By 1985, 110,000 Vietnamese refugees had settled in Canada. The “Boat People” were internally diverse: they included a variety of social classes and both urban and rural dwellers. The majority ...

In late 1978, huge numbers of refugees began fleeing Vietnam in flimsy boats. Diep Quan was rescued at sea and was among the first of the Vietnamese refugees to arrive in Britain. Show more In ...

Cyndi Nguyen is featured in the exhibit. She was only five when her family escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat in 1975. They ...

You just hire a boat from Terengganu. I haven’t been in years, but people still make pilgrimages. Former Vietnamese refugees, Cambodian refugees and even Laotian refugees still make pilgrimages ...

"Vietnamese boat people risked everything for freedom," she said. "For five decades, the Vietnamese community has not only survived, but thrived … we have gone from refugees to leaders." The Victorian ...