Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Hoi An, Vietnam nye nne na nna bụ ndị prọfesọ asụsụ, Duong na ezinụlọ ya gbapụrụ na
Ndị Kọmunist nọchibidoro Saigon n'ụgbọelu na-ebu ibu nke ndị Amerịka ụbọchị atọ tupu ọdịda nke Republic of (South) Vietnam. Mgbe ahụ, ọ dị afọ iri na isii na-achọ ịgụsị akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, na Machị 1975 ọ ka meriri South Vietnam's Presidential Honor Prize in Literature, na a na-atụ anya ka a họpụta ya dị ka National Valedictorian site na Ministry of Education maka GPA ya zuru oke na ọkwa mba.