UNTOLD Vietnamese Boat People Stories: Vietnam History. a Kyle Le doc.

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Special thanks to everyone who helped me this sudden documentary into a reality, from the people who graciously shared their stories, pictures, and poetry to the friends who helped me with translations.
Disclaimer: This documentary was not meant to insight any political hatred. Rather, its intentions were to remind, record, and reveal the past lives and history of Vietnamese people. If we don’t document history, it will be lost forever. Please stay positive and focus on the people who matter.
Vietnamese is not my first language and after translating and subtitling this video, I realized that I still have a lot to learn. Therefore, I am sorry if any translations are lacking. Many things can and are lost in translations. Subtitling is an art in itself. One that I’m not particularly good at. Either way, thank you for watching and thank you for caring about the plight of the Vietnamese boat people.
I was invited to a reunion of Vietnamese boat people who were not granted asylum or resettled. They returned to Vietnam and here are some of their stories.
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[@kyleledotnet]

Disclaimer: This documentary's intentions were to remind, record, and reveal the past lives and history of Vietnamese people. This was not meant to ignite political hatred. If we don’t document history, it will be lost forever. Please stay positive and focus on the people who matter. Vietnamese is not my first language and after translating and subtitling this video, I realized that I still have a lot to learn. Therefore, I am sorry if any translations are lacking. Many things can and are lost in translations. Subtitling is an art in itself. One that I’m not particularly good at. Either way, thank you for watching and thank you for caring about the plight of the Vietnamese boat people.

[@pastelshades2860]

Kyle Le Dot Net I enjoyed this so much. Thanks.

[@chishrew]

Kyle Le Dot Net Great work!

[@michaelnguyen9747]

I think that you are too modest, Kyle. Your translations are just perfect.

[@cheek1m0nkey]

Fine work Kyle, more please.

[@phamhongchuyen7606]

The poem at the end was just beautiful. Very touching. Great job Kyle!

[@johngillon6969]

I worked in a machine shop all my life after i got out of the navy in 1972. three cruises to westpac. loved it over there. anyway they hired many vietnamese in machine shops, because you didn't have to be fluent in english to work in a machine shop. The vietnamese had a hard time speaking english, they were mis treated by the bosses and fellow racist machinist who had little patience, because it was hard to understand them when they spoke english. I took special interest in these men as they all had stories. If you took the time and understand what they were saying, you would be richly rewarded. many were professional people who had to humble themselves and work entry level positions in these machine shop. I think i became friends with each and every one of them. without exception they were hard working honest valuable employees, but due to politics and human nature were never given the respect they deserved. If you made friends with one these you would realize what a "real" friend is.

[@chobanco3574]

Wonderful piece of history here. Well done, Kyle!At the age of 15 I left home and briefly stayed in Galang in '85 by myself. I emigrated to US on Christmas of the same year and have been living here since. 'Till this day I would never forget the trip. Life was rough for everybody on the island - loneliness, the abuse of the Indonesian authority, and the uncertainties on what tomorrow may bring, etc. For me I only had to go through this once. For these people I believe they had to experience the hardship twice - having to escape once and having to go back home and start their lives from scratch again. The good thing is they seem doing very well. My hat is off to them. Keep up the good work, Kyle. You should do more stories like this.

[@minhl8086]

I was at Galang in 85 as well, left in 88. Nice to know you

[@1bigtuna40]

Kyle, that was truly awesome. What a dynamic piece. I lived in Los Angeles and I was in high school in the early 80s. And I remember a lot of Vietnamese immigrants. They would ,after the lunch but was wrong, collect as many left over untouched food items so that they could have that for the weekend when there was no school that basically provided lunch /food for them. I remember one student who said he was almost 30 years old but I didn't believe him. He was a refugee who is trying to better his life in our crappy system. Thank you Kyle for your awesome works

[@phobowl]

I was there for a year in 1980. This is why is the Vietnamese are so tough. We will do whatever it takes to survive. We will survive anything.

[@lelep7821]

This one made me cry a few times . Our people are so strong . We went through some of the hardest times. I look at my grandmother and I know she has been through some horrible things, she went through hell to give us the life we’re living now .

[@karll1242]

Thank for posting this video. I was an exGanlander as well but I was lucky that I left Vietnam much earlier than these people and therefore able to resettle in a third country. Kyle, you are right when saying that the documentary's intentions were not meant to ignite political hatred but to remind the current or next generation of Vietnamese people that these events do exist. Hopefully those who watch this video can learn something about the experiences these people have encountered and can treat other human beings more humanly. Thumb up for your effort in making these videos, it may make you a thorn in the eyes of those in power and those that gain benefits through association, but you have the guts, determine and conscience to show the world a harsh reality. In that regard, I own you a huge kudos. Well done mate.

