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Thank you Blue Card Yes WW, my story is by no means unique... There's no argument Australia should limit its humanitarian intake. All I'm saying is that we can do so without demonising these people. I was one of them. I guess I've been a good Australian since being here. They too will be...

WW, I can’t speak for others but only for myself. Sorry again for this long post... We too fled Vietnam at the end of the 70s on a boat. We didn’t have the luxury to go to any neighbouring country as they were all communist, China in the North, Laos in the North West and Cambodia (then run by...

Thanks ozperp. No, I don't think you're having a go at the Vietnamese. We have our load of problems too. But behind every immigrant/refugee/boatpeople who come to our shore there's always a human story, a complex combination of tragedy and survival that could be very sad or inspiring...

I’m with you WW. The leaders in China and Vietnam are much shrewder than those in communist Eastern Europe. They won’t let happen something like the velvet revolution. They allow a seemingly free economy to draw out all the benefits of capitalism but still hold all the strings. In Vietnam...

I just happened to read this forum... Being a Vietnamese immigrant (first generation) and property investor, I thought I should give forumites a bit of background to this “Vietnamese business”. You need to understand the sheer desperation of a lot of people in Vietnam to get out of the...