So during the Gulf coast oil spill, I would overhear the news talking about Vietnamese fishermen being one of the most affected. 1/3 of the fishermen in Louisiana are of Vietnamese decent. This surprised me greatly and wondered why majority of Vietnamese decided to move there to be fishermen.
I can understand why a lot of asians move to California or New York but why did the Vietnamese decide to move to Louisiana? On a quick google search, a website said that Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam. So... why and why be fishermen?
viets are everywhere in the world dude.
QUOTE (Gideon @ Sep 4 2010, 08:22 PM) 
So during the Gulf coast oil spill, I would overhear the news talking about Vietnamese fishermen being one of the most affected. 1/3 of the fishermen in Louisiana are of Vietnamese decent. This surprised me greatly and wondered why majority of Vietnamese decided to move there to be fishermen.
I can understand why a lot of asians move to California or New York but why did the Vietnamese decide to move to Louisiana? On a quick google search, a website said that Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam. So... why and why be fishermen?
I can understand why a lot of asians move to California or New York but why did the Vietnamese decide to move to Louisiana? On a quick google search, a website said that Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam. So... why and why be fishermen?
It might have to do with Vietnamese being descended from Lạc peoples.
Lạc is the Sino-Viet word deriving from Vietnamese Nước which means water.
We refer to country as Nước (water). In other words we're traditionally water people and love fishing and cultivating.
Just look at Vietnam and how instead of conquering inwards we decided to take more coastlands.
Even Jing people in China live off fishing.
I have some fishermen relatives in Virginia's coast also.
I wonder why we didn't call ourselves Người Nước instead of Người Việt.
QUOTE (Gideon @ Sep 4 2010, 05:22 PM)
So during the Gulf coast oil spill, I would overhear the news talking about Vietnamese fishermen being one of the most affected. 1/3 of the fishermen in Louisiana are of Vietnamese decent. This surprised me greatly and wondered why majority of Vietnamese decided to move there to be fishermen.
I can understand why a lot of asians move to California or New York but why did the Vietnamese decide to move to Louisiana? On a quick google search, a website said that Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam. So... why and why be fishermen?
I can understand why a lot of asians move to California or New York but why did the Vietnamese decide to move to Louisiana? On a quick google search, a website said that Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam. So... why and why be fishermen?
Actually California has the largest vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. Little Saigon, Orange County is at the center of it all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Vietnamese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Saigon
QUOTE (Gideon @ Sep 4 2010, 08:22 PM)
So during the Gulf coast oil spill, I would overhear the news talking about Vietnamese fishermen being one of the most affected. 1/3 of the fishermen in Louisiana are of Vietnamese decent. This surprised me greatly and wondered why majority of Vietnamese decided to move there to be fishermen.
I can understand why a lot of asians move to California or New York but why did the Vietnamese decide to move to Louisiana? On a quick google search, a website said that Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam. So... why and why be fishermen?
I can understand why a lot of asians move to California or New York but why did the Vietnamese decide to move to Louisiana? On a quick google search, a website said that Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam. So... why and why be fishermen?
I notice you got wrong info about the Vietnamese population in Louisiana and also the 1/3.
Your question is related to the story of the "boat people" during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Vietnam has a long coast, so there are lots of fishermen in Vietnam compared to other counties in SEA. During the said period, fishermen were in demand for both Chinese and Vietnamese people who want to leave Vietnam. The gulf of Mexico is the best place for them, California is also good. The population of Vietnamese in Louisiana is very small, could be less than 15,000 and most of them are, but it must be more than 1/3. there are also about 100 Cambodian working along with the Vietnamese.
It sounds weird to you and many people, but in fact most of Asian fishermen and farmers are of Vietnamese descent. fishing business was good business during the 80s and 90s even though they have to fight back the KKK every day during the 80s. Farmers are the lucky people because so many of them own hundred to a few 1000 acres of land, mostly in California.
Hope this helps!
It's quite simple
A large portion of Vietnamese Boat People are Fishermen (they're good on the boat) so they just kept doing what they had been doing in Vietnam
A large portion of Vietnamese Boat People are Fishermen (they're good on the boat) so they just kept doing what they had been doing in Vietnam
I'd like to correct my mistakes.
The Vietnamese population in Louisiana is just about 10,000 nowadays. And a lot of Vietnamese farmers own large pieces of land and became rich during the construction boom.
The Vietnamese population in Louisiana is just about 10,000 nowadays. And a lot of Vietnamese farmers own large pieces of land and became rich during the construction boom.
"Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam"
Then what about the Viet population in:
San Jose
Garden Grove
Houston
????
Do you mean largest population of Vietnamese fishermen?
Then what about the Viet population in:
San Jose
Garden Grove
Houston
????
Do you mean largest population of Vietnamese fishermen?
QUOTE (VietnamNo1 @ Sep 8 2010, 07:37 PM)
"Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam"
Then what about the Viet population in:
San Jose
Garden Grove
Houston
????
Do you mean largest population of Vietnamese fishermen?
Then what about the Viet population in:
San Jose
Garden Grove
Houston
????
Do you mean largest population of Vietnamese fishermen?
I got that from a website which I cannot find anymore. :\ And it talked about just population, not fishermen. Guess it was wrong.
QUOTE (VietnamNo1 @ Sep 8 2010, 06:37 PM)
"Louisiana had the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam"
Then what about the Viet population in:
San Jose
Garden Grove
Houston
????
Do you mean largest population of Vietnamese fishermen?
