Vuo Thanh Case Study

Based on Uong experience, fleeing into America was not an easy journey. “Those who escaped death by drowning had to endure multiple robberies, rape, or assault at the hands of the Thai pirates (an estimate two-thirds of boats were raided)” (Cao 6). Due to complications, there were individuals who were not able to flee the country by boat. “Those who did not flee the country via the seas escaped Vietnam by dangerous land routes through Cambodia to Thailand” (Cao 7). As for Uong experience, he escaped Vietnam very easily. “It was April 30, 1975, and Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was under siege. I was 10, the youngest of eight children” (Uong 1). Only being 10 years old, he was forced to run away from home in order to search for a better life. Hoping that he and his siblings would make it to safety, Uong parents told them to leave. Uong stated, “My parents, hoping to get us away from the chaos, told my brothers and sister to get on our bikes and ride away. When things calmed down, they said, we should come back” (Uong 2). After they had ridden away, they were able to see a “small South Vietnamese navy ship

The novel is about the Vietnam war the one family choose to leave their war-stricken country in order to pursue a better life. No matter how hard the journey is, even with the threat of supply shortages, Thai pirates, and ship wreck, the family still goes ahead. Their last challenge is to adapt to a totally different culture and they become free citizens in this new country.

One of the most violent wars in history drove many of Vietnam’s citizens out of the war-torn nightmare of a country. Citizens were frightened for their lives, they didn’t know what would happen to them after the North overtook Vietnam, and furthermore, they fled. The

The wars in Indochina and Vietnam ravaged the landscape for decades. The strive for Vietnamese independence was fought for years by men and women across the country. Who were these people and why did they fight? Two of the more interesting men who fought for Vietnamese independence were Truong Nhu Tang, and Lam Quang Thi. Truong was a member of the southern Vietnamese intelligentsia who would later become a key member of the National Liberation Front(NLF), that would be instrumental in fighting against the Saigon government and American presence in Vietnam. Lam on the other hand couldn’t have had a much different goal in fighting for a sovereign Vietnam. Lam decided that his best course of action was to enlist into what would eventually be the Army of the Republic of Vietnam(ARVN), the army of southern Vietnam, eventually rising to the rank of general. I’ve had the pleasure of reading their memoirs (along with several others), and an interesting question came into my mind. Why would these two men, who had comparable backgrounds, choose such strikingly different ways of attempting to foster Vietnamese independence. I’ll attempt to answer this question by examining in more detail their comparable backgrounds, educations, early lives, families, etc, and striving to find an answer. As a further comparison Le Ly Hayslip, a woman from central Vietnam who also got involved in the fighting, will also be examined, but in much less detail, and more as a comparison to the

Life in Vietnam between the years of 1955 and 1975 was absolutely unbearable. On a CBC Radio, there is an interview with Dr. Taun Tran one of the refugees that escaped Vietnam and came to Canada. He had two kids that were very young at the time and came with him on his long and painful journey to Canada, his wife had to be left behind in the war zone. Dr. Taun Tran is American educated and has a Ph.D. from the University of Florida and can also speak English. He was planning an escape plan for quite some time and when he got the call he was ready to leave Vietnam, but not his wife. Dr. Tuan and his children had to go through different transportations to hide from the secret police. The children were especially sad and upset to see their mother drive away.

I will start off with the year 1945; In 1945 Mr. Ho Chi Mihn a revolutionary Communist leader declares Vietnam’s independence from France. Ho Chi Minh forms the Viet Minh to arrange a rebellion in Vietnam. The Viet Ming seized major cities across Vietnam and blatant Vietnam

After all, who wouldn 't want that over being bossed around by the French? The pieces were slowly falling into place, but the people were still missing a leader to lead them to their independence. Ho Chi Minh would eventually rise to be the first president of the Communist-ruled Democratic Republic of Vietnam. After being exiled from Vietnam for 30 years, he returned to his country to fulfill his purpose with the support of China and Russia behind him. In 1941 Minh founded the Viet Minh, a Communist party that would soon be a force to be reckoned with. Four years, later on August 25, 1945, Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh declared independence, resulting in the abdication of Emperor Bao Dai and an end to monarchy in Vietnam4.

