After the Vietnamese War ended on April 30, 1975, North Vietnam completely occupied South Vietnam and changed the socio-economic and political systems of the south into the socialist-communist system. Thus, it was a driving force for southerners to emigrate in large numbers. This was particularly so among Chinese Vietnamese who bore a serious effect from the state economic policy. Later migration revealed that many were economic migrants who wanted to have better lives in the West. The reason for the boat people to migrate to Thailand by sea was that the two countries have no land border. The Thai government provided the refugees temporary shelters during the wait for repatriation. Cabinet resolutions were issued to deal with changing refugee situations. When the numbers of refugees became overwhelming, the government asked for help from international communities and the government had the policy not to grant refugees permanent residence status. The UNHCR responded to the Thai government’s demands by collaborating with international communities to help the Thai government in two ways: deportation to their homeland and resettlement in a third country. The last batch of the refugees was resettled in 1996, ending the problem of Vietnamese boat people in Thailand.