Hung Vu, 73, a former South Vietnamese army officer who left the country in 1975, poses with a photo of himself taken during the Vietnam War at his army surplus store in the Little Saigon neighborhood ...
If you are visiting or passing through Little Saigon, it is impossible not to feel concern or distress over what is visible on the blocks around 12th Avenue and Jackson Street, the heart of our ...
As the Little Saigon community gathers to celebrate Tết, the Lunar New Year, we know a little bit more about its residents than before in its nearly 50 years. Many of this year’s celebrations – ...
Local Vietnamese-American leaders at City Council recognition (screenshot via City of Falls Church) The Falls Church City Council marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon last week with a ...
In 1984, volunteers stood outside supermarkets in Orange County, clipboards in hand, helping fellow Vietnamese Americans register to vote. Van Tran, then a freshman at UC Irvine, was one of them. The ...
Editor's note: This story was clarified to make clear that Anita Emrich called senators and others to advocate for the evacuation of all children from An Lac orphanage, not just Adele Lamb. It was ...
They wait for new customers to come along looking for a moving front-row seat of Saigon's swirling traffic. Bargain first, agree on a fixed price for the day and wheel past yellow and blue painted ...
Ivy Ha never imagined her life would be in a museum exhibit. “I think, ‘A lot of people have better stories than me. Why is my story important?’” she said. Ha is one of almost 40 community members who ...
Falls Church officials used the recent unveiling of “Saigon Blvd” signage to reaffirm support of the city’s immigrant and second-generation communities. Following up on a promise two years in the ...