Chopsticks Alley Podcast Episode 5 Who Was Ho Chi Minh? Part I: The Rise of Ho Chi Minh Sponsor: Dr. Jerrold Hiura Guests: Dr. Peter...

As someone who is coming from a mixed ethnic background, my aspiration for diversity through culture and community shapes my appreciation...

Research studies on health disparities have been conducted on Vietnamese elders since their resettlement in the US the last 40 years....

Episode: 4 Topic: Traveling to Vietnam, What Changed between 1997 and now from a Euro American perspective and Vietnamese American...

It is undeniable Vietnamese American youths enjoy American pop culture. They also gravitate toward Japanese anime, Korean pop music, and...

Episode: 3 Topic: History, Myths and Legends Podcast Series: Revenge, Human Rights, Justice & Freedom! Việt Nam's Beloved Heroines, Hai...

Episode: 2 Topic: French Rats in Hà Nội: The Effects of French Colonial Rule in Việt Nam Sponsor: Thomas Vo, Real Estate Broker...

Episode: 1 Topic: An Incomplete History: Inheriting the Generational Trauma of the Vietnam War Sponsored by: www.Work2future1.org Host: ...

As a researcher of the cultural life of Vietnamese living overseas, one of the major lenses through which I analyze their world is...

When I was a kid, I played outside every day. Often I came home with scrapes and bruises. "You are going to get a scar and nobody will...

Setting up a Bàn Thờ or Shrine for Tết Lunar New Year is an easy yet complex task. Watch our Chopsticks Alley Talk - Live Tet Edition -...

On December 30, 2016 China announced it vows to ban all commerce in ivory by the end of 2017. China’s illegal poaching and wildlife trade...

For the second generation Vietnamese-Americans, the remnants of the Vietnam War can be seen through documented pictures, ones that were capt

Vietnam’s police force imposes tight media censorship and have a zero tolerance approach to criticisms directed at their government,...

In Vietnam, the bamboo tree is a significant symbol of our culture and daily life. The solid, straight and high bamboo trees represent resil

Second generation Vietnamese Americans may not be familiar with a song called Lý Cây Đa, but if we ask our parents about it, not only will t

Ocean Vuong’s poetry collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon Press 2016), is the most beautifully written book I have read...

How is a poem transformed through translation? What is lost, and what remains true to the original? Vietnamese is a strongly idiomatic...

One of my great regrets in life is I never learned to write in Vietnamese. I’ve always thought that speaking it was enough—as in, it...

“You’re not using the correct accent mark!” The young tutor scolded me as I tried to complete my class worksheet. I remember fighting...