Yearly Archives: 2013

Big Mac Won’t Satisfy Vietnamese Desire for Human Rights

What's past the golden arches of McDonald's?  Journalist Andrew Lam looks past the call of Big Macs and Happy Meals to bring Viet Nam...

Vietnamese Accent Marks, More Than Ink-Deep: In Conversation with Viet Nguyen

diaCRITICS' editor Viet Thanh Nguyen was interviewed to discuss his personal journey as a writer, his work on identity and the arts, the Vietnam War, diaCRITICS, and much more. This article was originally published in Arts Illustrated, volume 1, issue no. 2, pages 75 – 80 (August - September 2013).

September 2013 News and Events

September 2013 News and Events: socio-cultural, literary, and political news and events relating to Vietnam and to the Vietnamese diaspora (Việt Kiều).It’s time for...

RIYA DE LOS REYES WINS IN OUR SUBSCRIBER DRIVE!

RIYA DE LOS REYES WINS IN OUR SUBSCRIBER DRIVE! diaCRITICS wants to add 100 new subscribers! The 25th, 50th, 75th, and 100th subscribers (and those who...

Suboi, Viet Nam’s Female Rapper

Have you heard about the rising Vietnamese rapper, Suboi? diaCRITICS editor Viet Thanh Nguyen on why you should listen to her music.

Anvi Hoàng Bình luận/ Reviews Stateless by Đức Nguyễn

Stateless received the Spotlight Award and was screened at the 6th Vietnamese International Film Festival 2013 in Orange County in April 2013. Its recent...

Contemporary Vietnamerican Art at the Maier Museum of Art

A new exhibition at the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College highlights the work of five contemporary Vietnamese American Artists. Randolph College currently...

August 2013 News and Events Updates

August 2013 news and events updates relating to Vietnamese at home and in the diaspora.It’s time for our second subscriber drive. We’re looking for...

Thuy Linh: Making Peace with the Censors

Thuy Linh shares with us a look into how filmmaker, Charlie Nguyen, makes peace with the censors by toning down the violence in order to...

Thuy Linh: If you like action, fight the good fight

 Thuy Linh gives us an in-depth review of several Vietnamese filmmakers and their approach to making action films- what holds the stories together, what...