Loc Vu, the architect of San Jose’s Viet Museum and Little Saigon pioneer, died Saturday at the age of 92.
After months in hospice care in Cupertino, Vu spent his final moments surrounded by family and community members whose histories were indelibly marked by the former South Vietnamese military leader-turned-refugee. The husband, father and grandfather helped resettle more than 20,000 South Asian immigrants in Northern California after the Vietnam War.
After founding San Jose’s nonprofit Immigrant Resettlement and Cultural Center in 1980, Vu helped provide English classes, job training, housing assistance and immigration and citizenship support for refugees rebuilding their lives upon perilous escapes from Vietnam. Under his leadership, the center fostered cultural and civic events, such as the community Tết festivals…