Life

By Martha Ann Overland | TIME

DA NANG, VIETNAM – This lonely section of the abandoned Da Nang airbase was once crawling with U.S. airmen and machines.

‘I am at fault for Mr. Doan’s death’

By Rummana Hussain | Chicago Sun-Times

Although there’s an empty chair at the Doans’ dinner table every night, a full plate of food is always placed at an altar overflowing with bouquets, candles and a picture of the family’s deceased patriarch, Du Doan.

A mathematical proof by a young Vietnamese mathematician has been honored by TIME Magazine as one of the 10 scientific discoveries of 2009.

From Thanh Nhien Daily News

By Seth Mydans | New York Times

DA NANG, VIETNAM – Cmdr. H. B. Le, the first Vietnamese-American to command a United States Navy destroyer, had just stepped ashore on a formal port call, making an emotional return to Vietnam for the first time since he fled as a young boy on a fishing boat at the end of the war in 1975.

Judge gives death sentence to coastal Alabama man who tossed 4 kids from bridge

By Garry Mitchell | Associated Press

By Vuong Tran | VietNamNet Bridge

VIETNAM – Impersonating Buddhist monks is a “hereditary occupation” in Village 5, Nghia Dong commune, Tan Ky district, in the central province of Nghe An.

By Lisa Grace Lednicer | OregonLive

PORTLAND, OREGON – A raucous reception greeted senior Linda Nguyen, 17, as she was crowned David Douglas High School’s Rose Festival princess Tuesday.

By Tay Shi’an | AsiaOne

SINGAPORE – She lies in a coma, oblivious to a three-way tussle over mounting hospital bills and her future.

By Claire Martin | Denver Post

LOVELAND, COLORADO – In 1975, at age 18, Binh Nguyen escaped from Saigon, barely avoiding the approaching North Vietnamese army.

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.