How Were Vietnamese Kids Treated Differently After The Vietnam War?

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Answer 1

How they were treated depends on the type of kid and where they lived in Vietnam.

The North Vietnamese kids didn't realize much difference in their lives, other than not having to live in caves and tunnels to avoid bombing. Those who lived in the rural parts of Vietnam also didn't realize any diffference. They were poor before, during and after the War.

The lives of South Vietnamese full breed Vietnamese kids were varied. Those who came from wealthy families had probably seen communists officials kick their families out of their homes with only the shirts on their backs.

Some would not see their fathers for years, because their fathers served in ARVN (South Vietnamese Army) and the communists imprisoned them.

The worst treated of the Vietnamese kids were the con lai (half-breed). If the communists didn't outright kill them right after the war, they were denied education and then work if they reached adulthood because their fathers were American. Their Mothers would often abandon them, because they would be scorned and denied work by the communists.

The best treated were the ones who made it to America. They were given living conditions, education and other opportunities that Vietnamese kids living in Vietnam could only be dream about.

An interesting thing that happened after the Vietnam War was Vietnam's baby boom. More than half of today's Vietnamese were born after the war. They were taught a second language in school, which was usually English. Math is a strong subject in school too.

Vietnam's central economy after the War rendered most all of Vietnam in poverty. The economy was shrinking, while the massive population born after the War was going to enter the work force. This and other factors forced the communist government to abandon central control economy for a market economy.

Answer 2

Where? In their own country or in the United States? I don't think that they were treated any different than any other Asian kids. Although, most of them did work a lot harder to get ahead in the states. That was how they were bought up by their cultural values.

On the other hand, there were little or no opportunities in their home country immediately after the war. Not until around the late 1980's, the Vietnamese Government resumed diplomatic relations with the United States, then things slowly began to improved for the next generation of Vietnamese kids.

Answer 3

They were beaten with bamboo rods, blamed for the atrocities committed on our POWs and generally thought of as little better than head lice after the Vietnam War.