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Secret project wins Chinese scientist a Nobel

October 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The time could not have been more hostile for Chinese scientists. Research came to a virtual halt and intellectuals were routinely persecuted. But Tu Youyou, then a 39-year-old researcher, was summoned to join a secretive military project during the Cultural Revolution to find a cure for malaria […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Associated Press, China, Chinese, Cultural Revolution, Ge Hong, New York, Nobel Prize, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Tu Youyou, United States, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23

Vietnamese Poet Du Tu Le exhibited at Renton restaurant

November 5, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 event was sponsored by Seabeez and Comcast.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Du Tu Le, Garden Grove, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Risa Janzen, Ruta Publisher Mohamud Yssuf, South Vietnam, Spring Taste, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 45 | November 3 - November 9

U.S. starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam

August 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The United States began a landmark project last week to clean up a dangerous chemical left from the defoliant Agent Orange — 50 years after American planes fi rst sprayed it on Vietnam’s jungles to destroy enemy cover …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Agent Orange, Ambassador David Shear, Bien Hoa, DANANG, Environmental Protection Agency, Nguyen Chi Vinh, Phu Cat, South China Sea, South Vietnam, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, poverty, technology

Last rites — API volunteers administer honors at military funerals

May 17, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A military funeral consists of a number of ceremonial events including the firing of three

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2012, API, Ai Bac Nguyen, American Legion Post, BCT, Ben Tran, Greg White, Jeffrey Osborn, Regional Command, South Vietnam, Tahoma National Cemetery, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Volunteers, Vietnam War, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, Washington Army National Guard

Former Miss America on the trip to Vietnam that changed her life

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Bryan Painter The Oklahoman   LAVERNE, Okla. (AP) — On a museum wall in the far northwestern Oklahoma community of Laverne is a framed thank-you.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Air Force, Claude Roach, Engineer Battalion, Europe, Former Miss America, Jane Froman, Jane Jayroe, Joan Crawford, Laverne High School, Mike Smith, Miss Alabama, Miss Maine, Miss South Carolina, Miss Tennessee, Miss Wisconsin, Oklahoma City University, South Vietnam, Surry Singers, USO, United States, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28

Vietnam starts joint Agent Orange cleanup with U.S.

June 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 …

Filed Under: National News, World News Tagged With: 2009, Agent Orange, Bien Hoa, HANOI, Hatfield Consultants, International Development, Phu Cat, South Vietnam, State Hillary Clinton, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam Red Cross, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Virginia Palmer

Vietnam and U.S. still in conflict over Agent Orange

May 27, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CAM TUYEN, Vietnam (AP) — Her children are 21 and 16 years old, but they still cry through the night, tossing and turning in pain, sucking their thumbs for comfort.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bien Hoa, Cam Tuyen, Environmental Administration, Hatfield Associates, Health Sciences, Le Ke Son, Michael Michalak, Nguyen Van Bong, North Vietnam, Phu Cat, South Vietnam, Tran Xuan Thu, United States, Veterans Administration, Vietnam Agent Orange Victims Association, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 22 | May 29 - June 4

Editorial: For Vietnamese Americans, focus should be less on the past, more on the present

May 27, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, someone from the mainstream community called us to check up on a Vietnamese individual who claimed to be a spokesperson for the Vietnamese community.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, King County, North Highline, Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin, South Vietnam, United States, Vietnamese Americans, Vol 29 No 22 | May 29 - June 4, White Center

NWAW’s March book recommendations

March 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In “Gladiator,” Dan Clark — also known as Nitro of the original “American Gladiators” — gives readers a firsthand account of what ’roid rage is. He opens up about his life and his 20-year battle with steroid addiction.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2010, American Gladiators, Central Highlands, Chinese, Dan Clark, General Tso, NWAW, North Vietnamese Army, Northwest Asian Weekly, Samantha Pak, South Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vol 29 No 12 | March 20 - March 26

Seattle-based nonprofit aspires to assist deaf children in Vietnam

August 6, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It was an unassuming trip.

Paige Stringer traveled to Vietnam for her work and discovered a cause so personal that she established a foundation to help raise funds for deaf children in Vietnam. Last year, Stringer, a freelance travel writer, was working on an article about customized vacations when she traveled to Vietnam and volunteered at a school for deaf children.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2010, Binh Duong, Clorox Company, Fox Sports Northwest, Fred Minifie, Jason Cruz, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paige Stringer, Seattle, South Vietnam, United States, Vietnamese, language, vol 28 no 33 | August 8 - August 14

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