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Business
40-year-old Vietnam Restaurant in Philly’s Chinatown wins James Beard Award
Vietnam Restaurant, a beloved restaurant in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, will receive a James Beard Foundation’s America’s Classics Award this ...
Bryan Ke
Asia
Thai lawmaker says more Thai students ‘should consider US’ as Vietnamese lead in study abroad
Suchatvee Suwansawat, a notable member of Thailand’s Democrat Party, continued his call for the government to help Thai youth as the latest ...
Japanese is most desired Asian language to learn among Americans: study
A recent study conducted by LTL Language School has revealed that Japanese is the most desired Asian language to learn among Americans. The...
Michelle De Pacina
Australia
4 Vietnamese exchange students disappear in Australia within a month
Four Vietnamese students participating in an exchange program in South Australia have gone missing within a month, with 17-year-old student ...
Education
Vietnamese student receives $67K fellowship for his research on antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded a Vietnamese Ph.D. candidate studying biochemistry at Duke University with a fellowship worth o...
Entertainment
‘The Bachelor’ sparks controversy for tagging wrong Asian American contestant
ABC Network’s reality show “The Bachelor” sparked controversy when its official Instagram account mistakenly tagged the wrong Asian American...
Animals
Over 1,000 animals rescued from illegal wildlife trafficking in Bangkok
Thai authorities rescued more than 1,000 animals following a successful intervention on illegal wildlife trafficking in Bangkok that resulte...
Crime
Man wanted for attempted burglaries of Vietnamese temples in San Diego
San Diego police are looking for a man accused of entering and casing multiple Vietnamese temples in the city in September. Where the incide...
Carl Samson
Smuggler behind deaths of 39 Vietnamese in the UK ordered to pay families
A human trafficker who caused the deaths of dozens of Vietnamese illegal immigrants in the United Kingdom was ordered by a court on Friday t...
Teen accused of paralyzing woman in Houston robbery sentenced to 30 years prison
Joseph Harrell, a 17-year-old teen who was arrested in connection to a violent robbery in Houston, Texas, that left a Vietnamese mother para...
Netizens cast doubt on Vietnamese singer’s announcement on Super Bowl invitation
Facebook users are calling out media outlets that have erroneously reported that a Vietnamese singer would be performing at the Super Bowl i...
Editorial Staff
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast to begin shipping vehicles to Europe: report
Vietnamese electronic vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast is reportedly planning to ship thousands of its VF8 crossovers to Europe later this ...
Bay Area
Beloved Oakland Vietnamese restaurant to close after nearly 40 years due to crime
A beloved Vietnamese restaurant in Oakland, California, is closing its doors due to the rise in crime in the city over the past few years. A...
[CORRECTION] Vietnamese singer to perform at Super Bowl in historic first
Editor’s Note (September 19, 2023 3:24 p.m. PST): We strive to provide our readers with accurate and trustworthy information. In a rec...
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast to import new crossovers for US market
Vietnamese electric car manufacturer Vinfast will import three variants of its crossovers to the U.S market to join its already released VF ...
Food
This premium $170 bowl of pho has wagyu beef, foie gras and more
A restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is selling a premium bowl of pho with wagyu beef, foie gras and more for 4 million Vietnamese don...
Isa Peralta
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast is now worth almost as much as Ford, GM combined
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast is now valued at $85 billion as the company’s shares skyrocketed with its Nasdaq Global...
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has only 128 car registrations in US since January
Vietnamese automaker VinFast is struggling in the United States due to a low number of new-vehicle registrations. Registration shortage: Cit...
Canada
Vietnamese commander becomes 1st non-white police chief in London, Ontario
“I believe in leading from the heart with kindness and compassion” ...
Ryan General
Nail spa bans staff from speaking Vietnamese in front of customers, docks up to $100 from pay
An unidentified nail spa has sparked outrage on Instagram for banning its technicians from speaking Vietnamese in front of customers. A copy...
‘A Tourist’s Guide to Love’: Netflix releases trailer for rom-com set in Vietnam
Netflix released the official trailer for “A Tourist’s Guide to Love,” a romantic comedy set in Vietnam starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Scot...
Houston woman left unable to walk by robber’s attack after Chinatown cash withdrawal
Houston police are searching for a man who followed and then robbed a woman shortly after she withdrew cash from a bank in Chinatown. Nhung...
Writer of new Netflix rom-com set in Vietnam: ‘I wanted to change the conversation about Vietnam’
Netflix is gearing up for the release of “A Tourist’s Guide to Love,” a romantic comedy set in Vietnam that stars ’90s teen icon Racha...
VinFast cuts EV lease prices for first US buyers
VinFast is reportedly slashing the lease price of its VF 8 City Edition model for buyers in California, with deliveries starting on Wednesda...
Government
Vietnamese immigrant Thien Ho sworn in as Sacramento County District Attorney in historic first
Thien Ho, a Vietnamese immigrant, was sworn into office as Sacramento County’s 36th district attorney on Tuesday, making him the first perso...
Ines Shin
Vietnamese EV automaker VinFast opens 4 new stores in California
Before you read: Vietnamese EV automaker VinFast to open first 6 showrooms in US this week Vietnamese EV maker VinFast ships 999 cars for US...
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast ships 999 cars for US debut
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast shipped its first batch of 999 EVs to the U.S. on Friday. “The export of the first 999 VF 8...
Sandra Oh joins Robert Downey Jr.’s adaptation of ‘The Sympathizer’
HBO and A24 announced that Sandra Oh, Kieu Chinh of “Dynasty” and Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen of “Paris by Night” will play recurring roles in the ...
News
Jaylin Williams makes history as first player of Vietnamese descent to make active NBA roster
Jaylin Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder is the first basketball player of Vietnamese descent to make an active NBA roster. Throughout...
William Yuk
Asian American History
Ngo Vinh Long, anti-Vietnam War activist and scholar, dies at 78
Ngo Vinh Long, a Vietnamese scholar and writer famous for anti-war demonstrations that angered the South Vietnamese government in the 1960s...
Chandler Treon
California sheriff’s deputy charged with murdering Vietnamese married couple in their home
Devin Williams Jr., a 24-year-old deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, allegedly fatally shot a Vietnamese married couple in th...
Culture
A 260,000-square-foot Vietnamese indoor market modeled after a Ho Chi Minh City landmark planned for Bay Area
Development company Intelli is planning to turn a former Sears store in San Jose, California, into an indoor market mimicking the iconic Vi...
Sports
Female athlete becomes first Vietnamese to win the ‘world’s toughest’ triathlon
Vu Phuong Thanh, 32, became the first Vietnamese athlete to win the Deca Ultra Triathlon World Championship at the Swissultra in Switzerlan...
Feature
Huynh Nhu set to become first Vietnamese woman football player to join European team
Vietnamese football star Huynh Nhu traveled to Portugal on Monday in preparation for signing with Länk FC Vilaverdense, a Portuguese footba...
Vietnamese billionaires commit to building 1 million affordable housing units in the country by 2030
Some of Vietnam’s largest real estate developers have committed to building over 1 million affordable housing units collectively from now t...
Jane Nam
4 Vietnamese men identified as victims in Oldham mill fire in the UK
The Greater Manchester Police named four Vietnamese men who were believed to have been burned in the Bismark House Mill in Oldham, Greater ...