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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1994
Page
3
Ex-prisoners who survived re-education camps after the fall of Saigon in 1975 form a non profit in Syracuse to help new Vietnamese refugees. Since 1990, 21,413 have arrived in the U.S. with 106,000 total, about 45 families settling locally. They mentor arrivals, teaching daily life, school, jobs, cars, and language with limited funds.
Phong Vu, 47, and Anh Nguyen run an East Side program aiding Vietnamese refugees. Vu assists families with groceries, housing, utilities, appointments, and translating news. He escorts newcomers to airports, hospitals, and English classes, often visiting multiple times weekly.
A Syracuse article profiles Xuan Tan, the first graduate in a Vietnamese driver education class, who passed the road test after 48 of 50 written test takers succeeded. Instructors, work, and immigrant stories unfold, including Nguyen’s wartime escape, family hopes, and youths earning mobility and freedom through driving lessons at Woodlawn Cemetery and beyond.
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