Friday, March 02, 2007

CrossThe Ocean

After the war ended, VietNam's economy was very terrible. Most people lived a poor life because, at that moment, the government needed money to pay Russia for the weapons they had needed in the war.


Many families worked hard, but they still didn't have enough food, clothes or even a place to live. They lived under the tight control of the communist government.


From 1978 to 1990, lots of Vietnamese people decided to escape from VietNam by crossing the ocean to find a better life in other countries. They knew, the dangers, but they didn't have any other choice.


How many of them could realize their own dream? Some of them are sleeping forever in the ocean from many causes. They coped with huge storms, pirate crews, and they even ran out of food and water.


Some were lucky to meet foreign navy ships patrolling on the ocean. They were helped by the sailors on the ships. Those sailors gave them food, water, medicine, and a safe place to sleep.


Then, after they got off the ships they had to stay in refugee camps for a while. After that, some were admitted to settle in one of the countries they had chosen.


They went through a hard and dangerous journey to get a better life, and freedom.

1 comment:

Richard Blum said...

After the war ended. VietNam's Economy was very terrible. Most people lived with a poor life, because at that moment the government need money to pay to Russia for the weapons what they owed in the war.
Many families worked hard, but they still didn't have enough food, clothes, and even a place to live. They lived in the tightly control of the communist government.
During 1978 -199o, lots VietNamese people decided to escape from VietNam by Crossing the ocean to find a better life from other countries. They knew, the dangers would happen to them anytime , but they didn't have any other choice.
how many of them could realize to get their own dream ? some of them were sleeping forever into the ocean with many causes. They coped with huge storms, pirate crews, and even out of food.
Some were lucky to meet the foreign Navy ships patroling on the ocean. And also they had been helped from the sailors on the ship. Those sailors gave them food, water, medicine, and a place to live.
Then they got to ship to the refugee camps for while. After that they admitted to settle in one of the countries where they want.
They went through a hard and dangerous journey to get a better life, and freedom.