Born and raised in the Czech Republic, Linh-Chi has only visited her father’s hometown in Vietnam three times but feels deeply connected to her cultural heritage. “I’m a hundred percent Vietnamese,” she states. “Vietnamese is my mother tongue. There’s no reason for me to identify as a Czech. I may have a Czech education, but that’s just the environment I grew up in. My blood is Vietnamese.”
Go Big or Go Home: Vietnamese in CZ
“My generation came to the Czech Republic only because of money” Dai says. “If they say they want to learn new things and expand their minds, they are lying.”