Van Tran camp’s capture of Viet media

One of the little-noticed changes taking place within the last few months is the quiet muscling in by the Van Thai Tran camp onto the pages of Vietnamese-language print media in Orange County.

According to the way an editor at one of the publications explained, off the record, to the Bolsavik, “Printing something put out by Van Tran’s men is a small price to pay to get peace from the protesters.”

The editor then clarified, though, that he didn’t mean to say that the Van Tran group had any control over the protesters, only that it was his “gut feeling” that “if they think you’re on Van Tran’s side, they won’t mess with you.”

Whether by design or just lucky to take whatever come their way, the Trannies have been taking advantage of the situation. Self-serving pieces coming from Tran’s henchman Cuong Bui have been appearing on Vietnamese-language print media, verbatim, with no editing (spelling errors and bad punctuations intact) and no fact-checking. Cuong Bui is a former restaurateur, but now functions as the chief writer of puff pieces for the Tran gang. The man responsible for the Photoshop work on Trung Nguyen‘s head (verified by the Bolsavik) is also reputedly responsible for the misspell on Dina Nguyen‘s mailer (unverified).

Most noticeable among the new Trannie publications is the Bolsavik’s former employer, Nguoi Viet Daily News. Within a span of 2 weeks, Nguoi Viet published 3 puff pieces by Cuong Bui, writing under the names of Nguyen Phuong and Nguyen Toan, touting the works of Van Tran’s group. (The same byline would appear in multiple publications, each pretending the news is its own.)

Nguoi Viet’s enthusiastic compliance with the demands of Cuong Bui can be traced to the newfound powers of its senior editor and number-one Van Tran fan on staff: Toan Quy Do (pictured), who also writes under a host of pseudonyms (in Vietnamese: Ngô Nhân Dung, Vuong Huu Bot, Tran Duc Truc, etc.).

As told to the Bolsavik, the day after Janet Nguyen won the endorsement of the OC Republican Party, Toan Do (no relations to editor-in-chief Anh B. Do) instructed the staff not to write about the GOP meeting, and to wait for Cuong Bui’s piece instead. It came a day later, carrying a lengthy three-line head that read: “First District Supervisor race: OC Republican Party endorses Janet Nguyen, educators and Vietnamese elected officials support Dina Nguyen.”

The (mis)lead paragraph read like it came straight out of something by the various Trannies writing on local political blogs: “The general monthly meeting of the Orange County Republican Party on Monday night, April 21, voted to officially endorse the incumbent candidate Supervisor Janet Nguyen in the coming elections. This decision by the Republicans came after the organization twice declined to trust the incumbent supervisor.”

Will this make any difference? The efforts expended by the Van Tran camp to reach the current results suggest that it does.

And it makes sense. As found in a survey commissioned by OCAPICA and the APALC (read here), an overwhelming 96% of all Vietnamese-Americans who cast ballots in the 2006 general elections were foreign-born, making the Vietnamese-language media highly influential.

  

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43 Responses to Van Tran camp’s capture of Viet media

  1. Lam Pho says:

    Bolsavik,

    Sounds like you’re still pretty sore over getting fired by the Nguoi Viet Daily. You are anything but a professional journalist, nor are you a fair and unbiased party, either. The language used on your own blog gives you off as a disenchanted and frustrated individual who fails in everything that you do, including your failed law practice for which you are repeatedly disciplined and then disbarred.

    When you were managing editor at NV before you were fired, didn’t NV give Janet Nguyen $1,500.00 for her Supe race? What self-respecting newspaper and, under what management would do that and call itself a news organization?

  2. Tran Vo Duc Truc says:

    Wow! What a clear, bold and beautiful article of yours. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You have the courage to say it out loud. Keep it up! You have a lot of fans now.

  3. NewOrphan says:

    Bolsavik,
    Everytime you hit the truth, you have to prepare for getting hurt!

  4. Dylan says:

    Yeah, Lam Pho. Ong Hao Nhien nay choi game. Mr. Hao Nhien playing games. It was not a secret how much he supported Janet Nguyen, Andrew Do and Nick Le Cong menage a trois when he was editing the newspaper. The Trung Nguyen side see how he and Do Dzung (writer) constantly writing about Janet puff pieces (thanks for new word) and now Do Dzung telling to him information so they play games against paper and Trung Nguyen. Do Dzung when your next puff piece on Janet Nguyen?

