It was 50 years ago this summer that hundreds of Vietnamese refugees escaping communism began flocking into Pensacola to build new lives. Most spoke little to no English, but in that half-century they ...
Betty Duong said that everyone she speaks with in her Vietnamese American community has a different feeling about April 30, 1975, when American soldiers pulled out of South Vietnam and the war ...
The Le family posed as Vietnamese of Chinese descent, known as the Hoa people, to get out of Communist Vietnam and ended up in Arlington.(Courtesy Quang Le) All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating ...
PARISH GROWS IN DIVERSITY, WITH SEVERAL ETHNICITIES CALLING JEFFERSON HOME. AND THAT INCLUDES ASIAN AMERICANS. MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THIS YEAR, ...
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'New Wave' documentary shines light on 1980s music scene that was refuge for Vietnamese Americans
As ABC7 Chicago celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a documentary was screened for Chicago audiences this week. It's called "New Wave." The film shines a light on the 1980s ...
Asian Americans now make up nearly 10% of the Houston metropolitan area, a demographic shift researchers say has quietly ...
The images of the fall of Saigon, on April 30th 1975, are indelible. A helicopter takes off from the roof of an apartment building, leaving behind a long line of would-be evacuees. Victorious North ...
Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...
For many Vietnamese Americans, this week's ceremonies marking 50 years since the fall of Saigon recall both the loss of their homeland and their struggles to make a new life in America. Erin Phuong ...
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 ...
Hundreds of Vietnamese refugees escaping communism began flocking to Pensacola 50 years ago According to U.S. Census data, less than 3% of Escambia County's population is Asian, which includes Vietnam ...
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