I don’t remember when we left Vietnam exactly, but seems to be from 1984 to 1986, since I remember we got the USA in San Jose back in 1987 then encountered the big California Earthquake back in 1989.
My father and I and 11 other relatives left Vietnam on a rainy cold night about 10PM to a small family fishing boat, battling the bad weather for 13 days nights. We got rescued by an oil rig ship brought us to Malaysia refugee camp.
Trần Quốc Thông was born on July 9th 1976, about 10PM or so.
In Vietnam, Việt Nam, Huyện Gò Công Tây, Tỉnh Tiền Giang, Ấp Tân Hương, Xả Tân Thới. Basically a country side of Vietnam, outside of Saigon HCMC (Ho Chi Minh City). From a peasant family, my dad was the youngest and mom was also the youngest. 1976 was the first year after the Fall of Saigon back in 1975. Most if not everyone was suffering live with what they have after the war.