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https://historyrise.com/vietnams-boat-people-crisis-a-refugee-exodus/
When the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the region was thrown into one of the most staggering refugee crises of our time. More than a million Vietnamese refugees—dubbed “boat people”—risked everything to escape by sea between the late 1970s and mid-1990s, sparking a humanitarian emergency that rattled the world. It’s hard to forget the images: overcrowded fishing boats packed with Vietnamese families turning up in ports across Southeast Asia, desperate for any kind of safety. The exodus hit its highest point in 1979. Hong Kong alone received 68,000 asylum seekers that year, an almost unimaginable number. The risks were brutal—typhoons, hunger, disease, and pirates claimed as many as a third of those who fled. Governments everywhere suddenly had to rethink how they handled mass displacement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BB%95i_M%E1%BB%9Bi
Đổi Mới (IPA: [ɗo᷉i mɤ̂ːi]; transl. "renovation" or "innovation", lit. '[the] new replacing') is the name given to the economic reforms process of Vietnam since late 1986 with the goal of creating a "socialist-oriented market economy". The term đổi mới itself is a general term with wide use in the Vietnamese language meaning "innovate" or "renovate". However, the Đổi Mới Policy (Chính sách Đổi Mới) refers specifically to the reforms that sought to transition Vietnam from a command economy to a socialist-oriented market economy.[1][page needed] The economic reforms in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev inspired the Vietnamese government. However, unlike the Soviet Union but like China, the communist rulers in Vietnam refused political reform.

https://muse.docngu.net/
Doc Ngu note: This is my Vietnamese poems website.

https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1c_%C3%A1i_H%E1%BB%8Dc_vi%E1%BB%87n
The Academy of Charity ( Chinese :博愛學院, French : Collège Fraternité ), also known as the School of Charity , was a private school with three levels of kindergarten , primary and secondary school in Saigon before 1975. The school was located at 4 Nguyen Trai Street , District 5, and is currently a campus of Saigon University ... The French-Chinese High School was one of the few schools that was maintained but had to change its name to the Institute of Charity in 1957, becoming an inter-level school including kindergarten, primary school and high school. During the period 1961 - 1975, the school built 4 more buildings with a total of 82 classrooms, 11 laboratories: 3 physics laboratories, 3 chemistry laboratories and 5 natural science laboratories.

https://copainsdavant.linternaute.com/e/saint-exupery-788721
Lycée Saint Exupéry was a French middle school in pre-1975 Saigon. Graduates then went to Lycée Marie-Curie.

https://saigoneer.com/saigon-heritage/11068-photos-lyc%C3%A9e-marie-curie-the-high-school-that-stands-the-test-of-time
The lycée that bears her name was established in 1918 by the French colonial government as an all-girls school. The private school taught mostly French expatriates, in addition to a few local Vietnamese. All classes were conducted in French. Among the Vietnamese student population, most were children of wealthy families or government employees. They also often specialized in subjects that were popular in Europe but undeveloped in Vietnam. Many Vietnamese alumni shared with PhD candidate Nguyễn Thụy Phong during her research on the school that the lycée was a safe haven for free speech and creativity, a privilege they were grateful to have had. The architecture of all eight classroom blocks is heavily influenced by French design principles. These influences are most apparent in the entrance gate, the lush gardens and the fountain. Much of the original structure remains unchanged decades later. From 1970, the school began allowing male students. In 1975, the school was handed over to the Hồ Chí Minh City Education and Training Department, and the French teachers returned home.

https://nerw.docngu.net/
Doc Ngu’s website expanding his Ph.D. thesis.

https://legallysociable.com/2023/08/31/the-ongoing-transformation-of-the-bell-labs-site-that-helped-create-modern-naperville/
The ongoing transformation of the Bell Labs site that helped create modern Naperville -- A large office building is coming down at the northwestern corner of Naperville and Warrenville Roads in Naperville. This is not just any office building; this is the site that helped jumpstart Naperville’s growth and status.

https://www.fhlbc.com/about-us
FHLBank Chicago is a wholesale bank and one of 11 district FHLBanks chartered in 1932 by the U.S. Congress to support mortgage lending and community investment. Each FHLBank operates as an independent organization and is governed by a board of directors elected by its member institutions. As a cooperative, we provide reliable liquidity to our member banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions located in Illinois and Wisconsin, focusing on the distinct needs of their individual businesses and communities.

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