[@MrJustinTechno]

My family also came on a boat from Vietnam , that’s why we have so much respect for them .. they gave us a better life in the us

[@141johndo]

more of these type of videos kyle. i love hearing about other peoples experience.

[@vinhn3570]

None of these are recorded anywhere that I know of, so as you said and I also fear we may lose our history in the future. All Việt Kieu should learn more our history. Thank you for sharing.

[@AnhTruong999]

thank you for telling their story especially those that was repatriated back to Vietnam. It reminds us that we are the lucky ones and of the resilience of the human spirit especially those of the refugees.

[@sandman7686]

Good job Kyle Le Dot Net. You still have my continue support. I want to add that the refugee camp in Hong Kong / Kowloon also suffered the same fate. After closure, many of the refugees that were not sponsor by host countries were also repatriated back to Vietnam.

[@Pixlanta]

Best video you have done to date Kyle. You should do more videos in this style. It's deep and meaningful. Thanks for the amazing video.

[@cucphan7822]

I love that you are going beyond just your adventures in Vietnam. I love that you are getting into story telling and film making. It's a joy watching your channel grow Kyle!

[@ccrccr3782]

Very emotional, couldn't contain my tears.

[@danle6577]

Galang was my first destination to freedom. Got so many memories to treasure and friendships to speak of. I was a boy when I came to the Island and became a man after I left there. I nearly die when I was on a boat because of food shortage

[@thesamanofamily]

Thank you so much for creating such a heartfelt video. It really made me reflect on my own family beginnings and proud of our roots. Keep doing what you are doing, its amazing work! Cant wait to share this with my parents.

[@pmwill7117]

35 minutes of your vid will be changing a lot of lifes who look back to our history. Thanks for conducting this and sharing to the world. Make it short, I had some of sister and brother who stayed in this Island but they were lucky to settle in US and Canada, also I had friends who lost their life on the Sea during this rough and tought time.

[@jessvuongartistry]

As a Vietnamese Canadian, this video gave me feels and appreciation to the older vietnamese generation, great video Kyle.

[@lohmaeann]

happy to see this video. I m from Terengganu. Pulau bidong is here. every year vietnamese boat people come back to bidong n few cemeteries. most of them r successful people now. happy to hear that from u too

[@pasttimeph]

Ive only known this channel about a couple of months ago and what got me hooked was food then women at first lol, until i noticed how poetic and deep kyle is, i guess its the struggle with life, and romance especially lol. Ive seen most of his videos, sometimes watch a few several times over and over like the can tho episode is one of my favorites. Long story short ive seen growth in terms of maturity and creativity in both making films and as a person. I hope this channel gets the recognition it deserves, this is how i would like to see the world.. somebody put him on TV!!! more power to you and pls continue the network. id buy a shirt but maybe later lol

[@kyleledotnet]

thank you. check me out on Bizarre Foods HCMC, Bizarre Foods from the Fault 3, Bizarre Foods Delicious Destinations HCMC

[@ckktlee2728]

Thanks, Kyle. I left the camp for settlements 1984, you bring back a lot of memories, I'm proud to call myself Boat People. Does anyone still have a picture or itemizes of a bag of weekly food supply that distributed for each refugee in this camp back then? I'm researching for a way to provide weekly or maybe monthly food supply for our people in Biển Hồ Campuchia or Tây Ninh. Only people whom escaped can understand this statement and the price of freedom, the rest just a spectator. Một là con nuôi má. Hai là má nuôi con. Ba là con nuôi cá.

[@missymiss209]

Great documentary. I could still hear the sorrow and pain in one of the men you interviewed. I hope he can go aboard one day. I wonder what they all are doing now.

[@vanDerNguyen]

thanks for this bro. i had been wondering about my parents past since i had never really asked and they had never really told - now i have a greater respect for my parents who went through roughly the same. that guy in the black shirt is a true OG

[@johnmcsomething9576]

Growing up in San Jose CA and working ion the Bay Area I have had the privilege of calling many "Boat People" friend. The stories are all so different but the mental toughness and FAITH is pure in all of them. It's funny if you're from San Jo' you are Vietnamese in lots of ways.

[@Nancy72061]

many thanks Kyle. you deserve an award for this amazing documentary short film. I was so thrilled watching this

[@stayalive8829]

Hi. I am from Indonesia. Respect for you. Thanks for remembering Galang, Indonesia.

