I n 1978, the small Malaysian island of Pulau Bidong officially opened as a camp housing over 100 Vietnamese refugees after the Vietnam War. By 1979, some 40,000 refugees were staying on the tiny ...
KUALA TERENGGANU: Pulau Bidong, once home to a Vietnamese refugee camp, will be turned into a maritime research centre by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT).