Vietnamese Diaspora: Host Social Integration and Cultural Identity

My paper based on the result from two case studies. The first is of the Vietnamese in Cabramatta NSW Australia, 2013. The second is of Vietnamese in Philadelphia, PA, U.S. early 2014. Additional, this paper based on data from a survey of awareness and attitudes from Vietnam domestic people towards Vietnamese Diaspora that were conducted. The findings showed that: 1/ Circumstances under which that an individual or one family decided to leave their homeland to another have become more diverse and complex. 2/ Social integration is one of the main factors affecting one’s successful and failure. 3/ Integration process of Vietnamese Diaspora into host country is characterized by several dimensions that generally support each others: economic, legal, and social-cultural integration. 4/ Cross-generations differences in pursuing the cultural identity of Vietnam partly affected awareness and attitudes from Vietnam domestic people towards Vietnamese Diaspora. This research is sponsored by The Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture, and Society, College of Liberal Art, Temple University.