In 1973 the U.S withdrew out of Vietnam, two year later, 1975 the country was reunited after the North had over-run the South government. Again, the Vietnamese must risk their lives to escaped out of the communist rulers by boat, this time was not 1 million, but more than 3 million of people set out to the sea. These people are called "boat people". There is more than 1 million Vietnamese residing in the U.S, the rest of them are scattering all over the world.
In the history of mankind, there is no other exodus of people that iwas in such a large scale including the Immigration of the Jews.
Vietnam, obviously.
There are several floating shanty towns in some harbors in Vietnam. The residents of these floating towns are referred to as boat people since they are technically living on a boat.
A refugee or the boat people.
Those that survived the journey live in other lands now.
The media at the time referred to them as "boat people" since they arrived by ships and boats. "Ship People" just didn't come out right.
There was a exodus of Vietnamese people called the boat people to Australia and New Zealand.
The cast of Small Boat Navy in Vietnam - 1968 includes: Raymond Burr as Narrator
For the 20th Century; probably the exodus from Vietnam that occurred from 1975 upward.
Chinese are the majority of the leaving refugees in the second wave (745,000 ethnic people) because Vietnam expelled them from the country rather than being sent to camps ran by Vietnam
how long does it take to travel by boat from vitnarm to australia
Because their were more boats to hold lots of people and the airport was bombed by the north. except for american planes helping
When Saigon fell in '75.