WORLD : Vietnamese Set Emigration Record
A record number of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants left for the United States last month under the Orderly Departure Program, the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok said today.
The embassy put the number of refugees at 3,662, which is 1,401 more than January’s previous monthly high. Among those leaving in March were 2,071 Amerasian children fathered by American soldiers during the Vietnam War and their relatives, the embassy said. Since the program was established in 1979, 84,483 Vietnamese have resettled in the United States under it, the embassy said.
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