Word: vietnams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Also, a lot of people left because they feared that under communism they would not be permitted to practice their religion. This is completely false. In North Vietnam, the people are allowed to maintain their religious beliefs. They have priests who are recognized by the Vatican, and who meet with the Pope every year. So I think quite a number of refugees will go back as soon as they can. Many of these people will have terrible problems adjusting to life in this country. They will go on welfare, and it may take years before they are fluent...
...upper classes only who were fearful, but even so there have been no reports of reprisals or executions in Vietnam. I don't think there will be much killing. The communists are in power now completely and they want to reorganize the society peacefully. All the messages we have received in this country say that the changes are proceeding well and the people seem happy. People hear of executions in Cambodia, but you cannot apply what happens there to Vietnam. It is a different situation altogether. And none of these supposed killings there are based on eyewitness reports. They...
...were also going to the cities because they feared being separated from their families. But I will say that most of the soldiers in the Saigon regime chose to surrender to the PRG, rather than flee as refugees. Half of the armed forces in the South are still in Vietnam with their families and will try to adapt to a communist way of life...
Will you go back when you finish your schooling, and if so, what will you do in Vietnam...
...want to go back to Vietnam again and work for the country's development. We Vietnamese feel very close to our country. But I think there is much work to be done in this country as far as improving U.S. Vietnamese relations in the future. I will probably direct my efforts in that: line, working for more cooperation and understanding in the future...