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‘Nguyen’ building coming to George Mason University

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Bolsavik

The largest academic building on George Mason University’s Fairfax campus will carry the name “Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Building,” after the businessman and his wife, who donated $5 million to the university, the Washington Business Journal reports here. Dr. … Continue reading →

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Viet U.S. Navy Commander in Vietnam, interviewed on Nguoi Viet

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Bolsavik

(Photo by Chitose Suzuki, AP) When the USS Lassen made its official port call to Da Nang, Vietnam, earlier today, it marked the first time that a Vietnamese-American U.S. warship commander came back on Vietnamese shore. Cmdr. Hung Le (in Vietnamese: … Continue reading →

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Viet priest elevated to Auxilliary Bishop of Toronto

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Vietnamese-Canadian priest in the Archdiocese of Toronto has been named Auxilliary Bishop of that same archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI, announced the Vatican in its daily newsletter here. Fr. Vincent Nguyen (Vietnamese name: Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu) was one of two priests … Continue reading →

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Judge Jacqueline Nguyen approved by Senate Committee

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Viet long-time Superior Court judge is only one step away from becoming the first Vietnamese-American federal judge, having been reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to its web site here. Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen (pictured), nominated on July … Continue reading →

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‘Operation Babylift’ to play San Diego, festival circuit

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Bolsavik

The film that won the Audience Choice Award at the Vietnamese International Film Festival, a documentary about former orphans airlifted out of Vietnam at the end of the war, is coming to a film festival near you. After the success … Continue reading →

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Viet takes top honors at state photo contest

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Bolsavik

“Egret Dancing” With this photo, My Phuong Nguyen of Burtonsville, Maryland won the Grand Prize in the 2009 Maryland Natural Resource Magazine Photo Contest. The contest was run by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The photo, entitled “Egret Dancing,” … Continue reading →

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Viet high school counselor won Yale’s “Educator Award”

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Bolsavik

Huy Tran (left) helping senior Derik Pham apply to colleges. Photo by Olivia Le, La Quinta H.S. Yearbook photographer, courtesy of Huy Tran. A Vietnamese-American counselor at a high-Viet-concentration high school in Bolsavikland has been honored by Yale University with its … Continue reading →

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Daniel Nguyen eliminated from U.S. Open

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Bolsavik

Facing a pair of seasoned opponents, Daniel Nguyen and his doubles partner J.T. Sundling won their first set but couldn’t keep up and were sent packing today. Nguyen (pictured) and Sundling’s opponents are two Argentinian players, Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco. … Continue reading →

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