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Analysis On Vuong Thanh's Father And His Journey To Australia

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Vuong Thanh’s Father And His Journey To Australia

The Vietnam war started in 1962 and ended in 1975. The communists took over Vietnam and made life harder for Vietnamese people to follow their traditions and religion. Lots of families were badly affected in the Vietnam war and many of them were killed during that time. People in Vietnam had to flee because they were Being treated badly by the communist and didn’t feel respected. m of making decisions for their own lives. They were able to have a political opinion. Vuong Thanh’s father and family worked in a retail store they lived a good and prosperous life. People were leaving Vietnam because the oppression reached an unbearable level. Vuong Thanh’s family decided to the country when they

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