“The fascinating story behind why so many nail technicians are Vietnamese”

I became vaguely aware through my wife, several years ago, that a very large proportion of manicurists, even here in Utah Valley, are Vietnamese, and I wondered idly why that was the case.

Now I know:

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/05/05/tippi-hedren-vietnamese-refugees-nail-industry

Thanks to Charles Steinman for alerting me to this curious story.