Nguyen Van Hung Oral History

Nguyen Van Hung (Peter) was born in 1958 and left Vietnam as a "boat person" in 1979. He first settled in Japan before going to Taiwan in 1988 as a missionary and then to Australia to attend seminary and to be ordained as a Catholic priest. He has been recognized by the United States State Department for his human rights efforts in Taiwan, including his assistance to Vietnamese immigrants and for the exposure of abuses against foreign laborers and brides.

This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. http://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. The interviewee has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials and it is being made available for non-profit educational use.