A Taste of Texas
A Report on Vietnamese Texans
Map/ Push Factors
TEXAS MAP AND PULL FACTORS
CULTURE
LANGUAGE
The language is very precise with different accent marks. You might accidentally call your mother a horse!
FOOD
These are Vietnamese chicken salad rolls. They taste delicious!
ARTS
This is a traditional dance in Vietnam.
IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS
DAT NGUYEN
BETTY NGUYEN
DID YOU KNOW.....
Approximately 40% of all Vietnamese, or more than 30 million people, share the same family name, Nguyen.
Hanoi has become the capital of Vietnamese kingdom as early as 1000 years ago. The city had at least five different names throughout its history. The current name was officially recognized only in the middle of 19th century.
Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon, with a population of nearly 10 million people, is not only the largest city in Vietnam, but also the largest in Indochina, and third largest city, after Jakarta and Manila, in South-East Asia.
Houston is the city with the 4th largest Vietnamese population in America. It has 34,838 Vietnamese people. (as of the 2010 census)
ANALYSES
INFORMATION
GT Texas History
Period 4
Vietnam
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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"Gone To Texas - Immigration of Cultures." Www.texancultures.edu. Institute of Texan Cultures, 1
Feb. 2003. Web. Fall 2012.
"VIETNAMESE." VON DER MEHDEN, FRED R. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2013
<http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/pjv01>.
"Did You Know? - Interesting Facts about Vietnam." Vietnam Good Travel Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. <http://vietnamgoodtravelguide.com/vietnam-interesting-facts.html>.
"Help the Hungry - About Us." Help the Hungry. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013. <http://www.help-the-hungry.org/aboutus.php>.