overseas Vietnamese

Overseas Vietnamese (Vietnamese: Việt Kiều, a Sino-Vietnamese word literally translating to "Vietnamese sojourner"), refers to communities of Vietnamese living outside Vietnam in a diaspora. The term is usually used in Vietnam to refer to Vietnamese Americans from the United States and Vietnamese Europeans, either those who were born outside Vietnam, or fled as refugees after the unification of the country under the North Vietnamese in 1975. The term is often used towards members of the Vietnamese diaspora who return to Vietnam for visits or business. The term has been in use long prior to 1975. Of the about 3 million overseas Vietnamese, about 300,000 left before 1975 (mainly to neighboring countries and France). Outside of Vietnam, this term is rejected. The group is self-identified as Người Việt Hải Ngoại (Overseas Vietnamese) or occasionally Người Việt Tự Do (Free Vietnamese).
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