When Vietnamese refugees made their new homes in America, they built Little Saigon communities across the country

The fall of Saigon 50 years ago prompted a mass exodus of Vietnamese over the next months and years.

Many were evacuated by the United States military and brought to America to resettle. And as more people fled in the years after the war, and governments stepped in to address the humanitarian crisis, even more found themselves starting new lives in the U.S.

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Around the country, “Little Saigons” grew...