It is not only in the US, I reckon pretty much most of the mail businesses here are run by Vietnamese also. They appear to be very successful, and well done for them.
Another industry here in Australia that the Vietnamese is Bakeries, they make beautiful bread and cakes and just this week won the best Australian Pie competition. Their restaurants are very popular also. We have a large population of Vietnamese here in Melbourne.
I don't really know the answer, but I will tell you why that is probably correct.
The Viet people were originally in the north Red River Delta. The French called them the Ammonites. When the Khmer empire broke up about 500 years ago, the southern Mekong Delta region was mostly uninhabited. It was controlled by Vietnam, but not officially part of Vietnam. It was only after Chinese style rice cultivation was introduced that the land transitioned from useless swamp into useful farmland. That caused massive waves of immigration to the region starting around 400 years ago, including several large waves of refugees from China. The first was a group of people who were loyal to the Ming who fled China when the Qing took over. As the Qing Empire went into decline, more and more Chinese immigrants migrated to the Mekong Delta.
Fast forward to 1975, the ethnic Chinese were being squeezed from two directions. Many of the ethnic groups, Chinese included, disproportionately had their property seized after the takeover of the North Vietnamese government. In addition, from 1975-78, the Khmer Rouge were making incursions into the Mekong and killing massive groups of people. They would occasionally wipe out entire villages in Vietnam, some of which were exclusively of Chinese ancestry. This is why I think that statement might be correct.
It is also true that different ethnic groups migrated to different parts of the US. The Cham for example, I believe they mostly migrated to around the Seattle area. If a person did a survey around Little Saigon, California, they might find very few of these other ethnic groups. I would be interested in hearing how the author selected the data to come to that conclusion.
It is not only in the US, I reckon pretty much most of the mail businesses here are run by Vietnamese also. They appear to be very successful, and well done for them.
Wow! I didn't realize they have spread internationally.
I agree. Well done!
Another industry here in Australia that the Vietnamese is Bakeries, they make beautiful bread and cakes and just this week won the best Australian Pie competition. Their restaurants are very popular also. We have a large population of Vietnamese here in Melbourne.
I’ve read that a majority or plurality of refugees were of Chinese ethnicity. Is that accurate?
I don't really know the answer, but I will tell you why that is probably correct.
The Viet people were originally in the north Red River Delta. The French called them the Ammonites. When the Khmer empire broke up about 500 years ago, the southern Mekong Delta region was mostly uninhabited. It was controlled by Vietnam, but not officially part of Vietnam. It was only after Chinese style rice cultivation was introduced that the land transitioned from useless swamp into useful farmland. That caused massive waves of immigration to the region starting around 400 years ago, including several large waves of refugees from China. The first was a group of people who were loyal to the Ming who fled China when the Qing took over. As the Qing Empire went into decline, more and more Chinese immigrants migrated to the Mekong Delta.
Fast forward to 1975, the ethnic Chinese were being squeezed from two directions. Many of the ethnic groups, Chinese included, disproportionately had their property seized after the takeover of the North Vietnamese government. In addition, from 1975-78, the Khmer Rouge were making incursions into the Mekong and killing massive groups of people. They would occasionally wipe out entire villages in Vietnam, some of which were exclusively of Chinese ancestry. This is why I think that statement might be correct.
It is also true that different ethnic groups migrated to different parts of the US. The Cham for example, I believe they mostly migrated to around the Seattle area. If a person did a survey around Little Saigon, California, they might find very few of these other ethnic groups. I would be interested in hearing how the author selected the data to come to that conclusion.
Thanks. That sounds well reasoned