How many Vietnamese fled from Vietnam during the war?

Answer 1

Last days of the Vietnam Conflict and American Disengagement: "In the early hours of April 30, the last US Marines left the embassy as hectic Vietnamese breached the embassy perimeter and raided the place. PAVN T-54 tanks moved into Saigon. The South Vietnamese resistance was light. Tank skirmishes began as ARVN M-41 tanks attacked the heavily armored Soviet T-34 tanks. PAVN troops soon dashed to capture the US embassy, the government army garrison, the police headquarters, radio station, presidential palace, and other vital targets. The PAVN encountered greater-than expected resistance as small pockets of ARVN resistance continued. By now, the helicopter evacuations that had saved 7,000 American and Vietnamese had ended. The presidential palace was captured and the Vietcong flag waved victoriously over it. President Duong Van Minh surrendered Saigon to PAVN colonel Bui Tin. The surrender came over the radio as Minh ordered South Vietnamese forces to lay down their weapons. Columns of South Vietnamese troops came out of defensive positions and surrendered. Saigon fell on April 30, 1975. As for the Americans, many stayed in South Vietnam but by May 1, 1975 most Americans had fled, leaving the city of Saigon forever." Aftermath in Indochina following the Conflict: "Fear of persecution caused many highly skilled and educated South Vietnamese connected with the former regime to flee the country during the fall of Saigon and the years following, severely depleting human capital in Vietnam. The new government promptly sent people connected to the South Vietnam regime to concentration camps for "re-education", often for years at a time. Others were sent to so-called "new economic zones" to develop the undeveloped land. Furthermore, the victorious Communist government implemented land reforms in the south similar to those implemented in North Vietnam earlier. However, it is as well to remember that large areas of land in South Vietnam had already been appropriated by the communists well before the end of the war

Answer 2

No one knows the exact number of people that fled; because many may not have survived. For the survivors, figures show that over 1 million successfully reached lands away from the collapsed nation of South Vietnam.

Answer 3

Communist slaughter.

No... refugees fled before, during, and after the war. It was because they did not want to live under communist rule, doesn't mean they were being killed. If they were slaughtered vietnam's population would be small

Answer 4

South Viet military personnel flew their families and themselves out to US Navy aircraft carriers and ditched their aircraft near US Navy vessels; then they were picked up by USN personnel. Some South Viet aircraft landed upon the USN carriers; when there wasn't room for other aircraft coming in to land, the aircraft (predominently helicopters) were shoved over-board into the sea. ONE famous aircraft to land on a US Carrier (possibly the USS Midway, preserved today in California as a memorial museum) was a fixed-wing former US Army 0-1 Bird Dog. This was the first time in aviation history that an army fixed wing single engine reconnaissance (Bird Dog) airplane landed on a carriers decks. The 0-1 Bird Dog was the US Army's FIRST all metal airplane built for the US Army since the US Air Force separated from the Army in 1947. The US Army adapted the Bird Dog in 1950. The "Dog" fought it's first war in Korea, it's second and last war in Vietnam. The Bird Dog that landed on the carrier in '75 has been preserved in a museum in the US.

Answer 5

Many of the refugees were afraid of reprisals from North Vietnam for helping Americans. Others wanted a better life than they would have in Vietnam.