When South Vietnam collapsed in 1975, some 130,000 Vietnamese fled to the U.S. By 2000, a quarter century later, Vietnamese immigrants: Question 11 options: averaged incomes above the national average. had been systematically denied admission to colleges and universities on the West Coast. organized unions in the garment and computer industries. had failed to take advantage of opportunities in the expanding U.S. economy in the 1980s and 1990s