What happened in March 2014: news and events relating to Vietnamese at home and in the diaspora.
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Events
• Faces of Asia Cultural Procession is set for Saturday, May 17, 2014 as at 11 a.m.
Viet Kieu in the news
• Late Rapper John “Vietnam” Nguyen will be the first Vietnamese American honored with a street name.
• Truong Tran’s work explores “themes of desire and cultural appropriation.”
• An Operation Babylift survivor talks about her life.
• Pastor Tri Nguyen, a refugee from the Vietnam War, wants to thank Australia and to to express solidarity with refugees around the world.
• While visiting NYC, Iron Chef America winner Viet Pham was punched in the face by an unknown attacker.
News about Vietnam
• Game designer Dong Nguyen talks to Rolling Stonesabout his Flappy Bird.
• Rap artist Kimmese SpaceSpeakers wants equality for Vietnamese women.
• After three and a half years in prison, Vietnamese rights lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu has been released from jail.
• Local and overseas activists believe Vietnam should openly honor the sacrifices of Vietnamese who lost their lives fighting against Chinese invasion.
• Vietnam will hold a requiem for all those who sacrificed themselves while protecting Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in 1974.
• Two historic buildings in Saigon (HCMC) will be demolished.
• Concerned over excessive amount of pesticides on vegetables, some Vietnamese consumers shop for their produce online.
• A prisoner of war for thirty-nine years, 68-year old J.B Nguyễn Hữu Cầu forgives the communist ‘brothers and sisters’ who imprisoned him.
• Sixty years ago, an historic battle occurred that eventually changed the lives of millions.
• Regulations prohibit restaurants and other eateries from using signboards written entirely in Chinese.
• Bitcoin enters the Vietnamese market. In case you didn’t know, Bitcoin is . . .
Other News
• A Vietnamese wife cannot join her German husband because she failed the mandatory German language test.
Special thanks to Viet Thanh Nguyen for providing many of the news items.
Peace!
RP
