Vietnamese diasporic relations affectOCoand are directly affected byOCoevents in Viet Nam. In "Transnationalizing Viet Nam," Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde explores these connections, providing a nuanced understanding of this globalized community. Valverde draws on 250 interviews and almost two decades of research to show the complex relationship between Vietnamese in the diaspora and those back at the homeland.In the series "Asian American History and Culture, "edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh VA