From 1975: About 50 Vietnamese refugees were about to arrive in Spokane for “the gradual process of resettlement” in Eastern Washington. They were on a flight from Camp Pendleton in California to the ...
Calls flooded Vietnamese community leader Tri Trang’s phone on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 24, as word spread that federal ...
Thousands of Vietnamese refugees fled Vietnam 50 years ago, after the war ended, with many ending up in Southern California. For one family, miến gà — a beloved Vietnamese chicken and glass noodle ...
DES MOINES, Iowa—As he floated through the Gulf of Thailand on a tiny, flimsy river boat holding 135 people, Vinh Nguyen was focused on staying alive. He was one of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese ...
A few years ago, Van Ta Park’s brother was killed on a morning jog by a driver who ran a red light. When the time came, her father could not bring himself to board the boat taking the family to ...
In 1989, Kristine Nguyen had freshly immigrated to San Francisco after living in a refugee camp in Thailand. “I came here with my little brother from escaping from Vietnam by boat,” Kristine said, ...
Dai Le fled war-torn Vietnam at the age of seven, whisked away on a boat with her mother and two siblings, leaving behind a ...