Monthly Archives: March 2009

Viet beauty queen lost title over ‘technicality’

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Bolsavik

A strange turn of the event, hinging on a stranger pageant rule, caused a Viet who had been crowned Miss Garden Grove Outstanding Teen just six months ago to lose her title, reports the OC Register here. Emily Nguyen (center, … Continue reading →

Posted in Strange stuff, successful Viets | Tagged , | 64 Comments

Hoi Trinh speaks out on stateless refugees and other stuff

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Bolsavik

So the Bolsavik was in London and there he met Hoi Trinh, better known by his Vietnamese name Trịnh Hội (pictured). Famous among Viets worldwide for his work with refugees in Hong Kong and the Philippines, Trinh was once accused … Continue reading →

Posted in successful Viets | Tagged , | 32 Comments

Viet Buddhist temple OK’d to erect huge Quan Am statue

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Bolsavik

A 57-foot statue of the Buddhist goddess Quan Am may be the next big thing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after the city’s Board of Adjustment on Tuesday gave conditional approval for the construction of the statue on the grounds of Tam … Continue reading →

Posted in misc | Tagged | 3 Comments

A Viet world champion of air hockey

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Bolsavik

Yes, there is a world ranking of air hockey players. And the man on top of the world is a Viet named Davis Lee Huynh. The Bay Area’s KNTV has a video report here on the King of air hockey. … Continue reading →

Posted in successful Viets | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Viet convicted of welfare fraud

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Bolsavik

All those Viets who think welfare is free money and they could fudge the financial on their applications to become eligible, may want to think again: A Viet woman from Northern Indiana last week was sentenced to five years in … Continue reading →

Posted in crime | Tagged , | 4 Comments

A Viet Member of the British Empire

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Bolsavik

The Bolsavik just returned from London, where he met many very interesting people. One such person is Thanh Vu (in Vietnamese: Vũ Khánh Thành, pictured), the sexagenarian director of a service organization for the Vietnamese community in London. During the … Continue reading →

Posted in successful Viets | Tagged | 12 Comments

Right and wrong in London

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Bolsavik

So the Bolsavik was riding this bus and, bloody hell, it’s driving down the left side of the street, in the middle of rush hour traffic and everything. Blimey! The whole country is driving the wrong way. And they think … Continue reading →

Posted in misc | Tagged | 1 Comment

Young Viets in Midwest prepare for big conference

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Bolsavik

Vietnamese-American students in the Midwest are getting ready for a large annual conference of fellow leaders from all over the country, to be held the week-end of April 3 to 5, 2009 Called the “Vietnamese Interacting as One” conference, the … Continue reading →

Posted in education, events | Tagged | 32 Comments