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World Service,03 Dec 2013,9 mins

Vietnamese Boat People

Witness History

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In the late 1970s, after the end of the Vietnam War, over a million people fled the country on small overcrowded boats. Hear the story of just one Vietnamese boat person: Nguyen Ngoc Ngan. Photo: Cor/AFP/Getty Images.

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