Then what about the Viet population in:
San Jose
Garden Grove
Houston
????
Do you mean largest population of Vietnamese fishermen?
Garden Grove, Orange County is like Vietnam. It definitely have the highest population of Vietnamese people in the U.S.
QUOTE (cocoloco @ Sep 9 2010, 02:06 AM)
Garden Grove, Orange County is like Vietnam. It definitely have the highest population of Vietnamese people in the U.S.
Also known as silicone valley.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/07/na...odians-20100507
QUOTE
Oil spill takes toll on Cambodian, Vietnamese fishermen
With their boats docked and livelihoods in limbo, frustrated families meet with BP officials and hope for answers.
May 07, 2010|By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Buras, La. — About 2,000 Cambodian and Vietnamese immigrants in this remote bayou community — mostly families that have staked their American livelihoods on shrimping and fishing — have found themselves isolated by more than just vast stretches of swampland since the gulf oil spill disaster.
Language barriers have made it even more difficult for them to be plugged into the latest information about temporary jobs offered by BP after thousands of fishermen like themselves have been put out of work by the oil spill.
About 200 of them gathered Thursday in a sweltering bayou restaurant, trying to contain their frustrations as a BP representative, flanked by interpreters, urged them to enroll in the company's paid cleanup programs.
The programs were designed to help create a line of defense along the nation's richest fishing grounds and to provide some income to grounded fishermen.
But BP spokesman David Kinnaird offered little in the way of immediate help. He said that the company had hired enough workers for the time being but that the fishermen could get on the waiting list.
The fishermen said they were more concerned with what BP could do to remedy their immediate cash flow problems after fishing was banned on Sunday for at least 10 days. Federal waters from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Pensacola, Fla., are off-limits.
"We need money to pay bills and buy food," said Benjamin Truongo, 48, who has been plying local marshes for two decades.
Kinnaird said BP planned to set up a claims office in nearby Venice, La. "If the claims are legitimate and can be properly documented, they will be paid promptly," he said.
Meanwhile, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said at a news conference Thursday that the company would pay claims regardless of a $75-million cap established by federal law. He said checks had already gone out.
As in many other Gulf Coast fishing communities, Buras' marinas were filled with docked boats while its residents' livelihoods were in limbo.
"Many of these people do not speak English, so they don't understand what kind of assistance is available, and they are scared," said Billy Nungesser, Plaquemines Parish president. "Just the other day, a 94-year-old fisherman, who has his wits about him and looks forward to taking his vessel into the marsh each day, said, 'Mr. Billy. Please help. What do I do?' I didn't know what to tell him."
With their boats docked and livelihoods in limbo, frustrated families meet with BP officials and hope for answers.
May 07, 2010|By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Buras, La. — About 2,000 Cambodian and Vietnamese immigrants in this remote bayou community — mostly families that have staked their American livelihoods on shrimping and fishing — have found themselves isolated by more than just vast stretches of swampland since the gulf oil spill disaster.
Language barriers have made it even more difficult for them to be plugged into the latest information about temporary jobs offered by BP after thousands of fishermen like themselves have been put out of work by the oil spill.
About 200 of them gathered Thursday in a sweltering bayou restaurant, trying to contain their frustrations as a BP representative, flanked by interpreters, urged them to enroll in the company's paid cleanup programs.
The programs were designed to help create a line of defense along the nation's richest fishing grounds and to provide some income to grounded fishermen.
But BP spokesman David Kinnaird offered little in the way of immediate help. He said that the company had hired enough workers for the time being but that the fishermen could get on the waiting list.
The fishermen said they were more concerned with what BP could do to remedy their immediate cash flow problems after fishing was banned on Sunday for at least 10 days. Federal waters from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Pensacola, Fla., are off-limits.
"We need money to pay bills and buy food," said Benjamin Truongo, 48, who has been plying local marshes for two decades.
Kinnaird said BP planned to set up a claims office in nearby Venice, La. "If the claims are legitimate and can be properly documented, they will be paid promptly," he said.
Meanwhile, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said at a news conference Thursday that the company would pay claims regardless of a $75-million cap established by federal law. He said checks had already gone out.
As in many other Gulf Coast fishing communities, Buras' marinas were filled with docked boats while its residents' livelihoods were in limbo.
"Many of these people do not speak English, so they don't understand what kind of assistance is available, and they are scared," said Billy Nungesser, Plaquemines Parish president. "Just the other day, a 94-year-old fisherman, who has his wits about him and looks forward to taking his vessel into the marsh each day, said, 'Mr. Billy. Please help. What do I do?' I didn't know what to tell him."
QUOTE (cocoloco @ Sep 9 2010, 01:06 AM)
Garden Grove, Orange County is like Vietnam. It definitely have the highest population of Vietnamese people in the U.S.
Really? I thought it was Westminster lol. But I do know Garden Grove has a lot of Asians.
QUOTE (Gideon @ Sep 4 2010, 08:22 PM)
So... why and why be fishermen?
My dad was a fisherman in vietnam and me and my entire family work in the fishing industry out here in canada.
just a heads up if you like salmon we had a record catch this year witch means the price for salmon is at an all time low.
just thought id share that.
QUOTE (TINMAN @ Sep 9 2010, 09:16 PM)
Also known as silicone valley.
Lots of Viets there too!
QUOTE (Kaosq @ Sep 9 2010, 10:07 PM)
Really? I thought it was Westminster lol. But I do know Garden Grove has a lot of Asians.
Oh yeah Westminister is #1 in terms of Viet...
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