
Journey to America – My Cousin Thuong’s Perspective
On our journey to America, two cousins also came along with my family. They both were teenagers when we...
On our journey to America, two cousins also came along with my family. They both were teenagers when we...
In addition to my siblings, two cousins came along on the journey to America. Both cousins were teenagers at...
Mai Hương, My Oldest Sister Mai Hương meant beautiful fragrance of a yellow flowering plant called ochna or mickey-mouse...
This Chapter is about my older sister, Kiều Hạnh, and her perspective. She remembers a little more than my...
This chapter is about my two younger sisters’ perspectives. Similar to my brothers, both sisters were young. They remembered...
In this chapter, I shall be sharing my brothers’ perspectives during our travel to America. Both brothers were very...
Planning a trip to Vietnam was exciting and scary at the same time. I did not know if I...
After three years of the cold weather in Illinois, my parents were ready for a warmer climate. It didn’t...
I was here in America because of circumstance. If Vietnam was a peaceful place, the thought of leaving would...
From 1975 to about 1996, more than 500,000 boat people reportedly stayed at different refugee camps while a guess...
After four days of floating in the sea, everyone was anxious to find land. The captain followed the course...
In the summer of July 1978, whispers about “America” were in the air. The North and South Vietnam have...
An estimate of four million Vietnamese are living overseas. Vietnamese immigrants scattered among 34 countries all over the world....
Many Vietnamese people left Vietnam for political and economic reasons. In the beginning, people were leaving because of political...
Until one early spring morning April 30, 1975, everything changed. It was the day that changed the course of...
Living with Bố and Mẹ Đức During my first ten years, I lived mostly with Bố (dad) and Mẹ...
Early foggy morning in the summer of 1968, an old woman strolled through an empty neighborhood sidewalk. She cradled...
My adventure began when I was born in Saigon (Hồ Chí Minh City) on May 05, 1968, the year...
This chapter introduces Vietnamese culture and traditions to readers who are foreign to the Vietnamese customs. My hope is...
Vietnam War played an important role in history for many countries and my own life. It was an underlying...
It is a long story so I am going to break into different blogs. I have been writing about...
What is a betel nut? It is a combination of betel leaves, areca nuts, and lime offered during Vietnamese...
There is a Vietnamese old traditional phrase that said “Cái Răng Cái Tóc Là Góc Con Người” which means...
For the first ten years of my life growing up in Vietnam, I was most familiar with Buddhism (Đạo...
Vietnam has a loosely shape of an “S” with a distance from north to south of 1650 km (1025...
There are many traditions in the Vietnamese culture. There are several traditions that Nguyễn Vӑn family partake. Some of...
The Vietnamese are rather small people in stature and round in facial features. On average, Vietnamese range from 4...
Where to begin the Nguyễn Family’s epic journey to America so that we all can share our stories with...
Summer 2016 is upon us already. Have you taken some quality time for yourself or with your love ones...
Happy New Year 2016!!! January 1st, 2016 came and went. If you missed it, here’s another chance to celebrate...
Did you know that the very first chopsticks were probably used for cooking, stirring fire, serving or seizing bits...
Are you ready for school to start again? Come and check Pho Queen out at the Maitland Library this...
There are so many things we can do to appreciate our moms. It can be as elaborate as a...
Happy month of May!!! I am creating a brand new game for the month May with a goal in...
Hello World!!! This is my first blog on my new website. I have not been posting newsletters lately because...