February 20, 2005
Vietnamese arts gain international recognition through exhibitionsSt. Mary’s senior will visit Vietnam
Vietnam to slaughter poultry in big cities
"The Vietnamese authors report a case of a four-year-old boy who had diarrhoea and seizures rather than respiratory symptoms before going into a coma and dying from the H5N1 virus.", from Bird flu 'has pandemic potential' By Michelle Roberts, Axis of Logic
"During the mid-1970s, Wolters assisted Vietnamese refugees.", from Church honors woman’s decades of work with refugees By PATRICE RELERFORD, Columbia Missourian
"Among those, Vietnamese, Arabic, Russian and variations of Chinese are spoken", from ESL programs help with language needs By Melissa Knific, Advocate Reporter
"For additional information, in English or Spanish, call (408) 286-1698. In Vietnamese or English, call (408) 286-1448.", from Diversity Lottery visa should be given priority By Jessie Mangaliman and Edwin Garcia, San Jose Mercury News
"International District Housing Alliance — Nonprofit homeownership education and counseling services in Vietnamese, Cambodian, Tagalog and various Chinese dialects, free. 206-623-0122.", from Home and real estate calendar by The Seattle Times
"In Hanoi, the road leading out of the city toward the airport is named Nghi Tam.", from Dining on dog, tender and tasty by By Erik Eskin, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"The FBI is investigating bribery allegations centering on Sia Lo, a senior aide to Mayor Randy Kelly, and on Cha Vang, the son of Gen. Vang Pao, who commanded the CIA-backed secret army of ethnic minority Hmong that battled communist insurgents in Laos during the Vietnam War.", from Events exposing Hmong community's internal politics BY TODD NELSON, Pioneer Press
"Billy Bang is coming to terms with his experience as a combat soldier in Vietnam.", from JAZZ VETERAN by Chuy Varela, San Francisco Chronicle
"To pay the bills, he works as the groundskeeper at a nearby convent and rents rooms to three tenants with whom he barely interacts: a Vietnamese American soup chef named Laurel and two housepainters he refers to interchangeably as Nit and Nat.", from Mute veteran opens up to a 9-year-old boy by San Francisco Chronicle
"The closets in a two-bedroom apartment would comfortably house a family of three in Vietnam.", from Retiring to the lap of luxury By Bob Krauss, The Honolulu Advertiser Columnist
"Oakland Museum of California. ``Next Stop Vietnam: California and the Nation Transformed,'' through Feb. 27. ``Points of View: Selections From the Museum Collection,'' open-ended. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, noon- 5 p.m. Sundays, until 9 p.m. the first Friday of the month. 10th and Oak streets, Oakland. $8, $5 seniors/ students, free ages 5 and younger and free the second Sunday of each month. (510) 238-2200.", from See art museums & galleries by San Jose Mercury News
Vietnamese celebrate culture during Lunar New Year event
"His latest effort reintroduces Charlie Berns, the hapless producer from his novel The Deal, who despite having won an Academy Award four years ago is now flat broke, living in his nephew's pool house and on the run from his punctilious Vietnamese debt collector.", from An intriguing, but far from cute, 'Baby'; cabalistic obsession; warlord reality TV By Donna Rifkind, The Baltimore Sun
"But they have seen the latest Broadway show and a Franco-Vietnamese film series playing in the nearby noncommercial movie theater.", from Breakfast in a blue state by By EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI, Jerusalem Post
"Britons averaged 16.7, Icelanders 15.7, while the Vietnamese don’t lose their virginity until they are almost 20.", from Then and now.. The joys of sex by Sunday Herald
New Archbishop Appointed in Hanoi
Picture: Rows of chickens at a farm in Long An province in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam where last year's entire flock of 23,000 needed to be destroyed from last year's bird flu on Sunday Feb.20,2005
Picture: A farmer watches after his chickens at a government-monitored slaughter house in Ho Chi Minh city
Honoring Vietnam veterans
