Vietnamese-American News

With a few exceptions like Cuban and Vietnamese Americans, it has alienated every ethnic minority: high- or low-skilled; Asian or Hispanic; rich or poor; on- or off-the-dole; with intact families or without them -- as I have written here , here and here .

Elk Grove pro-democracy activist Nguyen Quoc Quan completed a three-day hunger strike Wednesday night across from the White House in support of Vietnamese human rights lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu.

Over the past five years Hien Ho diligently saved the $11,275 she needed to fly her family home for a once-in-a-lifetime trip across Vietnam.

According to the State-backed press, the country's film regulators objected to movie's violence and portrayal of Ho Chi Minh City as a lawless gangland.

In 1975, there was a Vietnamese exodus after the fall of Saigon. Many of the Christian Vietnamese who supported the U.S.-allied government in the south fled.

South Korean soap operas have grown in influence throughout Asia, parallel to the rising phenomenon of transnational marriages between Vietnamese women and South Korean men.

A woman from the Vietnamese American community holds a sign during a protest against China near the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Friday, June 7, 2013.

As the recent "Gangnam Style" craze illustrated, South Korean media can be hugely influential, not just among American music fans, but throughout the world.

Even though you're not from here, as long as you can gain people's trust you're part of the family.

About 45 minutes southeast of Los Angeles is a fantastic spot for tourists and locals alike.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office is announcing allegations Wednesday that former Supervisor George Shirakawa impersonated a political candidate for San Jose City Council in 2010 by sending a fake campaign flyer meant to discredit her.

Vietnamese buffet. Attendees of the May 18 Cultural Celebration of Kansas City's Vietnamese Community line up for an authentic Vietnamese buffet.

Ngai Nguyen, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Path Movement, presented a letter to Congressman Ed Royce and thanked him for hosting this dialogue on June 4, 2013 in our nation's Capitol to discuss issues of importance to the Vietnamese American community.

An ethnic H'mong hill tribe girl walks home after a school day at a village in the mountainous district of Mu Cang Chai, in the northwestern Vietnamese province of Yen Bai.

Three Vietnamese nationals charged with helping asylum seekers escape from the Scherger detention centre at Weipa in far north Queensland have been granted bail.

Every day, scores of hopeful Vietnamese line up under the spiked iron fence that encircles the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.

The last two weeks of May 2013 were a wild and wooly time in the San Francisco arts community: two mammoth art fairs, MFA exhibitions highlighting the work of graduates from numerous regional institutions, and all the events leading up to the temporary closing of SFMOMA means there's a lot to see.

AN inquiry has been launched into how seven Vietnamese men escaped from a remote detention facility in far north Queensland.

In Oldcastle Theatre Company's latest production, honey bees are disappearing, and five people are working out exactly where they fit in the world.

In honor of "Asian Pacific History Month," the city of Gaithersburg is celebrating the heritage of its Vietnamese Americans.