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Agent Orange catching up to Vietnam veterans decades later

March 5, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Don Wilkins Owensboro Messenger Inquirer OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Snow fell outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 696 as its members held their monthly meeting Feb. 9. Although attendance was down, most of those present were Vietnam veterans receiving some percentage of disability benefits from their exposure to Agent Orange — a herbicide […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Agent Orange Act, Air Force, Army Huey, Beth Lamb, Billy Milan, Cedar Hills, DAV, Disabled American Veterans, Engineer Battalion, Infantry Divisions, John Yates, Larry Westerfield, Lou Drawdy, North Vietnamese Army, Operation Ranch Hand, Owensboro Messenger Inquirer, Ross Jewell, Sharon Westerfield, Special Forces, Terry Stinson, Third Marine Division, VA, Viet Cong, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11

BLOG: Adventures in Cambodia — Six reasons why you should visit Cambodia (Part 1)

December 10, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “Why go to a backward country?” my friends reacted when they heard that my husband and I were going to Cambodia. “Are you crazy going alone and not with a tour?” another asked. Why people think Cambodia is not a safe country puzzles me. It could have to do […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Cambodia Part, China, Chinese, England, HK, Killing Fields, King Norodom Sihanouk, Paris, Phnom Penh, Publisher's Blog, Seattle, Siem Reap, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Cong, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

“Stop this band, stop this show, Viet Cong has got to go.”

October 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nodyia Fedrick Northwest Asian Weekly These words chanted by dozens, filled the air Friday night during the protest against Canadian-punk band Viet Cong who performed at Neumos in Seattle. “This is a band named after a communist regime that raped and tortured people,” said Tony Vo, one of the protest’s organizers who wanted the […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Nodyia Fedrick, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Tony Vo, Viet Cong, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30

EDITORIAL: Viet Cong? Really? — Band name causes controversy

October 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Viet Cong. That is the name of the band that will be performing Oct. 16 at Neumos in Seattle. The art-rock /post-punk band’s name refers to the military force that fought the south Vietnamese government and the US during the Vietnam war, infamous for atrocities against both Vietnamese and Americans. It is a name that […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, Canada, Gei Chan, Mike Wallace, PM, Seattle, US, Viet Cong, Vietnamese American, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23

SE Asian intrigue — Selections to cover those extra summer hours

July 3, 2015 By Samantha Pak

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Singapore Noir Edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Akashic Books, 2014 For many people, when they think of Singapore, a few words and phrases may come to mind: caning, chewing gum, no littering, fines, and new-money wealth. But as clean as people think the streets may be, there is more […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Akashic Books, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Down Syndrome, Lao Communist Party, Laos, Los Angeles, North Vietnamese, Northwest Asian Weekly, Siri Paiboun, Soho Press, South Vietnamese, United States, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10

One woman’s journey from Vietnam to US

March 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Polly Keary The Monroe Monitor She wanted her son to know.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, China Harbor, Cu Chi, Julie Alexander, Julie Loan Ky Alexander, Monroe Post Office, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rick Alexander, San Francisco, Seattle, Shoreline Community College, US, United States, Viet Cong, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 13 | March 22 - March 28

Vietnam general who shaped war dies at 102

October 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Margie Mason and Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the commander who led the outgunned Vietnamese to victory first over the French and then the Americans, died Oct 4. The last of the country’s old-guard revolutionaries was 102.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Born Aug, Dien Bien Phu, Historian Stanley Karnow, Ho Chi Minh, Independence Palace, Indochinese Communist Party, Quang Binh, Red Napoleon, South China Sea, South Vietnamese, Tet Offensive, United States, Van Tien Dung, Viet Cong, Viet Minh, Vo Nguyen Giap, Vol 32 No 42 | October 12 - October 18

Hagel mixes business, memories in Asia trip

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Forty-five years ago, as the Vietnam war raged on, Army Spc. Chuck Hagel and Nguyen Tan Dung were on opposite sides of combat serving in the Mekong Delta — both wounded more than once as they battled for their countries.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Army Air Corps, Army Spc, Asia, Chuck Hagel, Halekulani Hotel, Infantry Regiment, Mekong Delta, Nguyen Tan Dung, Philippines, Viet Cong, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, WWII, reunion

Judgment reinstated for Olympia man called a “communist”

June 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Washington State Supreme Court reinstated a $310,000 jury award to Olympia resident Vietnamese American Duc

Filed Under: Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, Chief Justice Barbara Madsen, Dat Ho, Defendants Norman Le, Duc Hua, Duc Tan, Fall Revolution, Nga Pham, Nhan Tran, Northwest Asian Weekly, Orange County Register, Phiet Nguyen, South Vietnamese Army, United States, VCTC, Viet Cong, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, attention, language

Ex-general who briefly ran Vietnam dies in US

February 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Khanh Nguyen, a South Vietnamese general who briefly gained control of the government in a coup and went on to lead a “government in exile” in California, has died.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chanh Nguyen Huu, France, Garden Grove, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Jose, South Vietnamese, US, Viet Cong, Vol 32 No 6 | February 2 - February 8, WGBH

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