VN, US Surgeons to Operate on Man’s 90kg Tumour

American and Vietnamese surgeons will operate on a man at a HCM City hospital next month to remove a tumour on his right leg estimated to weigh 90kg. Read More »

Interpol Confirms VN Gold Robbery Kingpin Wanted in US

Interpol has confirmed that Nguyen Mark Joseph aka Khanh, the alleged leader of the gang that held up a jeweler’s in Binh Thuan last week, is a criminal in the US who is also wanted internationally. Read More »

Vietnamese Bánh Mì a New Sandwich Trend in the US

Long before Chipotle’s ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen opened in September in Washington, D.C., with bánh mì as a menu cornerstone, the West Coast bánh mì chain Lee Sandwiches had been expanding rapidly, with 43 units and climbing. In New York, the 2-year-old Baoguette chain has plans to open its fifth location in a few weeks. Read More »

US Veterans Try to Atone for Mistakes of the Past

Fifty years ago this month, in the early stages of the Vietnam War, the US military began spraying rural areas of the country with the herbicide, Agent Orange. The programme’s goal was to defoliate forested land, depriving the enemy Viet Cong of cover and driving peasants to the cities, thus destroying the Viet Cong’s support base and food supply. Read More »

The Legacy of Vietnamese Nail Salons in N. America

What started out with a group of 20 women trained by Hedren’s personal manicurist in the 1970s has mushroomed across the U.S. and Canada. Read More »