to pursue even bigger dreams, su moved to ho chi minh city in 2000. a blue-collar neighborhood of the city. he says he likes it there because it reminds him of where he grew up. he has lived here for 16 years. the one room apartment is almost -- >> translator: it's just me so this is convenient. i don't need much else. >> he spent every moment thinking about how to make vietnamese women appear more beautiful. a 13-year-old girl and her mother pay su a call. she dreams of becoming a fashion model. still, su tells her to make her studies a priority. he wants her to understand that modeling is more than just exterior beauty. it's also about refining one self through education. ♪ su visits a manufacturer's showroom. the company's manufacturer sells party gowns and wedding dresses. thanks to su, their sales have been growing annually by nearly 20%. the company launches new designs on a three-month cycle so this upcoming round wants to hold an event. su proposes doing a fashion show in order to take full advantage of the showroom >> translator: we've worked

to pursue even bigger dreams, su moved to ho chi minh city in 2000. a blue-collar neighborhood of the city. he says he likes it there because it reminds him of where he grew up. he has lived here for 16 years. the one room apartment is almost -- >> translator: it's just me so this is convenient. i don't need much else. >> he spent every moment thinking about how to make vietnamese women appear more beautiful. a 13-year-old girl and her mother pay su a call. she dreams of becoming a fashion model. still, su tells her to make her studies a priority. he wants her to understand that modeling is more than just exterior beauty. it's also about refining one self through education. ♪ su visits a manufacturer's showroom. the company's manufacturer sells party gowns and wedding dresses. thanks to su, their sales have been growing annually by nearly 20%. the company launches new designs on a three-month cycle so this upcoming round wants to hold an event. su proposes doing a fashion show in order to take full advantage of the showroom >> translator: we've worked

[laughter] plane, in ho chi minh city, but for me, it will always be saigon, but i felt like a giant. and i had an american passport. and a $20 bill, that was the way the government worked. it was $20 to get through if you ex-pat goingan -- through. it was great to see the friends, the kids, some of my cousins, the people who take -- took care of us when we were small. the aftermath of the war and the communists knew how to fight, but they did not know how to run a peace time economy. it was almost depressing to go to saigon and see the way people were living compared to how we were living in southern california. >> you mention it in your introduction the millions of refugees who came to the united states, and 500,000 had served in the vietnamese military. is there a feeling of u.s. betrayal among those refugees who are veterans of the vietnamese military? mr. pham: i think it depends. it depends what year you were in the country, what unit, what service, and the same with the vietnamese veterans. some got out during the fall of saigon. one of the officers went to long-term reeducatio