From Vietnam Boat Refugee to Reliability Engineering Scholar

Hoang Pham has spent his career trying to ensure that some of the world’s most critical systems don’t fail, including ...
UNHCR

Q&A: A Vietnamese Catholic's journey from boat person to bishop

TORONTO, Canada, March 12 (UNHCR) - In January this year, 43-year-old Vincent Nguyen was ordained as Canada's youngest Roman Catholic bishop and the first of Asian descent. Twenty-seven years earlier, ...
UNHCR

Last Vietnamese boat refugee leaves Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, August 30 (UNHCR) - The scene at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday could have happened in any airport, in any country - a group of people gathering to bid farewell ...
Human Rights Watch

Thailand: Vietnamese Refugees at Risk from Hanoi

Increased cooperation between Thai and Vietnamese authorities is putting Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand at heightened risk of forcible return to Vietnam. Vietnam and Thailand are ...