In the United States

ISTORY st Vietnamese in the U.S. come from what was once Republic of Vietnam, known as "South Vietnam," ich had its capital at Saigon. Their government, allied th the United States, collapsed under military pressure m communist North Vietnam in 1975, starting a mass gration of Vietnamese to the United States as ugees. After Saigon came under communist control, ny ex-military, government officials and Vietnamese o had worked for the U.S. during the war were ettled throughout the U.S. Thousands of Vietnamese, luding former U.S. government employees, were tained in harsh “reeducation camps” for years. As nditions in Vietnam worsened, many fled to refugee mps in other parts of Asia or were reunited with family road. An estimated 100,000 were later released to n family members overseas. Today most Vietnamese me in the U.S. via ordinary immigration channels outheast Asia Resource Action Center).