they had no idea what to do and the very poor couldnt afford plane tickets so they would kill themselves. Many of them ran away to North Korea or China. Those who ran away by boat were often in overcrowded and leaking boats.
Answer: At the final moments, and the subsequent end, of the Vietnam War, the South Vietnamese tried to flee Vietnam and get asylum in neighboring countries and the US (the North Vietnamese forces had won the conflict).
They've faced many problems when fleeing the country due to many reasons, including the local climate, diseases, and the region's geography. Many perished trying to scape, while others died due to ambushes and traps made by the North (during and after the war to attack American soldiers or traitors/opponents of the North Vietnamese regime).
