Vietnamese Americans

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Vietnamese Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Vietnamese descent, many of whom arrived as refugees after the Vietnam War and have since formed vibrant communities that contribute significantly to American cultural, political, and economic life.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group in the United States ⓘ
citizenshipStatus U.S. citizens ⓘ
U.S. permanent residents ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Asia ⓘ
contributeTo American culture ⓘ
American economy ⓘ
American politics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
culturalPractice celebration of Tet (Lunar New Year) ⓘ
maintenance of Vietnamese language schools ⓘ
operation of Vietnamese Buddhist temples ⓘ
operation of Vietnamese Catholic parishes ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic growing U.S.-born second generation ⓘ
large foreign-born share ⓘ
diasporaFrom Socialist Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
educationTrend high rates of college attendance among younger generations ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Vietnamese ⓘ
historicalStatus refugee population ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Vietnamese ⓘ
majorMigrationWave boat people exodus ⓘ
post-1975 Vietnam War refugees ⓘ
media Vietnamese-language newspapers in the United States ⓘ
Vietnamese-language radio in the United States ⓘ
Vietnamese-language television in the United States ⓘ
notableCommunity Little Saigon, Garden Grove, California ⓘ
Little Saigon, Westminster, California ⓘ
Vietnamese community in Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
Vietnamese community in Houston, Texas ⓘ
Vietnamese community in Orange County, California ⓘ
Vietnamese community in San Jose, California ⓘ
organization Vietnamese American community organizations ⓘ
Vietnamese American professional associations ⓘ
politicalOrientation historically anti-communist ⓘ
primaryAncestralCountry Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
relatedEthnicGroup Overseas Vietnamese ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese diaspora

Vietnamese Australians ⓘ
Vietnamese Canadians ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Caodaism ⓘ
Hoa Hao Buddhism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
settlementPattern suburban ⓘ
urban ⓘ
significantEventInHistory Fall of Saigon ⓘ
significantPopulationIn California ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
typicalOccupations engineering and technology ⓘ
healthcare professions ⓘ
nail salon industry ⓘ
restaurants and food services ⓘ
small business ownership ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian American movement → hasParticipant → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Asian American literature → ethnicFocus → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Laotian American → relatedEthnicGroup → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Ke Huy Quan → nationality → Vietnamese-American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Chinatown (Boston) → ethnicCommunity → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Vietnamese diaspora → hasPart → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Vietnamese diaspora → hasPart → Vietnamese in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
International District → hasEthnicCommunity → Vietnamese American community ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Westminster, California → ethnicEnclave → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Westminster, California → majorEthnicGroup → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Thai American → sharesCulturalTiesWith → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Vietnamese Americans → organization → Vietnamese American community organizations ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Ocean Vuong → nationality → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Westminster, California → ethnicCommunity → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
subject linked to: Westminster
Nikita Dragun → ethnicGroup → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Kelly Marie Tran → ethnicGroup → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
flag of South Vietnam → usedBy → Vietnamese American communities ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Jeannie Mai → ethnicOrigin → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Vietnamese Canadians → relatedGroup → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Linh Song → ethnicity → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Buford Highway → hasEthnicCommunity → Vietnamese American community ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Little Saigon (Westminster, California) → ethnicGroup → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Little Saigon, Orange County → ethnicGroup → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Vương Quốc Vinh → nationality → Vietnamese-American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Ocean Vuong → nationality → Vietnamese American ⓘ
subject linked to: Ocean
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Time Is a Mother → authorNationality → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Ellison Nguyen → ethnicGroup → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Viet Thanh Nguyen → ethnicGroup → Vietnamese American ⓘ
subject linked to: Ellison Nguyen
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Vietnamese New Zealanders → relatedGroup → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Asia on Argyle commercial district → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Vietnamese American community ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Alamo Bay → hasSubject → Vietnamese Americans ⓘ
Thomas Dale → hasEthnicCommunity → Vietnamese American community ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Monique Truong → ethnicGroup → Vietnamese American ⓘ
subject linked to: Truong
linked to: Vietnamese Americans
Bitter in the Mouth → protagonistNationality → Vietnamese American ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamese Americans