[@ThinhTran-wy6vc]

This brought back memories. My family and I came to Galang in 1989. I spent the first 7 years of my life in Galang refuge camp. Still remember a lot of things there.

[@drissaudia1323]

We are a family whom escaped Vietnam 🇻🇳 by boat, my mums own boat she built. We stayed in a refugee camp in Indonesia as well. My older sister tells me it’s near Galang. I was too young to remember. Australia took us in, we are forever grateful. I knew & heard of people dying at sea, but I didn’t know that those whom were rejected had to be repatriated back to Vietnam. Thank you for sharing their stories. There is struggles everywhere, don’t think that as refugees we had it all. Yes, freedom did cost us too. I still have family back in Vietnam & I wished they were all here with us, but I think sometimes living in Vietnam is better. I yearn for a reunited family as war tore us all apart. As refugees we do suffer mental illness from escaping & leaving our homelands in harsh environments. The separation will be with us forever as we miss our homeland. Til this day, I don’t understand why refugees & asylum seekers are treated so badly, they are not criminals. They just want a better life than what their country can give them. We are the lucky ones that made it. Since then I have been back to Vietnam many times. I hate how the communist airport workers look at me, as if I had betrayed them & left the county only to come back as a tourist. Well if you hadn’t caused civil war in your own country than perhaps Vietnam wouldn’t have lost so many lives! P.S. you need to change your selection of music editing, it’s not matching to the story. Also, I know you are not a journalist or reporter, but you need to maybe interview one person at a time & not move from one to another too quick. It looses the emotions of those people trying to tell their story. But, good job for a young kid!

[@timothynguyen3970]

very moving video Kyle! I feel very blessed and fortunate that my family didn't have to endure the same hardships. We were lucky boat refugees that fled in 1976. We got rescued by USA Navy ship. We stayed in a refugee camp in Guam with very comfortable living conditions. Each family had a private tent with 3 square meals a day. After a few months we were in USA!

[@annecorey607]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful story very sad and happy ending story they will never forget Live must go on thank you for sharing your beautiful story thanks you .

[@herewego9939]

Respect to these people for reliving their experiences for the sake of our knowledge.

[@chen-Po]

Very brave people. It is not matter where you end up, life is still beautiful. I am proud of you people.

[@varoplazer]

Wow, thank you for sharing these stories. This reminds me how blessed I am.

[@joninosaka]

Bravo Kyle. Thank you for helping to tell these people's stories.

[@thanhle299]

Wonderful video Kyle! I just wrote a paper on the Boat People and this video just reiterated how important their stories and experiences our to the Vietnamese history! I love it, excellent work!

[@quangb9080]

I was a boat refugee! We landed in Thailand and luckily my sisters and brother was sponsored to the US! We were luck and were the early wave of refugees! Bring back special memories! Thanks Kyle!

[@haivu-zf2id]

Những vần thơ cuối cùng trong clip , đáng trân trọng.....Cái giá Tự do rất khắc nghiệt và lạnh lùng !!!

[@HieuNguyen-if8zj]

I love the way you created. I am refugee too but from Thailand camp. We are refugee people and I love you Kyle!!

[@meo5792]

very good segment Kyle,we still have thousands of untold story...hope you do more segment on this issues

[@lindahuynh4503]

Such an inspirational video. Thanks Kyle. and Happy Birthday from your Snapchat fam!! ❤

[@biglance]

Kyle, how about putting the title in Vietnamese too? Vietnamese people need to see this, truly amazing, you have talent man...peace from China.

[@loveslife879]

Thank you Kyle for putting this video together. I feel so bless living the American dream now being we were refugees too. Many hated the communists for kicking the Chinese out of the country but internally, I've thanked them for giving me a opportunity to be a successful woman in America. It's so sad that these people don't have the same chance!

[@EmilMarstadTravelFoodCulture]

Informative and touching video, Kyle. I'm looking forward to dive into the Vietnamese culture later this year.

[@oceanairaia2652]

Kyle Le, Thanku for the Documentaries and the Stories you have shown to the world. Reunions and History, has shown me what we did not learn about bk in the day, I have watched every video to this day, I am a fan and now a follower. Every story has grabbed my attention, please show us many more of what you do. I love the story about the people of Galang, touched my Soul, bought tears to my eyes and now a memory to my life, love it all. Comment by Tracy Iraia 🇳🇿🌏🇳🇿 NZ 😎

[@kyleledotnet]

Wow. thank you for the awesome comment. I wish I could do more of these, but finding the stories, producing, time, funding, etc etc is very difficult. I wish I could do it as my full time career. Maybe one day...

