Vietnamese community reacts after South Vietnam flag flies at violent Capitol riot Isabelle Taft, The Sun Herald
Jan. 15 Growing up in Biloxi, Sean Nguyen learned that the yellow- and red-striped flag of South Vietnam represented much more than the country his family had left. What I was taught is, that flag represents everything that we fought for, he said. And kind of coming to America to live in a democracy, in a way.
Last week, Nguyen saw the flag among the Trump banners, Gadsden flags, stars and stripes and Confederate battle flags in the crowd at the U.S. Capitol. (There were also several other national flags, including for Israel, Cuba, South Korea and Canada.) It wasn t really a surprise, he said: many Vietnamese Americans, especially older people, strongly support the president.