What We’ve Got Here is A Failure to Communicate – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Think back if you can, to a time when you were a kid and your parents were called to school to talk about your progress in the classroom, or...
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From Scotland to Saigon – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
What do you do after earning runner-up status on NBC’s The Voice and releasing a #1 single on iTunes? You go to Vietnam and appear on their version of the...
I’ll take the Baby, but HOLD the Husband – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Many of us are aware of some of the profound changes happening in Vietnam as it emerges into the global age. We see images of modern skyscrapers appearing on...
Barbara Weaver/Thanh Nga Nguyen – War Baby – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
When Barbara Weaver’s father Mike went to Vietnam in 1967 to serve in the war, he brought with him not much more than a rucksack with his toothbrush, a...
The Rebel of Village de L’Est – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
More than twenty years before the Cyndi Nguyen ran for City Council, there was the self described rebel Cindy Nguyen who nearly got herself kicked out of high school...
A Village Called Versailles – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
The Vietnamese were among the first to return to the City to rebuild their homes after Hurricane Katrina – in many cases before there was a promise of any...
From Boat Person to Gates Scholar – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
We’ve all heard stories of the hard working immigrant who finds success (however you define it) through their own hard work and determination, but do you wonder if it...
Pho, Banh Xeo, and Soda Chanh, O-Mai! – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Anybody who’s followed the New Orleans food scene over the past few years would likely have noticed the proliferation of Vietnamese restaurants across the city. Food that was once...
NOLA Viets Get A Taste of Medicine – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Having left Atlanta, Cam Tu Nguyen moved to New Orleans for love and stayed for her love of New Orleans and its Viet community. As a non-profit organizer Cam...
