After reading chapter 1, I realized how little I knew about Vietnamese culture and history. Chapter 1 introduces 2 theories as to why many Vietnamese people immigrated to other countries. One reason was because of the Cold War, and another was because Vietnam may be a second or even a third-world country. Before the chapter got into detail about the reasons of immigration, there was a brief historical summary that set the stage and explained a little about why Vietnam became involved in the Cold War In the beginning of the Vietnamese civilization, there was heavy influence from China, mainly as a result of china's invasion over the country. First, there was a Legendary period (2879-258) from which a number of kings ruled the dynasty.…
