Fun (-ish) story, both my parents are migrants/refugees from southern Vietnam born during the war (dad was born in 1957, mom 1968). After the war ended, my dad took a boat over to Canada to leave the communist regime but returned years later and met my mom in Vietnam, where they got married and my mom was able to move to Canada because of that marriage.
Went to a south Vietnamese festival over at Saigon park in Mississauga with my dad (and dog) last weekend, lots of south Vietnamese flags (yellow with red stripes instead of the northern and current red with a yellow star flag). Ate some food, read a bit about Saigon (now renamed Ho chi min city), and just had a good time.
