These events are now a part of contemporary history, but for those Vietnamese refugees who were scattered across the globe in Western Europe, Canada, America and Australia, the trauma of that desperate period remains engraved in their hearts.
這段近代史雖已成前事黃花，但是，對於今天散居在世界各地，包括西歐、加拿大、美國、澳洲等國家的前越南船民，卻是刻骨銘心的創痕。