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Fellow Vietnamese American Elected Officials Endorse Trung Nguyen for Supervisor

Michael Nguyen — 2006-11-27T10:45:02Z

GARDEN GROVE - On the heels of his announcement, Trung Nguyen has received a near unanimous support from his fellow elected officials in the Vietnamese-American community in the state of California.
The following elected leaders have endorsed Trung in his candidacy for Supervisor, 1st District:
* Hon. Van Tran, California State Assemblyman
* Hon. Andy Quach, Westminster City Councilman
* Hon. Madison Nguyen, San Jose City Councilwoman
* Hon. John Tran, Rosemead City (...)

ImanusT

Ann Ngo — 2006-03-21T19:34:40Z

This is a story of a young Vietnamese woman who was inspired to make a difference for victims of the tsunami and katrina disasters. This article was published in the Feb/March issue of Audrey Magazine.
December 26, 2005 marked the beginning of the vivid images of the Asian tsunami disaster. Over and over again, I saw and heard about countless people mourning for their friends and family. They were desperate for basic necessities like food and water that I took for granted. They lived in (...)

Crimes Of The Father

Kevin Minh Allen — 2006-02-28T18:41:24Z

Dad threw my innocence into the furnace when he accused me of telling some kid at school that I had raped my sister. I was too young at the time to fully appreciate his accusation. He had to explain to me that rape was when a man forces a woman to have sex with him. Never mind that my comprehension of intercourse was more meager than my understanding of rape. For all intents and purposes, I was conveniently found guilty of doing the unthinkable.
We both sat still in the car parked in (...)

Scarf

Kevin Minh Allen — 2006-02-28T18:41:14Z

A red streetcar grates to a stop and engulfs a waiting crowd of people just as an equal number dribbles out of the exits. The departed line themselves along the street median to wait for the signal. Balled mittens shiver through the snow that early December throws into every crevice. Ice sheaths the double-headed eagle perched on the black iron gate, its wings beating body warmth aside.
As a runaway student, I liberated my burdened spirit in the middle of this genteel society that never (...)

Two Paths, One Future

Cuong Huynh — 2005-12-06T15:54:41Z

Sure, it'll be awhile for Americans to start snapping up Vietnamese cars (the Nguyen Cheetah?), but that may be sooner than you think.
By the end of September 2005, Vietnam has grown at an economic annual rate of more than 8%, which is better than the average 7% of recent years. And each year since 2000, its growth rate has gotten increasingly larger.
You may wonder why the economic growth rate is an important indicator. Quite simply, if the economy is growing, the citizens' incomes are (...)

Failure To Thrive

Kevin Minh Allen — 2005-07-26T00:50:26Z

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Mother left a list of her enemies underneath my tongue with instructions to look the barbarians in the eye and spit napalm in their hair, roast them until their uniforms melt and dangle from their frames. For those left sputtering, still breathing, she said I must whisper clearly in their ears, “Who needs morals when you've got guns?”
It's time to testify.
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My vile virility is vigilant, but the bellowing heaps bring no relief to a person frozen in grief like a (...)

Reader Email - John Chang

Michael Nguyen — 2005-06-24T11:22:06Z

This was sent to me by one of our readers:
Regarding those opposing the Vietnam PM Khai's visit, I have an opinion I'd like to post up in your Tieng Magazine. Thank you,
I have not heard of you before until May 11, 2005 night when I was surfing the station and came to KOCE, where a segment of Rick Reiff interviewing you and the other woman. I watched the last 10 minutes of the segment. The next day I visited Rick Reiff's website and brought me to your website at www.qxpham.com. I've (...)

A Brief History Of The Vietnamese In Germany

Kevin Minh Allen — 2005-06-24T10:35:23Z

To this day, I still remember running across this Vietnamese guy in Berlin when I walked up the steps from one of the numerous subway exits. It was the fall of 1994 and I was on holiday from the university. The man had this look on his face as if he knew me and he proceeded to speak to me in Vietnamese and held out a pack of cigarettes. He had a baseball cap perched on his head, wore a wrinkled blazer and a pair of dark slacks. His face was reddish brown and quite chapped from exposure (...)

Give the breath of life

Michael Nguyen — 2005-06-18T13:31:04Z

Christina Pham
20,000 babies in Vietnam die each year of respiratory problems that are easily avoidable here in the U.S. with use of a medical device called a CPAP - Continuous Positive Air Pressure.
My friend Kirk, an American engineer, has volunteered years of his time and effort to figure out a way to manufacture CPAPs in Vietnam for 1/10th of the cost of importing the machines from the U.S. We're trying to find sources of funding to get these machines into the hospitals and clinics (...)

How Strength Training Benefits Women

Michael Nguyen — 2005-06-18T13:28:24Z

By Amazin Lethi
From increases in bone density, reduction in body fat, development in muscle strength, tone, improvement in self-esteem and decrease in sleep disorders. In this article I'll look at how strength training benefits women. I started weight training at the age of seven and at that point in my life I had no idea of the real benefits of strength training for women, let alone what I was actually trying to achieve through using weights. As the years progressed the importance of (...)