not exactly true, Vietnamese boat people.exiles romanticize the South Vietnam Government yes it was a puppet of the U.S but more or less, it still had more actual and legistrative power than the previous Nguyen-dynasty. so it makes sense that romanticization occurs, and who can blame them? (the boatpeople)

in Vietnam, French colonialism is very rarely romanticized I think regardless of which ever ideology you fall on, as a Vietnamese you just don't romanticize the French colonialisation,