• Autor: Teresa Halik
• Wydawnictwo: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
• Rok wydania: 2007
• Kategoria: Filozofia i socjologia
• Seria: Badania Interdyscyplinarne

• ISBN: 83-232-1688-6
• Ilość stron: 202
• Format: 17 x 24
• Oprawa: broszura

The presence of the Vietnamese in Poland has become a fact.. According to the estimated data, between 20.000 and 30.000 people from Vietnam stay in Poland. CQ Ilsidering the inf1ux of the Vietnamese to Poland, two main waves are distinguished: first, from the period of the war in Vietnam; second, after 1990. Today migrants from both waves have mixed together, and from the point of view of an outside observer, they became an integrated group. In general, it is believed that the Vietnamese migration that reached Poland after 1990 has economic character l. Most of them declare their "good feeling" about Polish cultural sphere, they send their children to Polish schools, many of them want to learn Polish and those who stay in Poland for few years, try to read Polish newspapers, watch TV etc. Usually they settle in big urban centers. The sphere of their economic activity is mostly trading - often retaii trade, at the bazaars and gastronomy - bars with Asian food and Vietnamese restaurants. They form an internally very well-organized group - they publish some periodicals in Vietnamese, they organize common events on the occasions of Vietnamese and Polish holidays. Among them is a group of practicing- Catholics. It should be said that two different images of the Vietnamese exist. First is the stereotype functioning within the Polish society - the image of Vietnamese of the '60ties and '70ties diligent, polite, hard working, patriot l supplemented with the images of a market stall merchant, fast food bar or restaurant owner, with a cellular phone enterprising, dynamic, resourceful. The radically different, one is the image appearing from the perspective of the State administration representatives. Vietnamese migrants are perceived as a tight, hermetic group that does not allow much information to leak outside. They are also known for mastering tax avoiding schemes, illegal employment, fictitious registration addresses, smuggling goods, speculation and trading on a black market. Between Poland and Vietnam functions a visa treaty. The politic of issuing entry visas to Poland is very restrictive and aims at reducing the inf1ux of Vietnamese citizens. In spite of this restrictive politic, according to the data of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, the number of Vietnamese coming to Poland is increasing. In conclusion, we may say that the Vietnamese are not only a stable element of ethnic landscape of Poland, but also present one of the major and inertly better-organized communities of immigrants aiming at staying in Poland.