After Liberation Day, rural areas designated for forcibly-displaced Southern Vietnamese people (especially American sympathizers, or “ngụy”) to work in poor conditions, far away from the rest of society. Bố is nearly sent to a New Economic Zone after he is fired from his teaching job.
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Chapter 7: Heroes and Losers
Bố gets fired and nearly sent to a “ New Economic Zone ”—a place “to do hard labor in rural isolation.” The government changes the currency, wiping...
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