Legislation passed last year allows Viet Kieu to purchase property in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Like many young Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) returning to Vietnam for the first time, he is disoriented.

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Perhaps more important is easing regulations on the cash sent from Viet Kieu to relatives back home.

CNN: Stops and Starts

The cast includes Kieu Chinh, Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lauren Tom, Lisa Lu, Rosalind Chao, and Andrew McCarthy.

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Kieu said she did not want to go, but had to.

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"There has been a general sense of distrust in Vietnam of all of us who left, but it's improving, " says one Viet Kieu.

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Returnees, or Viet Kieu, relate a litany of grievances.

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