Vietnam once had its own large group of overseas Chinese who held sway over the lifeblood of its economy. Since the establishment of communism in 1975, however, if these people did not take to the seas and become boat people, their progress was rudely halted as they were sent down to the countryside to suffer reform-through-labor.
其實越南原有一批為數眾多，掌握了當地經濟命脈的華僑，但自從一九七五年越南實施共產主義，他們不是淪為海上難民，就是在下放勞改的命運中，發展受挫。