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Vietnamese people in Israel are non-Jewish Israeli citizens, Some of them are foreign workers. The refugees were flown to Israel from Taiwan, destination ship, received asylum in Ofakim, some migrated over the years and some were absorbed in Israel.

Vietnamese refugees in Israel
In 1977, an Israeli cargo ship nearing Japan spotted a leaking boat crammed with 66 Vietnamese men, women and children. They were among hundreds of thousands of "boat people" fleeing their war-ravaged country following the end of the Vietnam War.

The Israeli ship picked up the passengers and took them to Israel. There, Prime Minister Menachem Begin authorized their permanent admission to Israel, comparing their plight to that of European Jewish refugees seeking a haven in the 1930s. Subsequently, hundreds of additional Vietnamese refugees were taken in by Israel.