World IN BRIEF : VIETNAM : More Refugees Head for America
A total of 151 former re-education camp inmates and relatives from Vietnam arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, en route to new lives in the United States. It was the second day of the first major resettlement of people who were imprisoned because they served the U.S.-backed South Vietnam government that was toppled by Communist forces in April, 1975. A day earlier, 156 arrived on charter flights from Ho Chi Minh City. The International Organization for Migration is handling medical processing and transportation of the refugees. The Vietnamese will join relatives in California and other states after a few days.
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