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AsianWeek: Main Feature: Business Opportunities Draw Viet Kieu Back to Vietnam By Tini Tran/AP (712 words) |
 | Resentment and anger among the Viet kieu over their suffering and losses linger as a final legacy from the war. |
| Viet kieu business investments totaled $300 million last year, a small but growing part of all foreign direct investment. |
| Viet kieu are considered “an integral part of Vietnam,” said Nguyen Phu Binh, vice chairman of the National Committee on Overseas Vietnamese. |
| The Viet Kieu Experience (4698 words) |
| On top of that, every now and then I find it outraging when the Vietnamese government implements Viet Kieu discriminating policies: the train trip from Saigon to Nha Trang costs 66% more for a Viet Kieu and the hydrofoil trip from Vung Tau to Saigon is almost twice as expensive as for citizens. |
| At the same time, because people think that Viet Kieu have an unlimited amount of money to use, we are expected to constantly give away money to people. |
| With all these negative aspects of being Viet Kieu, I have learned to hate to be one or to be recognized as such. |
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