02 · Countries
Countries
Every community has an origin story: a war, a policy, a ship, a labour agreement. These pages tell how the Vietnamese community in each country came to be, and where it lives now.
Vietnam
1 country
North America
2 countries
United StatesThe largest community outside Vietnam, built in four distinct waves and concentrated in California, Texas and the Gulf Coast.~2.3M Vietnamese30 cities · 189K membersCanadaA refugee intake that private citizens sponsored themselves, city by city.~275.5K Vietnamese4 cities · 19.4K members
Europe
10 countries
FranceThe oldest community in Europe, with roots a century deep and a claim on the 13th arrondissement.~400K Vietnamese3 cities · 15K membersGermanyTwo separate communities that only met when the Wall came down.~226K Vietnamese1 city · 8.4K membersRussiaSoviet-era students and contract workers who stayed, and the traders who came after.~150K Vietnamese1 city · 4.6K membersUnited KingdomA boat-people community that arrived by way of Hong Kong, and a restaurant row in Hackney.~100K Vietnamese1 city · 5.2K membersCzech RepublicA recognized national minority, and a second generation that is fully Czech and fully Vietnamese.~70K Vietnamese1 city · 5.9K membersPolandStudents who stayed, and the traders who built a market inside a derelict stadium.~45K Vietnamese1 city · 2.3K membersBelgiumA small francophone community, concentrated around Brussels and in Wallonia.Population figure pending1 city · 800 membersNorwayAn early and proportionally large refugee intake, now three generations deep.Population figure pending1 city · 1.5K membersNetherlandsA refugee community from the late seventies, spread across the Randstad rather than gathered in one quarter.Population figure pending1 city · 1.2K membersSwedenOne of the smaller European communities, and one of the longest established.Population figure pending1 city · 900 members
Asia & Pacific
8 countries
CambodiaThe oldest community of all, older than the border it sits behind.~400K Vietnamese1 city · 1.4K membersJapanThe fastest-growing community anywhere, and now one of the largest foreign populations in Japan.~520.2K Vietnamese1 city · 7.3K membersAustraliaA community that arrived as the White Australia policy ended, and changed the suburbs it settled in.~334.8K Vietnamese3 cities · 29.8K membersSouth KoreaWorkers, students, and tens of thousands of Vietnamese-Korean families.~305.9K Vietnamese1 city · 4.9K membersTaiwanFactory workers, caregivers, and the largest group of marriage migrants on the island.~247K Vietnamese1 city · 3.6K membersThailandThe Việt kiều of Isan, in Thailand since the 1940s and still there.~100K Vietnamese1 city · 700 membersLaosA community older than the border, with towns where the Vietnamese school predates independence.~100K Vietnamese2 cities · 2K membersMalaysiaOnce the largest refugee camp in the region, now a destination for workers and students.~80K Vietnamese1 city · 1.1K members