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bao cấp
As the United States leaves Saigon in 1975, North and South Vietnam are united by Vietnam’s Communist party, based in the northern city of Hanoi. Although the Americans have left, other wars with Cambodia and China take center stage. To accommodate the needs of new conflicts, recover from the American war, and to encourage equality under communism, the party installs the national policy of Bao Cap, which means Subsidy Period. From 1975 to the late 1980s, the Communist party directly controls agricultural policy and the distribution of food, goods and services through rationing and subsidies. Hunger and famine are widespread and the policy ultimately fails. Today’s Vietnamese youth cannot relate to the Bao Cap era and they struggle to comprehend the lifestyle their parents endured. In this episode, we learn how the younger generation is trying to connect with the past and how the Bridge Generation finds that unnerving.
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Chien Shares Stories from Bao Cap Era
“In Vietnam we had a good tradition of humor. So, people in the countryside used to entertain, their good sense of humor. And whenever they had a break during the work shift, they would get together and tell funny stories and laugh out loud. It was a good way to forget the hardships. That's why they usually tell dirty jokes to invoke the most laugh. And dirty jokes, you would refer to sex, to all kind of dirty things that people can do. And during the hard times people still love, laugh, love, and making children.”
vu Shares Stories from Bao Cap Era
“Two times a month, when we heard the bell, it was the signal to go into action. It did not matter if we were studying or playing. We stopped and gathered our bags, one large burlap for rice, and smaller one for vegetables or meat. We rushed to find the food cart so we could be early in the queue.”
Det performs for production crew
“I write songs. I think that is something that I love most. Because I can create my own different world through the lyrics and the melodies".”
