week 9- Vivianne Lee

Vietnam and its connections to it’s temporary diaspora have persisted through its technological advances in travel, communications and growing interconnections in finance and culture. Cold War politics and changes experienced during globalization have created interconnections among Viet Nam, Vietnamese diaspora and the United States that have re-made the country. Despite its restrictions on travel and communication the Vietnamese managed to establish and maintain connection with Viet Nam through political, technological and cultural means. Internet responses and organizing a virtual community is key in maintaining this national aesthetic. As this virtual community can organize political movements thus furthering technological advances. Through the work of American expatriates and overseas Vietnamese introducing and promoting information communication technology in Viet Nam, thousands of Vietnamese are able to express themselves and promote socio political change (Valverde, page 24). This even fostered areas of communication where none had existed. A goal of subscribers was to create change in Viet Nam through civil discourse and the propagation of information as the internet grew. The Vietnamese diasporic community’s transnational connections evolved largely from community members strong desire to connect with people in their homeland. Diasporic communities stir the imaginations of people at home and transform people’s views of their nation and their world. 

Works Cited:
“Vietnam Boasts 30.8 Million Internet Users.” VOV - VOV Online Newspaper, 20 Oct. 2012, english.vov.vn/society/vietnam-boasts-308-million-internet-users-244627.vov.
Valverde, Kieu-Linh Caroline. Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community, Culture, and Politics in the Diaspora. Temple University Press, 2013.