    Now I am reading the paper and it looks fair to both political sides. (Viet Bao more in favor of Trannies and Lan Quoc Nguyen always writing for them.)

    Bolsavik, are you still receiving payments from menage a trois Janet Nguyen, Andrew Do and Nick Le Cong? Good to getting payments after losing your law practice. How much?

  5. Real Viet says:

    Looks like Mr. Bolsavik just hit somebody’s nerve. :)

  6. My Phuong says:

    Bolsavik, how well can you read/listen to Vietnamese? All the papers like Viet Bao, Vien Dong, Viet Weekly, new entry Viet Star being funded by Dina Nguyen’s camp are writing puff pieces about all the candidates: Janet Nguyen, Dina Nguyen, Hoa Tran and the people supporting them. All the radio stations, TV stations are doing the same. I see Nguoi Viet printing about Van Tran and Janet Nguyen, the two opposite sides, each week so maybe it is more balanced. Viet Bao is obsessed with the Trannies including Lan Quoc Nguyen who has a close friendship with them. They print puff pieces verbatim including photos. Vien Dong prints everything for payment. Westminster councilman Tri Ta wrote a puff piece about his friend Dina Nguyen in Viet Star which is full of other photos of Dina.

    Janet Nguyen is coming out with her new newspaper to promote her campaign soon. Most puff pieces about her being written by Andrew Do, translated by Nick Le Cong, to give the image of her being busy to get votes. All the radio stations covering Janet Nguyen side and Van Tran side everyday and I know from my father who gave me the updates. Your blog is very biased unlike the blog of the Liberal OC. He is very credible.

  7. Tien Huynh says:

    [Bolsavik, are you still receiving payments from menage a trois Janet Nguyen, Andrew Do and Nick Le Cong? Good to getting payments after losing your law practice. How much?]

    Serious allegation requires serious supporting evidence. Any evidence will you please?

    -Tien Huynh

  8. Ma Nhat Tan says:

    Blogs are opinion and editorial forums on topics of interest presented by the proprietor(s) of the blog and its commentators. If people are reading this or similar blogs and demanding unbiased, hard news, I think they would have a better time reading the TV Guide and planning their week accordingly. The manner in which poster #1 (Lam Pho) responded to this post by the Bolsavik shows that he/she/they are personally affected by the issue.

  9. Arthur Tran says:

    Bolsavik, THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing it to light. Everything that you see in the news about DINA is all inflated by their own writers, either paid by the campaign or by Dina on the side. Many are just doing what they want becuase they are intimidated by the Trannies. I AM SO GLAD YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO OPEN UP THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT THEM. I have been waiting to see something like this for a long time. DINA and that whole group should be ashame of themselves. NOW, how do we get this news out to our community at large so they know what is going on inside Little Saigon??? DINA and the Trannies has claimed that they OWN VIETSTAR, watch closely in the next few weeks and you will see, each and every week from now til June 3rd you will see puff pieces about Dina, I assure you. She hasn’t done SHIT but they will lie through their teeth. Did you read her article from last week about her organizing the meeting with the Governor? What a great bullshit story!!! She has nothing to do with it. Check into it yourself Bolsavik.

  10. viet pride says:

    THE TRANNIES ARE TRUE COMMUNIST!!! They act just like the COMMIES. Controlling and they use the PRESS for PROPAGANDA

  11. Dirty Dina says:

    The Trannies will hit back so watch it Bolsavik. You’ve just exposed their back. What’s this VietStar anyway? I have no doubt that they were funded by Dina Nguyen under the table… maybe Jabal should look into that and report their illegal activities as well.

  12. Anti corruption says:

    A JOB WELL DONE BOLSAVIK!!! NOW LET SEE YOU EXPOSE THEM OF CORRUPTION… You are my hero!!! The Trannies Camp is full of skeletons… plenty from that DITZY DINA NGUYEN. But they are smart enough to PAYOFF all the local papers though… VietStar doesn’t count because that’s HER paper, she help them get started so now they will print anything she ask them too. VietStar is just another low end paper aimed to serve the uneducated like Dina herself. Its obvious!!! Do you really want to advertise with her paper? Not me!!!
    DOWN WITH CORRUPTION

  13. Tran Vo Duc Truc says:

    Shame on the Trannies Mafia and the media who supports them. (Nguoi Viet now is the loudest Trannies’ supporter.)

