx guest and keynote speaker. More information is available on the author's web site https://www.leatran.com/

Author : James Haskins
Publisher : Enslow Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780894900358
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Americans written by James Haskins and published by Enslow Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the mass exodus from Vietnam as a result of the war and describes the lives of the Vietnamese who found refuge in the United States.