Step, pause, turn, spin, and pose. Beauty pageantry is an industry that continues to flourish and draw speculation from all parts of the world. Vietnam and its communities at large are no exception. Despite the stigmas of today surrounding pageant contestants as being superficial and lacking intelligence, recent winners of the Miss Vietnam of Southern California scholarship … [Read more...] about Not Just a Pretty Face: Miss Vietnam of Southern California to Attend MIT
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The New Year Isn’t Over Yet in Vietnam!
This may come as a surprise to Westerners, but it’s still New Year’s Day in Vietnam, and much of the rest of Asia for that matter. While the Western New Year tends to involve massive celebration on New Year’s Eve, it’s business as usual on January 2nd at the latest in many places. Not so in Vietnam, where Tet celebrations go on for at least a full week. Flights, buses and … [Read more...] about The New Year Isn’t Over Yet in Vietnam!
A Spring Tet Festival of Love
Chuc Mung Nam Moi! Today is Tet--the Vietnamese Lunar New Year--and life in southern California is bustling. It is a warm 78 degrees Fahrenheit with the sun shining brightly. What better thing is there to do than the celebrate this beautiful day at the New Year Tet Festival in Orange County with loved ones! Spring of Love, by UVSA: The Union of Vietnamese Student … [Read more...] about A Spring Tet Festival of Love
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It is a now a few hours past midnight on the East coast. But for many on the West, the Lunar New Years eve party is just under way. Whether you are spending time with family or with friends, at home or at the temple, watching Paris by Night or watching the firecrackers, the OneVietnam and Vietnam Talking Points family would like to wish you all a prosperous and happy new year … [Read more...] about Chuc Mung Nam Moi
10 Do’s and Dont’s in Tet
For many of us younger Vietnamese, Tet always had been something very important to our families, to our culture and to our people.� However, we often don't understand certain things that the older folks in the family usually say and do during these 3 important days of the Lunar New Year.� Just like many of the young Vietnamese living overseas, I have been through the age of … [Read more...] about 10 Do’s and Dont’s in Tet