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  • Krystle Nguyen, Rene Nguyen, Bao Le-Huu. Photo: Catherine Welch
    The Young Ones: Vietnamese Youth Redefine Their Community
    Catherine Welch
    Forty years ago was the fall of Saigon, marking an end to the Vietnam War. Soon after Central Florida quickly became a magnet for the wave of Vietnamese refugees, creating the state’s largest Vietnamese community. Now as that generation gets older, their children are starting to redefine what it means to be part of Orlando’s Vietnamese community.