Businesses Pledge 1,975 Meals to Mark Anniversary of First Vietnamese Refugees in US

Vietnamese Americans collaborate in Orange County, Calif., on April 30, 2020, as part of the effort to prepare 1,975 meals for frontline workers fighting COVID-19 and commemorate the 45th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Courtesy of Nailing It For America

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—A group of Vietnamese Americans in Southern California are giving back to the community that welcomed them home 45 years ago.

Restaurants, businesses, and organizations collaborated to donate meals and equipment to frontline workers fighting the CCP virus (Chinese Communist Party virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus).