By Amy Taxin Associated Press GARDEN GROVE, California (AP) – When Thuy Vo Dang came to the United States as a young girl, her English took off. Her parents sent […]
CelebrAsian Conference connects Asian American businesses
USPAACC will hold its annual flagship event, CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference 2013, from June 3 to June 5 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, Calif. This year’s […]
Ex-general who briefly ran Vietnam dies in US
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 […]
Vietnamese Poet Du Tu Le exhibited at Renton restaurant
Oil paintings of Vietnamese poet Lê Cự Phách, better known by his pen name Du Tử Lê, were exhibited at Spring Taste restaurant in Renton on Saturday, Oct. 20. The […]
UFC star Phan talks Viet pride
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Nam Phan grew up wanting to be a fighter. The 28-year-old Vietnamese American remembers watching and being mesmerized by Hong Kong movies as a […]
New rules target racy Vietnamese cafes in Orange County’s strip malls
By Amy Taxin The Associated Press GARDEN GROVE, California (AP) — At Cafe Miss Cutie, the windows are tinted, but not pitch black. The waitresses are wearing negligees, but not […]
Latino and Asian spat erupts in changing Orange County district
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The changing face of one of Southern California’s wealthiest counties helped Democrat Loretta Sanchez win an upset election to Congress 14 years ago