The Migration Events of Vietnam
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è stato aggiornato: 27 ott 2017
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Created byZoe' Howell
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1954: The nation of Vietnam was divided along 17th parallel into the Democratic (North) and the Democratic Republic (South) parties1957: The Vietnam war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam led to Vietnamese citizens begining to migrate1975: South Vietnam's Saigon fell to North Vietnam forces and triggered a wave of migration1978: Vietnamese created laws that targeted Chinese descents and to seize Chinese-businesses, resulted in descents fleeing along with Vietnamese citizens1978: More than 500,000 Vietnamese sailed away from home in boats across the South China Sea, known as the "boat people"1979: Thousands of Vietnamese citizens fled from the war invasion of Khmer Rouge in Cambodia1980: The Refugee Act of USA was passed and allowd Vietnamese refugees to live in the country1996: The official closing of refugee camps in Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Hong Kong, and Thailand2000s: More than one million Vietnamese people live in the United States
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