Family and friends of missing nursing student Michelle Le, 26, are reaching out for volunteers to assist in search efforts that are taking place this weekend. Michelle was last seen leaving Kaiser Hospital in Hayward, CA, in her white scrubs on May 27th, and her case has since been reclassified as a homicide. An official website has been created by her family to provide the … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Michelle Le search party begins Friday – Family & friends requesting for help
Michael Brosowski & the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation: Hero to Vietnam’s street kids
This week, I had the option of reflecting on that 11-page novel “Paper Tigers” by Wesley Yang that was recently featured in New York Magazine, but seeing as how the topic of Tiger-anything nowadays is simply tiresome, I opted for a dose of something more inspiring instead. If you didn’t catch it last month, the founder of Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, Michael Brosowski, … [Read more...] about Michael Brosowski & the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation: Hero to Vietnam’s street kids
Vietnam’s Intangible Heritages: Preserving Cultural Knowledge
Having something or someplace recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a world cultural heritage is worth boasting for any nation. But beyond boasting rights, UNESCO recognition comes with greater visibility, which in turn can lead to increased governmental and tourist attention and a steady flow of economic stimulus to the … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Intangible Heritages: Preserving Cultural Knowledge
Video Mondays: Re-connecting to the Motherland, Banh Mi becomes a Star
Video Mondays [vid-ee-oh muhn-deyz] noun; – a weekly blog series in which VTP attempts to save readers from the Monday doldrums by offering a selection of informative/insightful/interesting online videos. Videos may be Vietnam-related, current event-inspired, or just whatever VTP’ers are into at the moment. For the inaugural installation, we bring you two videos. The first is … [Read more...] about Video Mondays: Re-connecting to the Motherland, Banh Mi becomes a Star
Vietnam Announces Live-Fire Naval Exercises Following Maritime Disputes with China
Vietnam has publically announced that it will conduct six hours of live-fire naval exercises off the country’s central coast this coming Monday. While conducting naval exercises is not entirely uncommon, this was the first instance publicized. The state-owned Northern Maritime Safety Corporation warned boats and ships to stay out of the area off Quang Nam’s provinces … [Read more...] about Vietnam Announces Live-Fire Naval Exercises Following Maritime Disputes with China