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#美国多样化#– 散居社区：越南社区。2016年对越南裔美国社群来说是重要的一年，因为历史上第一名越南裔美国妇女斯蒂芬妮·墨菲（Stephanie Murphy）当选为众议院议员。

墨菲像许多到美国的越南移民一样，于1979年在她还是一个小孩时作为战争难民来到美国。她是她的家庭中第一个读大学的人，她成为了一名商业学教授并在国防部中担任国家安全专家。

墨菲将代表佛罗里达州的第七个国会区，那一地区居住着许多越南裔美国人。在加利福尼亚州、德克萨斯州、华盛顿州和弗吉尼亚州也有大量越南裔美国人。

到美国的越南移民与越南战争密切相关，那时大部分的第一代越南人于1978年至1996年之间来到美国。在移民社区中有180万越南裔美国人。

越南移民是如何为他们的新国家做贡献的？要了解更多关于斯蒂芬妮·墨菲，请看（英文）：https://stephaniemurphy.house.gov/

#AmericanDiversity – Diaspora: Vietnamese Communities

2016 was a big year for the Vietnamese American community with the election of the first ever Vietnamese-American woman, Stephanie Murphy, to the House of Representatives. 

Like many Vietnamese immigrants to America, Murphy moved to the United States as a young child in 1979 as a war refugee. She was the first in her family to attend college and became a professor of business and worked as a national security specialist for the Department of Defense. 

Murphy will represent the 7th congressional district in Florida, where many Vietnamese Americans reside. There are also large populations of Vietnamese Americans in California, Texas, Washington, and Virginia. 

Vietnamese migration to the United States was closely linked to the Vietnam War, with large portion of first generation Vietnamese arriving between 1978 and 1996. There are 1.8 million Vietnamese Americans in the diaspora community.  

How have Vietnamese immigrants contributed to their new country?  To learn more about Stephanie Murphy, see (eng): https://stephaniemurphy.house.gov/