[@gladiolagirl1204]

Thank you for sharing these touching stories. So heart breaking and very very sad stories 😢😢😢

[@hpatuan]

I would like to light an incense stick in remembrance of the boat people who died in the ocean and women victims of the Thai pirates. The harsh, cruel, discriminate, cruelty of the Communists of Vietnam after the invasion of South Vietnam is an unforgettable crime. This is not a reminder to rekindle hatred and desire for revenge, but to commemorate the deceased under a terrible barbaric regime. Like the Jews who remembered their compatriots were cremated in Nazi concentration camps. Con xin thắp một nén hương để tưởng nhớ đến những thuyền nhân đã bỏ mình trên đại dương và những phụ nữ là nạn nhân của bọn Hải Tặc Thái Lan. Sự hà khắc, tàn nhẫn, kỳ thị, độc ác của Cộng Sản Việt Nam sau khi cưỡng chiếm Miền Nam Việt Nam là tội ác không thể nào quên lãng được. Ở đây không phải nhắc lại để khêu gợi lại lòng thù hận và mong muốn để trả thù, nhưng mà là tưởng nhớ đế những người đã khuất dưới một chế độ man rợ ghê tởm. Giống như người Do Thái tưởng nhớ đến đồng hương của họ bị hỏa thiêu trong các trại tập trung của Đức Quốc Xã. Kính!

[@jermsjournal2445]

Thank you very much for sharing this story, I hope there are many more stories like this to come. This may be one of your best works yet!

[@isd9120]

What a touching story Kyle. You did a great job. I had a friend whose brother was a boat person from Vietnam. I never spoke to him about it. He lives in Mission Viejo, CA now, and has his own family. I wonder what he endured before arriving in the US? Thank you for sharing this with us Kyle.

[@peterkelly1406]

Kyle ... that was probably the best vlog you have done. Have downloaded and will watch again. Thank you

[@HaiNguyen-lh7xm]

Congrats Kyle! This story was posted on the Huffington Post. Great job!

[@mitchn4107]

The stories were wrenching, and fascinating. The technical work, impressive. Congratulations Kyle, great, touching piece of work.

[@tgurl220]

Love hearing these kind of stories. Thanks for sharing. Best of luck to these people.

[@longnguyendotcom]

This is your best production so far. Very moving.

[@lovinmzre]

i was very impressed with this video and really enjoyed learning a little more about the refugees. their stories touched my heart.

[@THuuDo]

This was incredible. Not enough words to say, wow and thank you! And the poem at the end... 😭

[@peach8982]

great video! thank you for making it Kyle. My family are Vietnamese refugees I'm glad that the stories of Viet refugees aren't being lost.

[@yykh7358]

So compelling that I'm lost for words after watching it...good job Kyle.

[@hoango6519]

You done so well darling!!! It’s so true- you are a Vietnamese -we never forget . I will do my best to support your channel... let the truth is ever and forever. One more time have to say THANK YOU - Nguoi ban nho tuyệt voi. Hoa Ngo

[@juliengo2581]

Appreciate your time and work,brings back all the memories, I was in galang in 81 ! Was a kid!

[@thinkingle2334]

hi. I was in Geylang in beginning of 81. I think i was in Geylang 2. How about you? I'm in France now. Where are you now?

[@Shugar212]

Great job. Its crazy that they had pictures from way back then. A lot of suffering. Then eventual happiness.

[@aryadipramono]

Thanks for the eng sub so i can understand what realy happen there in the past.

[@ChauNguyen-lm7qx]

Wish you could do more of these. Love to know what many of our people had to go through.

[@thuyduonguyen]

Meaningful video, Kyle! please do some more video about Vietnamese Boat People like this one. There are so many untold stories that we have not heard about. Thank you!

[@kentthienphamba5144]

Một video có giá trị , một sự thật mà ít ai biết tới, và một thời để nhớ lại, người dân việt chọn cái chết thay vì trở về với CS . Đọc lịch sử mới hiểu được, năm 1953, trong trận chiến Bắc và Nam hàn, lính TQ và lính Bắc hàn bị bắt làm tù binh, khi trao trả họ lại thì họ nhất định kg chịu về. Trong chiến tranh việt nam cũng thế, tù binh bắc việt nhất định thà tự tử chứ không về lại bên kia vĩ tuyến ... và ngày hôm nay, dân việt bỏ nước ra đi, họ thà chết chứ kg chịu trở lại với cộng sản ...thế mà vẫn còn nhiều tên sĩ quan VNCH ra đi diện HO, nay quay lại ca ngợi cộng sản ...thật là chán bọn này

[@thaonguyen2694]

thank you for posting this video .i am from galang khóa 15

[@Samilalaaaaa123]

Kent Thien Phamba thứ vô tổ quốc, mất gốc

[@lochoang1]

Wow! What a powerful video. Thank you Kyle for this video and all the people in the videos that shared their story.

