Personal Narrative: My Vietnamese Parents In Canada

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Both of my parents are Vietnamese but I was born here in Canada at Trillium Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario. Yes, I am proud to be a Canadian. Since my parents are Vietnamese, I can speak fluent English and Vietnamese. I can understand Vietnamese a lot better than I can speak it. Although I grew up here in Canada, I was taught by the old tradition ways of my strict Vietnamese parents. Learning their culture and customs made me realize how different people can be. For example, the Vietnamese also celebrate Chinese new years on a grand scale in comparison to our basic new years which occurs at midnight of December 31. They celebrate Chinese new years somewhere between January 21 to February 20 (every year is different) which everything is closed