In late 1950s my maternal grandparents, who were cooks and domestic workers, left Vietnam to follow their employers, French government personnel, and relocated to a military base in Seno, Laos. In this small village southwest of Laos, a community of Vietnamese developed around the economy of the military camp. It was where my parents met, and I was born. When the base closed down in 1966, my family moved to Vientiane. We left for the United States in July 1975.
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