Yes!
But then I get along with everyone.
I live here near ‘Little Saigon’.
One of my very few ‘friends’ in USA is a Vietnamese, Vinh. We now work in separate companies.
Last time I met him, his wife told me something like I am his ‘only friend in USA’, lol welcome to Individualistic society of America. I am trying to meet him again as I need to pay his 20 $ back.
I work and worked with so many Vietnamese.
Nguyen is Ofcourse the most famous Surname but Hyunh, Tran and Le are also other surnames.
They are mostly in the age range 30–60, so everyone speaks Vietnamese and I hear that language a lot.
Just few weeks back I went with them to a Vietnamese Pho place and liked it. I ate the Vietnamese Fried Rice too. Few times we got authentic Vietnamese food but that was too much for me, lol as I am not a huge meat eater, the Duck was something very new.
I have had many Vietnamese Sandwiches though and Lee’s Sandwiches are famous stores here.
One time I went to a Vietnamese exclusive Party, they seemed to like their Alcohol a lot(Just like my Punjabi people), also both Men and Women liked to wear Gold jewelry and expensive watches!, Ofcourse not all but that was a feature, at-least at the party.
The Men like to smoke also, coming to work little earlier and smoking/talking in a Group.
Vietnamese Coffee is pretty strong and Coffee Shops are famous among Men.
Westminster and Garden Grove here have extensive Vietnamese Population.
I think there are 3 Dialects North,Central and South. Historically the Language used Chinese derived script but today it uses a Latin Derived Script with lots of diacritics as the language is very Tonal in nature.
Christianity, Buddhism and Caodaism are the main Religions but some know about some Hindu cultures also like Champa, and Shiva Linga.
Beauty of Southern California is that you can meet people of all Races,Ethnicities and Nationalities within a small amount of area.
Ofcourse, most of us today are ‘Americans’.