[@phunk8607]

omg, just found this... former Galang boat person here... been there done that... end of 80s/early90s

[@anthonypham5482]

Amazing academic winning short film! Phim quá xúc động. Anh coi đi coi lại 3 lần mới cảm nhận được ý nghĩa sâu xa của đời người. Đặc biệt là anh gì đó người công giáo mặc áo đen. Thoạt đầu, anh chỉ muốn xem lại kỷ niệm đau thương của mình và bạn bè ở trại tỵ nạn. Rồi thấy ai giống Giang, người em cũng xứ ngày xưa, cho nên anh xem thêm xem Giang có hát thêm. Nhưng cậu bé làm phim thật là tài tình lôi kéo anh xem tiếp và đọc học được nhiều điều hay lẽ phải.

[@oomma5]

This made me so incredibly sad and so grateful for my parents

[@HaLe-kr5ez]

Like. I was there from 1984 to 1987 now live in Australia. thank you very much for this video.

[@bensonbui241]

Thank you so much for sharing this information with us …………

[@mikenaylor8305]

Excellent work Kyle! Thank you for sharing this

[@bennychill7228]

Who would do these video if Kyle didnt do it,thanks Kyle,god gave you purpose like this,appreciate you,there is always room for love in your heart,get me thru some hard time right now

[@huytruong255]

Definitely your BEST Video so far!

[@happylife4258]

Thanks for your great work. They are really untold stories that I have never heard until now.

[@cucphan2363]

My dad was a refugee. Arrived on a overloaded boat. Many deaths. I'm thankful

[@christruong]

Powerful video. One of your best work yet. Amazing.

[@johnnynguyen2726]

Thanks Kyle for bringing this to light.

[@kelsannicolas927]

thank you for sharing this history of vietnam!!!

[@pete3124]

Thanks for this Kyle. Love your work!

[@aaronc4391]

Happy Birthday Kyle! Thumbs up for this Video !!! Keep up the Good Work

[@khanghoang2388]

Excellent video well done

[@celiatrn]

Thanks for documenting an important part of our history

[@kennyz1231]

Great job Kyle! I've enjoyed this video a lot. Please try to produce similar this type of video in the near future!!

[@bornlucky9564]

we lost everything and had to started over in other country. Hard time for everyone. we are a survival. :)

[@quangb9080]

My family too! I think my dad regretted leaving VN because we were fairly comfortable in VN but when the entire family finally got to the US, we were on welfare for a few years. I think that was very difficult for my dad. He moved back to VN after he retired. Our struggles made us work harder to succeed. My parents gave up most of their fortune getting the entire family to the US in many tries.

[@michaelnguyen9747]

I doNOT think that your Dad regrets it but he wished that he didNOT have to leave in the first place. He had no choice actually.

[@TheNguoibinhtha]

Thanks Kyle for the extraordinary video. I enjoyed every bit of it.

[@ongbaykhe3098]

Đã 20 Nam rồi, 1989 đen đao galang 2.đi với my father, lúc đó 10 tuổi, 1997 toi va ba cua tôi, rớt thanh lộc va ve vietnam, nay các ban lam clip này, thật sự rất nhớ tuổi thơ trên đảo

[@user-vi2hr6el1l]

I miss my hometown Gia Lai Vietnam, I lived there until I was 8 and then I migrated to the us. Still haven't been back but I will soon.

[@nancynguyen6670]

Thank you for such a beautiful and inspiring video !!!

[@kevinvo7950]

I loved the tittle brother. WE ARE GALANG. I was galang and always will. Galang 2. Right below the hospital. And I love my may No brother. May no, means they travel by them self with out family or parents. I always support them.

[@huunguyen-yo6py]

Great video refugees for the young generation in the world. Thanks for your great efforts 🙏😀

[@tuannguyen-sf5jc]

Freedom is not Free ! Thanks for your video

[@owei6520]

Excellent video!

[@Ducla09]

Thanks for the stories around the world specialy VN peoples.

[@QuanTruong7]

Amazing real life experiences. Thanks Kyle for documenting and sharing, really appreciate these types of videos :)

[@themnguyen3473]

appreciate you for making these videos brother ...

[@boyjoja]

Great document Kyle. Thanks.

[@Carbrat]

Very interesting. I never really knew much about the details. Just what friends told me.

[@deionlele4063]

i am from galang thank kyle

[@bensonbui241]

Thank You So Much and Much More Appreciated …………………