CA ACR138

Proclaims April 23-30, 2012, as Black April Memorial Week to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975, and honor lives lost during the conflict.

Recognizes April 2012 as Vietnamese American Month to celebrate the contributions and achievements of the Vietnamese American community in California.

Documents Vietnamese refugee waves following the Fall of Saigon, including 135,000 evacuees in the first wave and approximately 800,000 "boat people" from 1977 through the mid-1980s, with an estimated 300,000 Vietnamese deaths at sea during escape attempts.

Highlights Vietnamese American economic and social achievements, including over 1.5 million Vietnamese Americans identified in the 2010 Census, 581,986 living in California, 68,812 Vietnamese businesses with $13.4 billion in receipts, and significant populations in Orange County and San Jose.

Acknowledges the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom flag as a symbol of resilience and democracy established in 1948, with support from California governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edmund G. Brown Jr. through Executive Order S-14-06.