Viet Ville was a housing complex built in 1997 to house Vietnamese refugees after the refugee camp in Palawan closed. In 2005, a film crew led by filmmaker Duc Nguyen came to the Philippines and made a visit to Vietville. During this time many of the Vietnamese stateless people in the Philippines were being processed to be resettled in the United States or other countries. Shortly after our visit the majority of the residents left Vietville for the West.
The Stateless Vietnamese community in the Philippines celebrated Buddha's birthday in Manila in 2005 with a ceremony and entertainment.
A video montage of Stateless Vietnamese Trong Nguyen in the Philippines with the music of Trinh Cong Son, performed by Tinh Mahoney.