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They comprise approximately half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American ethnic group following Chinese Americans, Indian Americans, and Filipino Americans. There are approximately 2.3 million people of Vietnamese descent residing in the U.S. as of 2023. Spread of the Vietnamese language in the United States.
"Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress". Congressional Research Service 97-398, 9–14. "Rise of the Wahine Documentary Film". Archived from the original on March 31, 2018, highlighting the role of the first woman of color and first female Asian-American to serve in Congress, Patsy Mink
The Vietnam War was a massive undertaking for all involved: North Vietnam and the Viet Cong had around 690,000 soldiers by 1966, South Vietnam had a strength of 1.5 million soldiers by 1972, and the U.S. deployed a total of 2.7 million soldiers over the course of American involvement, peaking at 543,000 in April 1969.
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States. [ 1][ 2] The House is charged with the passage of federal legislation, known as bills; those that are also passed by the Senate ...
Asian Americans in politics. Asian Americans represent a growing share of the national population and of the electorate. [ 1] The lower political participation of Asian Americans has been raised as a concern, especially as it relates to their influence on politics in the United States. [ 2][ 3] Asian Americans were once a strong constituency ...
The National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( N.A.; Vietnamese: Quốc hội nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) [ a] is the unicameral parliament and the highest body of state power of Vietnam. The National Assembly is the only branch of government in Vietnam and, in accordance with the principle of unified ...
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
A large yellow star centered on the red field (2:3). Influences: June 2, 1948 – July 2, 1949. July 2, 1949 – April 30, 1975. Flag of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam, the State of Vietnam, and the Republic of Vietnam ( South Vietnam ). Or, three bars Gules. A yellow field with three red stripes (2:3).