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Vietnamese boat people (Vietnamese: Thuyền nhân Việt Nam) were refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its highest in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but continued well into the early 1990s.
stories of hope, survival and resilience. Between 1975 to 1992, almost two million Vietnamese risked their lives to flee oppression and hardship after the Vietnam War, in one of the largest mass exoduses in modern history.
The 1975 reunification of Vietnam established a brutally oppressive regime, striking fear into the hearts of those who lived in Vietnam. The result was a mass exodus of refugees now known as Boat People. Here are ten facts about Vietnamese Boat People who fled in search of better futures.
boat people, refugees fleeing by boat. The term originally referred to the thousands of Vietnamese who fled their country by sea following the collapse of the South Vietnamese government in 1975.
Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, Vietnamese refugees boarded small boats to cross the South China Sea in search of refuge. Their plight garnered outrage and sympathy in the West.
Vietnamese Boat People: 40 Years Later - Vietnamese Heritage Museum. More Information. Courtesy of Hurights Osaka. Back to All Stories. By Hurights Osaka. The arrival of the so-called “boat people” in the late 1970s in Japan was a historic episode in the country’s refugee policy.
Over 1 million people departed Vietnam aboard unseaworthy makeshift vessels, hoping to reach international waters and be rescued there. But first they had to face huge risks — drowning, hunger, dehydration, attacks by pirates, sexual assaults and even murder.
Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) is honored to present “Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall,” a compelling traveling exhibition debuting in New York City in 2025. This exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, a pivotal moment that marked the end of the war and the beginning of harrowing journeys to freedom for ...
The "Vietnamese Boat People" monument, located in Westminster, California, recognizing the Vietnamese refugees that fled their homeland in hopes of survival due to the effects of war and the drastic regime change of communism (SCR-162 7 Aug. 2018).
Vietnamese Boat People, stories of hope, survival and resilience. February 26, 2021. By Tracey Nguyen Mang. 2020 Vietnamese Boat People Podcast Trailer. My name is Tracey Nguyen Mang and I was a boat person. I was born Nguyen Quan Truong-Anh, the youngest of seven children, in Nha Trang Vietnam in 1977.