As the Little Saigon community gathers to celebrate Tết, the Lunar New Year, we know a little bit more about its residents than before in its nearly 50 years. Many of this year’s celebrations – ...

In 1984, volunteers stood outside supermarkets in Orange County, clipboards in hand, helping fellow Vietnamese Americans register to vote. Van Tran, then a freshman at UC Irvine, was one of them. The ...

On April 30, Vietnamese Americans in Southern California will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Saigon’s fall to North Vietnamese forces – Black April as the refugees who fled call it today. About ...

We’re getting more details about a lawsuit that sheds light on how city policies toward homelessness, public safety, and land ...

Fifty years ago, one Saigon fell, and another arose. It was never supposed to be that way. On April 30, 1975, the communist North Vietnamese Army captured the democratic South Vietnamese capital. The ...

Efforts to invest in Little Saigon are gaining ground, with Westminster recently awarded a $250,000 grant to help strengthen the area’s local economy. Little Saigon, a major business and cultural ...

The fall of Saigon 50 years ago prompted a mass exodus of Vietnamese over the next months and years. Many were evacuated by the United States military and brought to America to resettle. And as more ...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. — When the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces 50 years ago this week, it prompted a mass exodus of some 2 million people — hundreds of thousands ...

The textured mat is already on the table as Tony Lam sits down to shuffle the polished tiles. He is here to participate in a ritual that he observes four days a week, a pursuit that keeps his "head in ...