By Richard Vogel The Associated Press WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — Friends and family of Nguyen Cao Ky gathered in Southern California Sunday to pay their last respects to the former […]
Vietnam starts joint Agent Orange cleanup with U.S.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Friday started the first phase of a joint plan with former enemy the United States to clean up environmental damage leftover from the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, a lasting legacy from the Vietnam War …
Seattle University honoring land mine survivor and activist
By Jack Broom The Seattle Times SEATTLE (AP) — One of his legs ends at the knee. The other, just below it. It’s a disquieting sight, but Tun Channareth, of […]
Vietnam matriarch reflects on lifetime of devotion to piano
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Time was running out, and it wasn’t safe to stay. Sixty upright pianos had to be moved from Hanoi’s music conservatory to a village in the countryside
Vang Pao, Hmong guerrilla leader, dies in California
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Vang Pao, a revered former general in the Royal Army of Laos who led thousands of Hmong guerrillas in a CIA-backed secret army
PeaceTrees Vietnam and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to help get rid of explosive ordnance
PeaceTrees Vietnam (PeaceTrees) has formed a partnership with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) to establish and fund an explosive ordnance disposal
Alaskan woman to take her health work globally in Laos
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Sitkan Nancy Knapp describes the country of Laos as “a different world” from Alaska. However, she found some similarities in the delivery of healthcare to rural areas.
SYLP: My dad’s story
As a second generation Asian American from a family of refugees, I think it’s important to document my parents’ oral history. When I asked my dad what his experiences were like in fleeing his homeland, Vietnam, he readily opened up.
Bill would give burial rights to Hmong veterans
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Members of the country’s Hmong community who fought with U.S. forces during the Vietnam War would be eligible for burial in national cemeteries
NWAW’s June must-reads
Although everyone asks these questions from time to time, not many people truly think about them and contemplate the answers.
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