The following is an article by John Sakata that originally appeared in New American Media and Nguoi Viet, reposted with permission. A click on an e-mail was all it took to derail the precarious college-graduation course plan Danny Nguyen had scrambled together. The e-mail sent to all students in the 23-campus California State University system announced a $105 tuition … [Read more...] about Viet Students Wonder How Much Longer They Can Afford College
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My Native Tongue
Vietnamese is my second language. I was raised as an American with my grandfather’s culture sparsely scattered upon my childhood. I was fed Vietnamese food, mainly by my paternal grandmother, ba noi, who had a natural talent for cooking but mostly everything else was either completely American or a mixture of Vietnamese and American and so the term “Vietnamese-American” really … [Read more...] about My Native Tongue
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