This implies the quantity of Vietnamese-claimed organizations had expanded by around 415 percent since 1982. Of these organizations, 46 percent (11,855 firms) were in California and a little more than one-fifth of these organizations (5,443) were in Texas. This astounding development in business proprietorship
among Vietnamese Americans seems to have proceeded into the 1990s, recommending that they are adjusting admirably to the U.S. economy. (Bankston, Carl L."Vietnamese Americans." Countries and Their Cultures. (-- removed HTML --) . Fri. 16 Mar 2018.) An example is when Linda and her family moved to California. Linda's family normally lived on a farm. Her father died in the Vietnam War when she was 10. After the father died, the mother was having a hard time taking care of her children. Linda got married when she was 17 also having two daughters before coming to America. At first, they came to Thailand by boat, which was hard due to no food or drinks. All they did was give people urine. Until they met another boat, which had food. Linda's thought they were free for a moment until they took their things precious to them