  14. Janet Not says:

    Bolsavik,

    Your bias is clear and apparent. You throw out innuendo and rumor and assert them as facts. More like falsehoods and hearsay. Name calling and hyperbole will only devalue your blog. It’s quite dumb, actually.

    Try to saty neutral and fair. Don’t think that the readers don’t know what you are up to, despite your best effort to hide it.

  15. VietVoter says:

    I would NEVER vote for a current Viet American politician. They are all self-serving, ego-maniacal primadonas who run for public office for all the wrong reasons. All I ever hear/see from them is infighting and xau xe nhau. How would they ever have time to serve their constituents? We need a new breed of principled, upright public servants.

  16. Viet for Viet says:

    VietVoter,

    Stop whining and groaning. Run for officer and get your behind handed to you on a platter. What do you really know about public service other than focusing on the negative? You complain too much. What a loser.

    To Bolsavik: You are one sick individual, man. It’s written on your face. Go to the doctor for your own good.

  17. To Nguyen says:

    Hi Hao-Nhien Vu aka Bolsavik:

    U R sick. Look your public record. U have an mental problem and to visit Doctor ASAP

    See the public record for yourself:

    Hao-Nhien Qui Vu – #177529
    Current Status: Resigned
    This member is resigned and may not practice law in California.

    See below for more details.

    Profile Information
    Bar Number 177529
    Address 14772 Moran St
    Westminster, CA, 92683 Phone Number Not Available
    Fax Number Not Available
    e-mail Not Available
    District District 8 Undergraduate School Purdue Univ; W Lafayette IN
    County Orange Law School UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA
    Sections None

    Status History
    Effective Date Status Change
    Present Resigned
    3/22/2008 Resigned
    9/16/2005 Not Eligible To Practice Law
    11/29/2004 Active
    10/30/2004 Not Eligible To Practice Law
    5/6/2004 Active
    9/16/2003 Not Eligible To Practice Law
    9/30/2002 Active
    9/3/2002 Not Eligible To Practice Law
    8/4/1995 Admitted to The State Bar of California

    Explanation of member status

    Actions Affecting Eligibility to Practice Law
    Effective Date Description Case Number Resulting Status
    Disciplinary and Related Actions
    3/22/2008 Resignation with charges pending 07-Q-13040 Resigned
    8/6/2007 Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 97-Q-13040 Not Eligible To Practice Law
    9/10/2006 Discipline w/actual suspension 06-PM-11405 Not Eligible To Practice Law
    5/21/2006 Ordered inactive 06-PM-11405 Not Eligible To Practice Law
    10/30/2004 Discipline w/actual suspension 03-O-1551 Not Eligible To Practice Law
    Administrative Actions
    9/16/2005 Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance Not Eligible To Practice Law
    9/16/2005 Suspended, failed to pay Bar membr. fees Not Eligible To Practice Law
    9/16/2003 Suspended, failed to pay Bar membr. fees Not Eligible To Practice Law
    9/3/2002 Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance Not Eligible To Practice Law

    Copies of official attorney discipline records are available upon request.

    Explanation of common actions

    State Bar Court Cases
    NOTE: The State Bar Court began posting public discipline documents online in 2005. The format and pagination of documents posted on this site may vary from the originals in the case file as a result of their translation from the original format into Word and PDF. Copies of additional related documents in a case are available upon request. Only Opinions designated for publication in the State Bar Court Reporter may be cited or relied on as precedent in State Bar Court proceedings.

    Effective Date Case Number Description
    9/10/2006 06-PM-11405 Decision [PDF]
    Pending 06-PM-11405 Decision [PDF] [WORD]

    California Bar Journal Discipline Summaries
    Summaries from the California Bar Journal are based on discipline orders but are not the official records. Not all discipline actions have associated CBJ summaries. Copies of official attorney discipline records are available upon request.

    September 10, 2006

    HAO-NHIEN QUI VU [#177529], 42, of Westminster Probation was revoked, the stay of suspension was lifted and he was actually suspended for two years and until he proves his rehabilitation and was ordered to comply with rule 955. Credit toward the actual suspension will be given for a period of involuntary inactive enrollment that began May 21, 2006. The order took effect Sept. 10, 2006.

    Vu did not submit four quarterly probation reports, prove he attended ethics school or complete six hours of MCLE in ethics. Vu did not participate in the probation revocation proceeding.

