Special Lecture Event: Finding the Virgo

Following the US withdrawl from Vietnam, 7-year-old Lauren Vuong and her family faced perilous seas to escape communist persecution. Her harrowing journey aboard a small boat led to a near-death experience at sea and miraculous rescue by American-flagged LNG carrier, the SS LNG Virgo, that forever shaped her life and values.

Settled in America, Vuong embarked on a decades-long search for the captain and crew of the SS LNG Virgo. Finding the Virgo, a multiple award-winning documentary film, recounts this poignant journey.

Please join Houston Maritime Center & Museum for a special screening of Finding the Virgo with survivor and film producer Ms. Lauren Vuong and her unique personal commentary on this gripping story.

About the Speaker

Lauren Vuong immigrated to the United States with her family in 1980. They were refugees popularly known as “The Boat People.” Lauren attended the University of California at Berkeley and earned her bachelor’s degree in English Literature. She achieved her Juris Doctorate from the University of San Francisco in 1999 and remains a practicing attorney. Lauren lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.