Vietnamese Graduate International Student Repatriates: Reverse Adjustment

The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of Vietnamese
international students who have returned to Vietnam after graduation from
a U.S. higher education institution. The findings suggest that participants
found it harder to readjust to Vietnam than to adjust to the U.S. even though
they had lived most of their lives in Vietnam. Time in the U.S. had changed
them considerably, making it difficult for them to fit back into their old lives
in Vietnam. Most of them did not expect to experience reserve culture shock,
and most had made real efforts to fit back into the Vietnamese environment
and culture.