By the middle of the 1970s, more than a decade of conflict in Vietnam had finally come to an end. After the American military had withdrawn, the Communist forces of North Vietnam occupied the entire country, forcing large numbers of Vietnamese, many of Chinese descent, to hastily escape Vietnam by boat. The mass maritime exodus made headlines all over the world.
1970 年代末，歷時十多年的越戰落幕，美軍撒守後，北越共產政權佔領越南，大量的越南人，其中多數是華裔，倉促地浮海去國，造成當時震撼全球的海上難民潮。