vietnamese americans

Man at dinner table, surrounded by people

Yes, they came as refugees, but on ‘Queen Sugar’ this family from Vietnam gets to be so much more

Culture

“The fact that the director allowed me to breathe and thought me worthy to take up space, it’s such a simple, subtle thing, but it was startling to me,” says Elyse Dinh who plays Mrs. Phan.

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen

A refugee writer wins a ‘genius grant’ for his depictions of the displaced

Books
arrival

Memories of fleeing Vietnam, landing in Idaho and asking people for candy

Conflict
With the help of the military and civilian aid groups, Vietnamese refugees at California's Camp Pendleton created a community after being resettled there in 1975. They received food, shelter and services to help prepare them for permanent residence in the

Remembering the California refugee camp that gave Vietnamese a new life in the US

Conflict