    He was disciplined in 2004 for failing to perform legal services competently and for the unauthorized practice of law.

    October 30, 2004

    HAO-NHIEN Q. VU [#177529], 40, of Westminster was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a 30-day actual suspension and was ordered to take the MPRE within a year and to prove his rehabilitation. The order took effect Oct. 30, 2004.

    Vu stipulated to misconduct in two matters, including failing to perform legal services competently and the unauthorized practice of law.

    Vu represented two clients in a patent infringement case, but failed to handle the case properly. He failed to inform one client about discovery, scheduled depositions without informing the clients and then failed to show up, entered into a consent order without telling the clients and failed to inform one client about critical pre-trial deadlines. He also did not respond to his clients’ inquiries, and they were forced to hire a new lawyer.

    Vu was sanctioned $5,000 as a result of his conduct, but his check was written against insufficient funds.

    His failure to perform left his clients facing severe monetary and evidentiary sanctions.

    In the second matter, Vu filed two notices with a court while he was suspended for failing to pay his bar dues.

    In mitigation, he has no prior record of discipline.

  18. Commenter says:

    Good job Bolsavik.

  19. Pay your dues says:

    Holy Cow! What’s all the Bar Action against you about? You need some serious help, Bolsavik!

  20. Tien Huynh says:

    A person’s incompetent law practice does NOT render his OPINION about other politicians INVALID.

  21. Lieutenant says:

    Interesting. What you want to do is to win the propaganda war. I guess Van Tran learned the lessons of modern warfare.

  22. VietVoter says:

    Viet for Viet,

    You must be a current Viet politician…hahaha….sorry for telling the truth man.

  23. Ma Nhat Tan says:

    The Van Tran camp is going after the The Bolsavik early. Usually they first send someone you know to stress upon you the wisdom of not criticizing them. The Bolsavik must know where the Van Tran camp buried the bodies.

  24. LS Knight says:

    Bravo Bolsavik! Sounds like you’ve come back to be a real man after you left the Nguoi Viet fantasy land of a bunch of “never-growing-old-Peter-Pan jounalists” and grumpy-old-dead-sod editors. Never mind all comments by the Tran Gang’s fans. They are stupid, unexperienced, and unskilled (but they thought they were politically savvy) just like many of Tran gang’s henchmen (Cuong Bui is an obvious “best example!”). Thanks to you, the “Buddha” Toan Quy Do now has a chance to come out of the… closet, exposing himself totally naked as the “mother f.er of all dirty tricks” in Nguoi Viet “dynasty”. Keep up the good works!

  25. Tiffany N. says:

    Bolsavik, you justkeep on doing what you think is right. The Trannies boarded a sinking ship so they are desperate, they harrass people, imtimidate people or they pay people off… this is their way of running this town. They will find all the dirt that they could dig up to attack you hoping it will stop you from further exposing them of all their criminal activities. So DON’T LET THEM!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I am 100% certain they are scrambling to dig up dirt to throw it back your way now to discredit you. KEEP IT UP!!!

  26. Lem Ta says:

    Sick acts like To Nguyen just push good people to support the just cause. Way to go Bolsavik.

  27. Passerby says:

    the trannies are starting to attack again. you’ve got them shaking in their pants. they’re probably meeting up right now and planning something against you. keep your ears and eyes open.

    anyhow, keep up the good work, bolsavik! HAHA

  28. Trannies win says:

    Trannies are corrupt, but that’s how they win. They will win all public offices. They will go after Bolsavik, and he will be sorry.

  29. Christopher Nguyen says:

    Van Tran needs to stop reading his little red book and go away

  30. anti dina says:

    We’ve known all along that they have their own paid writers that’s how they promote themselves. They are all hungry for fame and making easy money through corrupted dealings is attractive enough for these lazy bumps to get into politics. Dina hasn’t done sh!t but they will spin anything into an interesting story and write about it. For example, when Arnold visit Garden Grove, Dina has nothing to do with it but her claim to fame written by her own paid writer is that she organized the event and welcome the Govornor!!! How funny, if only people know the truth… keep on watching them and you will see what I mean… they will spin anything just to get their name and Dina’s name out there… PATHETIC GROUP OF LOOSERS WITHOUT ANY REAL JOB.

