A renewal of refugees who were previously allied with the United States during the Vietnam conflict are permitted to leave Socialist Vietnam and enter the US under the new Humanitarian Resettlement program, signed in Hanoi on November 15, 2005. Article written by Dr. Nguyen D. Thang, Executive Director of Boat People SOS, an organization of assistance to refugees on the high seas, in concentration camps, and--most recently--victims of disaster in the floods of September, 2005, in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas.   more »