Event
THE CIRCUIT – A Movement Scenario
Durational Performances
18/01/2018 6 PM
OVAL SPACE – 29-32 The Oval, London E2 9DT
25/01/2018 3 PM
THE ROORSTEIN HOPKINS PARADE GROUND – 16 John Islip St, Westminster, London SW1P 4JU
News from the Diaspora
Massachusetts’ 1st Vietnamese-American lawmaker, Dean Tran, a former refugee, to serve in the Massachusetts Legislature.
Threats against Vietnamese-American Kelly Marie Tran highlight a fear of women who break sexist stereotypes.
Vietnamese trafficked victims are being “hidden in plain sight” in nail bars.
News from Viet Nam
Vietnam’s hip-hop queen Suboi on the importance of stamina in the game.
Mai Khoi, a courageous Vietnamese artist, celebrity, and dissident musician is featured in PEN America.
Traffic accidents kill over 8,000 people in Vietnam in 2017. View the site’s feature video to see the different dangers that caused these deaths.
Vietnamese Catholics protest authorities’ interference in the life of their community.
Vietnam’s garment sector targets $34 bn export in 2018. [Yay! More clothes made in Vietnam and less clothes made in China.]
Obituaries
Vietnamese-American actress, Hiep Thi Le, of “Heaven & Earth” and other films, dies of cancer at 46. She was also in Timothy Linh Bui’s Green Dragon and Minh Duc Nguyen’s Touch.
Vietnamese-American filmmaker Stephane Gauger passed away at the age of 47. He was director and writer of Owl and the Sparrow and Sài Gòn Yo!. Last October, He said in an interview:
“I just want to make a good film, which can touch audience’s hearts.”
Peace!
RP
