Vietnamese Culture: Moving To The United States

Vietnamese did not magically appear in the United States, the Vietnam War sparked the immigration of Vietnamese to America. Vietnamese did not virtually exist in the United States until 1975 when the war forced Vietnamese to evacuate (Povell). The war began after Vietminh defeated France and split into North and South Vietnam (O’Connel). In 1956 communist Ho Chi Minh ruled the North Vietnam, and Bao Dai ruled the South, who the United States supported and backed up (O’Connel). The Vietnam War consisted of the North and South Vietnam, fighting against eachother in order to stay two separate countries. The North tried to overtake the South, and the United States sent in troops to

Unfortunately, Vietnamese Americans make up only a small percent of the total American Population today. There are many stereotypes associated with the Vietnamese, but the truth is, we really know very little about their culture. After the Viet Nam War, many Vietnamese citizens immigrated to the United States to escape political Prosecution and poverty. Faced with a variety of obstacles and

Asian Americans may also be discouraged to go into pre-collegiate teaching because they feel a sense of personal inadequacy. In the United States, school is seen as a social service mission, where teachers, who are primarily female, are tasked to teach students, especially those from working-class and immigrant backgrounds, middle-class values. Chinese tradition, in contrast, has different views on schooling. This tradition brings schooling to the local community with preexisting hierarchies. Teachers, who are primarily male, maintain this status quo by upholding strict intellectual standards determined by elite members of society. These teachers are revered as experts—scholars who screen local school children to see if they are capable of

Vietnamese language is unique, a combination of phonetic inflection and tonal variations. Luan (2011), states that Vietnamese language “reflects contributions from many ethnic groups” and further describes it as “a singing and musical language”. China had a major influence in Vietnam’s language, having occupied Vietnam for 1,000 years. During Chinese rule, Vietnamese language assimilated many Chinese words, changing pronunciation to align with Vietnamese language structure. Even after the Chinese rule ended Vietnamese still used Chinese characters in writing until the 1900’s. Vietnam adopted many cultural ideas from China, the lunar New Year is celebrated in both countries. While keeping in common the celebration of the lunar New

According to the 2010 United States Census, California has the largest Vietnamese population of 581,946 in the United States. Before 1975 there were very few Vietnamese living in the United States. After the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon in 1975, many Vietnamese refugees fled Vietnam resulting in three major waves of immigration. The first and second waves of immigration played a major role in Vietnamese refugees resettling in California. The last wave in the 1990s centered on family reunification. Since the 1970s, Vietnamese people escaping communist rule immigrated to the United States. Later they relocated to California hoping to start a life with many new opportunities. Attracted to California because of its clean environment, in turn they also influenced California’s agriculture.

The interdependent connection between culture, food and community is pivotal in the demonstration of the importance Vietnamese tradition in Paradise of the Blind. Chapters eight and nine focus on the importance of culture through family particularly evident in the way food acts as an expression of this culture. Food is also used to establish a sense of community, which is an important aspect in the Vietnamese culture.

For centuries Vietnam had been under Chinese rule. The Vietnamese people were an oppressed society and were exploited by the Chinese. Forced labour was brought upon the Vietnamese people, and there were many tyrannical Chinese governers along with constant demands of tribute for the Chinese rulers. There had been many revolts by

The Vietnam War began in the year 1954, after the ascension to power of Ho Chi Minh, who was a communist leader in North Vietnam. The leader was spreading communism, and because the United States wanted to stop the spread, it sent military troops to aid South Vietnamese to stop this vice. The war saw about 3million people die with the inclusion of 58,000 American soldiers. About 150,000 people were wounded during the war. In 1975, South Vietnamese government surrendered the war after the communist forces forced them to surrender. Vietnam unified communism and became a Socialist Republic. Although decades have passed since the occurrence of the Vietnam war, the American culture, which was partly born as a result of this war, is celebrated

The author is a professor of ESL and Vietnamese. This book has fourteen lessons, seven appendices, and two glossaries. They are built on a foundation of interaction, communication, and culture. This book not only provide an understanding of the language, but it also help students develop their language skills in Vietnamese. Students can learn to recognize, practice, and write the routine popular sentences. The appendices introduce the main historical events, traditional culture, politics, and geographical characteristics of Vietnam. The author is grateful for sharing her

I believe that every place around this world have the same purpose of education is to provide an opportunity that helps everyone understands and earn more knowledge because knowledge is an inexhaustible treasure. The person who goes along with students is a teacher. The role of teacher is teaching and passing the valuable knowledge on to students, and the teacher really hope the students will keep the knowledge journal because knowledge is that really need for students to succeed in school and in life. However, because I was born in Vietnam and I immigrated to the United States when I was stepping in high school year, therefore, I believe there are many different from the teaching skill/style and methods, cultural education and environment of school in different countries based on my experience through American education and Vietnamese education.

My perception about the language is that the dialect is very important when speaking Vietnamese. If you don’t use a specific dialect in much of the language then you won’t be understood. The Vietnamese language comes from the deep throat and is hard to acquire without much repetition

This report is about the social customs in America, Vietnam and China. Social customs include actions and behaviors that are expected of a particular culture, and people could learn the particular culture via its social customs. We introduced four aspects in the report: dining etiquette, gift presenting etiquette, festival celebration and the wedding process. We tried to represent all three of these cultures in all of the aspects of the report. The Chinese and Vietnamese cultures are quite similar in these areas, but these two cultures differ greatly from the American culture. From these aspects, we can learn how different the American culture, Vietnamese culture and Chinese culture are. We used primary sources such as an interview, a survey, and our own personal experiences to form this report. We also used secondary sources such as the Web to help move our research along. Our goal is to inform our audience of the social customs of these cultures. We tried to show a contrast of the American culture against the two

During your introductory conversations, stay away from discussing politics or the war. It is quite common for Vietnamese officials to ask your opinion on how to solve the remaining problems of US-Vietnamese relations. It is always a good idea to brush it off with a smile. Introductory pleasantry may take

However, the dialect which comes to play this role is usually from a social, economic, cultural, or political group with high status in the society. For example, there are three major dialects in Vietnam: Northern (Hanoi) dialect, Central (Hue) dialect, and Southern (Saigon) dialect. Though not officially, the Northern dialect is still implicitly agreed among the citizens as the standard variety. The Northern dialect is indeed the prestige dialect because Hanoi is not only the most cultural and politically powerful city but also has been the capital of Vietnam with government headquarter offices for more than one thousand years, since the Ly dynasty in 1010. The standard grammar and vocabulary are more likely to be introduced first in written form in which grammar books and dictionaries serve as a tool to shape the correct use of the standard while pronunciation seems mainly be promoted by mass media through news program, radio shows, or movies. Thanks to this process, the nation becomes more united as its citizens can communicate more easily than if only regional dialects were available (Kerswill & Culpeper,

Vietnamese immigrants were looking for a better place nevertheless they wanted to get away from that horrifying country. Over 125,000 Vietnamese refugees fled to the United States for better living. They came to the United States because Saigon was falling and they were forced to leave. That happened in April of 1975 because Saigon was falling that was called the first wave. And there was a second wave of refugees entering the United States.