Quyen Vuong talks leaving Communist Vietnam at a young age
submitted by KQED Arts
on 10/04/17
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In Vietnam, Quyen Vuong’s status as a member of the middle class afforded her family a comfortable quality of life. But that all came tumbling down in 1975, when her father and mother were sent to a re-education camp and prison, respectively. She later found herself leaving the country she held dear, in order to start a new life in the U.S.