Two years later, on April 30, 1975, columns of North Vietnamese soldiers entered Saigon, meeting little resistance from the demoralized South Vietnamese army. The last American officials fought their way onto any aircraft available and left Vietnam to the Communists. Ho Chi Minh, who had died in 1969, did not live to see the moment. After years of struggle, Vietnam had been unified – but by force and at the cost of millions

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnam and South Vietnam both had received help from other countries. South Vietnam worked with the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand. North Vietnam worked with the Soviet Union and China. The Vietnam War started in 1954 and ended in 1975. The Vietnam War started because the North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. The war was considered a colonial war.

long before 1964. Vietnam had a long history of resisting rule from outside cultures. For a long time the Vietnamese resisted Chinese rule semi successfully, falling back under Chinese control after battling them for many years. After the Chinese came the French. The first group to resist the French was Can Vuong led by Ham Nghi. This group used violence towards Christian Vietnamese citizens and was largely unsuccessful. One of the most effective leaders of resistance to the French was the scholar Phan Boi Chau, who wrote nationalist works and criticized French imperialism. Out of Phan Boi Chau’s works during World War II rose Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the

The unwelcomed transition from an entirely Vietnamese identity to a quasi-American one was like a rite of passage for most Vietnamese refugees. After the Viet Cong’s supposed liberation of South Vietnam, most South Vietnamese immediately wanted to leave. It did not matter which country would accept them so long it was any country that was not Vietnam. America was not the only ideal choice; Germany and Australia were also popular choices as worldwide demographic studies show (Miller). My aunt, the youngest and the first to leave Vietnam in the family, felt the same way. Anything, anyplace would be better than communist-ridden Vietnam—including a feeble boat.

Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam War Ho Chi Minh can be presented as passionate nationalist who just wanted his home country of Vietnam to be free from outside rule. Others present him as a savage man who was not afraid to deteriorate anything that stood in his way, including killing majority of his own people. The presentation of Ho Chi Minh differs throughout sources because they were written in different time periods by different people. The article was written in the by one writer present day of those events happening, there was no filtering of information. The textbook was written after the fact with outside influence and multiple people involved.

Upon listening to the interactive orals, there is a distinct difference in the ideas presented by the author in the work, which does not apply with situations in my Australian, contemporary society. Huong’s novel focuses on life in Vietnam during the 1980s and the inequalities of their tradition. As discussed in the interactive orals by several classmates, the novel is a survival novel more

Thanh witnessed the start of it all, where soon different powers will fight for the control over Vietnam, but Thanh only wanted peace. Where this one time a group of Cambodians almost killed Thanh and maybe even the whole family, but Thanh’s father saved everyone by just providing to them a Passover meal. Also, the reason of being spared is because they were Chinese, and the Chinese were a neutral party. But also, can be viewed as a betrayal to the other opposing power, just as said in the following, “By feeding the Cambodians, my grandfather had won their favor—but an act of kindness to the Cambodians would have been viewed as an act of betrayal to the Viet Minh.” (Part I: Pg.9). This is where it seemed difficult to trust any government at that time, and a difficult time for the Chung Family, as previously Vinh grandfather had to leave behind his business to escape the dangers of war and where some of his brothers were left behind as well. Where ultimately depression led to the death of Vinh Chungs grandfather after receiving news that his brothers were killed. This was one of the many conflicts, the family had to suffer within the early years of Vinh Chungs father, and it continue and Vinh Chung was later born in the country, but already controlled by the communist party. Next, is where many sacrifices had to be made to survive in the cruel government and to able to flee the country.

He married Nguyen Thi Quang Thi, another socialist, in 1939. When France outlawed communism during the same year, he fled to China together with Phạm Văn Đồng where he joined up with Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the Vietnam Independence League (Viet Minh). While he was in exile, his wife, sister, father & sister-in-law were captured and executed.