When Does The WAR End For Us?

On the 50th anniversary of April 30, 1975 — the official end of the Vietnam War — I sat in silence at home and thought about what a few of us have been thinking for a long time: it’s time to think about the next 50 years of what the Vietnamese all over the world can do together.

Not to forget, not to erase, but to release. We’ve all carried the weight of this war for five decades — across time, oceans, generations, and identities. In this moment, I'm asking for a new space.

A new way of seeing community not built on grief or guilt, but on creativity, possibility, and dialogue. We should always honor the shadow of the past but start imagining a future that’s finally ours to show the world.