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White Pine Pictures

White Pine Pictures:brothers From Vietnam, the Story of the Lais and the Bessais

For Students 9th - 10th
The Bessai family of Edmonton sponsored a Vietnamese family in 1979 after the Vietnam War ended, and helped them to settle into a new life in Canada. Their families became close friends. This site describes their story and gives...
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A&E Television

History.com: How the End of the Vietnam War Led to a Refugee Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
The fall of Saigon in April 1975 marked the close of the war, but also the beginning of one of the largest and longest refugee crises in history. Over the next two decades -- from 1975 to 1995 -- more than three million people fled...