{"id":26229,"date":"2025-05-08T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=26229"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:15:52","slug":"los-vietnamitas-reflexionan-sobre-la-guerra-de-vietnam-50-anos-despues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/05\/08\/vietnamese-americans-reflect-on-the-vietnam-war-50-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"50 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, los estadounidenses de origen vietnamita reflexionan sobre la guerra de Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69de9dac4e3c8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>On a sunny Saturday afternoon in May, a soft breeze passed the storefronts of dozens of Vietnamese restaurants and businesses that line Chicago\u2019s historic Vietnamese and Southeast Asian corridor on Broadway and Argyle Street.<\/p>\n<p>A short walk away, nearly 200 people gathered at St. Augustine College to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War \u2014 the turning point that brought so many of those businesses to Uptown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year represents 50 years of mass impact and trauma on the community, but also 50 years of healing from it and coming together,\u201d said Nhi Dao, a student at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69de9dac4f973\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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\" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The gathering, organized by the Vietnamese Association of Illinois in partnership with other local Vietnamese community organizations, brought together multiple generations of Vietnamese Americans, food vendors, religious leaders and high school performers to reflect on the history of Argyle Street and the future of the community in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69de9dac5279f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Many Vietnamese Americans who live in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs today came as refugees after the end of the war on April 30, 1975. As of 2024, roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/aapidata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Illinois.pdf\">37,000 Vietnamese people lived in Illinois<\/a>, according to AAPI Data.<\/p>\n<p>After the fall of Saigon in 1975, nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbr.org\/publication\/the-resettlement-of-vietnamese-and-montagnard-refugees-residing-in-thailand\/\">2 million Vietnamese people fearing political persecution fled the country by boat<\/a>, though more than 500,000 people died or disappeared during the journey, according to the National Bureau of Asian Research.<\/p>\n<p>The end of the Vietnam War marked the beginning of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescue.org\/article\/largest-refugee-resettlement-effort-american-history\">the largest refugee resettlement effort in U.S history<\/a>. The arrival of Southeast Asian refugees in the 1970s and \u201880s reshaped U.S. refugee policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/how-southeast-asian-american-refugees-helped-shape-america-s-resettlement-n1187961\">laid the groundwork for the 1980 Refugee Act<\/a>, a bipartisan bill that formalized the resettlement process and what it meant to be a refugee.<\/p>\n<p>Ngoan Le came to the U.S. as a refugee after the fall of Saigon when she was 19. She studied at Illinois State University before becoming VAI\u2019s first executive director in the 1980s. Le said coming to the U.S. as a refugee escaping war came with unique challenges, including navigating family separations and survivor\u2019s guilt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1277\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-1245x828.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025_05_06_Vietnam50Years_NgooanLe_06-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Ngoan Le, first executive director at the Vietnamese Association of Illinois, speaks in a panel discussion marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on May 3, 2025.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Max Herman\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>\u201cBecause refugees have gone through the experience where we know that the risk of death is high, we don&#8217;t take anything for granted,\u201d Le said. \u201cI still remember the first few months being able to walk in a park with no fear of gunshot or bombings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though half a century has passed since the war\u2019s end, Le added that pain still lingers from the war for those who lived through it, especially for those who were political prisoners or lost loved ones while escaping from Vietnam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 id=\"i-still-remember-the-first-few-months-being-able-to-walk-in-a-park-with-no-fear-of-gunshot-or-bombings\">\u201cI still remember the first few months being able to walk in a park with no fear of gunshot or bombings.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>The Republic of Vietnam Veterans Association honored some of those who died during the war at Saturday\u2019s event, lighting candles and incense for fallen South Vietnamese military officers.<\/p>\n<p>When the northern Communist Party took power in Vietnam in 1975, an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/vietnamesemuseum.org\/our-roots\/re-education-camps\/\">500,000 to 1 million former military officers<\/a> and officials for the southern Republic of Vietnam government were sent to \u201cre-education camps,\u201d or forced labor camps, according to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Tam Nguyen, a former first lieutenant in the South Vietnamese military, was incarcerated for four years in re-education camps before escaping Vietnam by boat in 1979.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69de9dac54d1c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>He remembers the fears and challenges of living in the camps, including seeing the killing of fellow people who were incarcerated. Despite those memories, Nguyen said it\u2019s important to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were many horrifying things that happened back then. I still see them in my dreams when I sleep now, but I don\u2019t let those things affect my life too much,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cI found a way to remember them, and then let them go, so that I can move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VAI Executive Director Van Huynh hoped Saturday\u2019s event would be an opportunity for different generations of Vietnamese Americans to come together to reflect on the community that has been growing in Chicago and Illinois and share their hopes for the future of Vietnamese immigrants, refugees, and their children here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat do you want for your grandchildren and the generations to come?\u201d Huynh said. \u201cThis is an important question because I am only standing here today because of the vision that co Ngoan Le, VAI&#8217;s first executive director, and the leaders at the time had for our community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69de9dac56577\" 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For over 30 years, Nguyen worked for VAI and helped Vietnamese small businesses open in Uptown.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, new Vietnamese-owned staples such as <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2025\/01\/09\/chicago-argyle-vietnamese-community-gentrification-cta-renovations-immigrant-communities\/\">HAIBAY\u00d4,<\/a> Fat Miilk coffee and First Sip Cafe have opened in Argyle alongside longtime businesses such as Nh\u00e0 H\u00e0ng Vietnam Restaurant, Furama and Tai Nam Food Market.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, younger generations of business owners, like An Choi Kitchen, fe\u012bn matcha and Kiyomi\u2019s portrait pop-up, sold desserts and crafts alongside older generations selling homemade drinks and food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vegetables from the tropics, that aren\u2019t from here and that you\u2019d have to buy at specific markets \u2014 now, we have plenty of them both in the summer and winter, year-round,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cThis is something I am happy about and proud 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