Overseas Vietnamese
Overseas Vietnamese (, or ) refers to Vietnamese people who live outside Vietnam. There are approximately 5 million overseas Vietnamese, the largest community of whom live in the United States. Overseas Vietnamese make up the fifth largest Asian diaspora, after the Indian diaspora, Overseas Chinese, Overseas Filipinos and the Lebanese diaspora. The term ('Vietnamese sojourner') is used by people in Vietnam to refer to Vietnamese living outside the country and is not a term of self-identification. However, many overseas Vietnamese also use the terms ('Overseas Vietnamese') or ('free Vietnamese'). History These are some of the several categories of Overseas Vietnamese: People who left Vietnam before 1975. This population usually resides in neighboring countries, such as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and China, as well as those who settled in Korea and Japan before French colonization. During the French colonial era, many Vietnamese also migrated to France as students or workers. People who fled Vietnam in the immediate aftermath of the Vietnam War, many of them via Operation New Life and Operation Babylift, and their descendants. This is the largest Vietnamese diaspora group, found mainly in North America, Western Europe, Hong Kong, and Australasia. People who migrated legitimately from Vietnam to other parts