  31. Free Us! says:

    Bolsavik: I have been reading your post for some time now and I appreciate your efforts for a fair and balanced representation of all the Van Tran Clan/Machine. Are you sure you shouldn’t be working for FOX News? LOL Anyway it might be very interesting to your readers to research some more on Dina Nguyen. It cannot be found where she has even an undergraduate degree; but she has a law degree from an “out of the mainstream” law school that doesn’t even require an undergraduate degree for admission. How many times did she take the bar exam? I heard it was very difficult for her and she had to take it many times. Her personal life is a trainwreck. Her work history at the courthouse, while it should be confidential, there are enough people and judges that worked with her that the word was out there that she was barred from many courtrooms for her errors. I was told her common name was “Dingy Dina” due to her errors. She says she quit after 18 years because she wante to serve the public more. But what is she doing for an income besides collecting child support for her three children? What does she do for a living now? Is it true she married her fiance’s brother while her fiance was serving in the military in Iraq? What happened to that marriage?

    It is common for anyone associated with the Trannies to blow out of proportion their activities and make overstatements of their “greatness”. How do you dispell this to the Viet Community when most of the media in the Viet community is practically “owned” by the Trannies.

    You are doing a good job. Keep up the good work. But know when you try to do the right thing and stay out of the Trannie machine, they work against you hard and they use their media to do it.

    Thanks for taking a stand.

  32. Jung Kim says:

    Another “free us mexican cholos united” aka Arturo Piedra from S.A gang banger wanna be….wants to distort and berate our fine Viet candidate Dina!

    Remove Santa Ana and dump it over the other side of the fence….to his brothers in T.J.

    Stop mexican cholo contamination on this blog!

  33. TLC says:

    JUNG KIM, QUIT BARKING ! ! !

  34. On Target says:

    TLC,

    Do you need a little tender loving care tonight? You sounded frustrated. Get a hold of yourself. Oh, forgot. Don’t touch yourself. You might get STD.

  35. Tri Ta is useless says:

    Talking about Tri Ta, does this guy speak English? I have been watching the Westminster city council meeting for the last 4 months, I had not heard him speak a word. He looks so dumb and incompetent. Thanks god I did not listen to my Dad to vote for him. Well, we can count on his vote when it comes to viet issue.

  36. Jung Kim says:

    Tri Ta is fine young man with good geniune heart with strong vision to lead his community.

    I think you should had listen to your dad……… follow the wisdom not short sight.

  37. MAI TRAN says:

    Bolsavik, keep up the good work and I am so glad to see someone finally expose the TRANNIES of their dirty tactics.

  38. Jung Kim says:

    Bolsavik, keep up with your good work in being informative yet being neutral!

    Dina will appreciate your hard work for our community!

    Vote for winning candidate Dina!

  39. TLC says:

    A FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME THAT IT’S A WELL KNOWN FACT IN LITTLE SAIGON THAT IF YOU HAPPENED TO SLEEP IN dina’s BED, YOU WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN WHO HAS SLEPT THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE. SO HEAD UP GUYS ( NO, THE OTHER HEAD…THE ONE ON YOUR NECK ) MAKE SURE YOU TAKE EXTRA PROTECTION CAUSE STD MIGHT NOT THE ONLY ONE YOU COULD CATCH !

  40. Jung Kim says:

    TLC……… your pitch against Dina has been heard loud and clear but you have a great future ahead of you!
    Lift up your chin high and embrace those in pain and suffering………there are plenty of them. Look at chinese earth quake victims …70000 + deaths and tens of thousands of little children orphans. You can do so many nice things with God given gifts and skills. Concentrate and still count your blessings!

  41. TLC says:

    jung kim,

    FINALLY, you HEARD ME! MUST BE PRETTY LOUD & CLEAR THIS TIME AROUND :) BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPLIMENT. I DO COUNT MY BLESSINGS EVERY NIGHT, A MATTER OF FACT .. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION DAY I COUNTED IT TWICE SO GOD MUST HAS HEARD ME…I’M SO BLESSED!

  42. Jung Kim says:

    Funny……. do pray about important things other than personal hatred of others …. and grw up!

  43. TLC says:

    I DO BUT I DON’T WANT TO TELL you SO QUIT BEING NOSEY jung kim! AND WHY DO YOU KEEP WANTING ME TO GROW UP, IF I DO NOBODY WILL PLAY WITH you, AND I MEAN NOBODY !

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