February 2009

By Jessie Mangaliman | San Jose Mercury News

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – As a young college student studying Oriental philosophy in Saigon during the early part of the Vietnam War, Vuong Nguyen was hired by the American military to be a radio news writer and reader.

By Susan Abram | LA Daily News

OAK PARK, CALIFORNIA – She has been here before.

Award-winning architect Vo Trong Nghia, creator of the unique bamboo structure Wind and Water Café, on using environment-friendly materials in modern structures.

By Thu Ha | Vietnews Online

Taking children to a developing country takes planning, but is rewarding.

By Cathryn J. Prince  | The Christian Science Monitor

By Larry Ward | Ahwatukee Foothills News

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – This is Andy Nguyen’s last season on a high school tennis court, and with the exception of Mountain Pointe, there aren’t any programs in the state of Arizona sorry about that.

By Thuy Hang | Vietnews Online

SOUTH KOREA – A 26-year-old Vietnamese wife who lost custody of the children she bore to her South Korean husband has become the latest “desperate housewife” case to stir public opinion in Vietnam and South Korea.

By Steve Barnes | Times Union

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Tootling along Central Avenue the other week, I nearly rear-ended a bus when a 2-pound striped bass flopped into my lap.

By Robert Walch | Salinas Californian

DEL REY OAKS, CALIFORNIA – Speaking on behalf of her co-manager and sister-in-law, Cindy Lou Nguyen, Tammie Nguyen says their new nail salon, Stone Creek Nails, is entirely a family business.

By Veronika Belenkaya | New York Daily News

Vietnam war veterans protest outside of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre against Jane Fonda for her views on the Vietnam War.

From Goal.com

VIETNAM – American-Vietnamese star Lee Nguyen has already had a big impact in Vietnam after scoring a hat-trick in his first official match for Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL).