Here's why you should take a little detour on that next trip to Disneyland. Located in California’s Orange County, Little Saigon is a thriving neighborhood of restaurants, shops, and businesses run ...
On April 30, Vietnamese Americans in Southern California will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Saigon’s fall to North Vietnamese forces – Black April as the refugees who fled call it today. About ...
Tony Lam, former Westminster City Council member and the first Vietnamese American to win political office in the U.S., continues to be an influencer in his community. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles ...
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass exodus of some 2 million people — hundreds of thousands ...
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 – ...
You’ve experienced the culinary bounty of Little Saigon and already know where to get the biggest bowl of phở, the crispiest bánh mì, and the smokiest bún chả Hanoi. You might even know that if you ...
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 ...
Asian-American community advocates gathered Thursday in Little Saigon to show support for the Nov. 4 ballot proposal that would redraw California’s congressional districts in greater favor of ...
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 ...
The textured mat is already on the table as Tony Lam sits down to shuffle the polished tiles. He is here to participate in a ritual that he observes four days a week, a pursuit that keeps his "head in ...