Yearly Archives: 2013
November 2013 News and Events
What happened in November 2013: news and events relating to Vietnamese at home and in the diaspora.It’s time for our second subscriber drive. We’re...
Thuy Linh: Let’s Not Just Go to the Movies, Let’s Make Them
With the explosion of blockbusters, a number of lackluster films has also emerged. What should be done with these underwhelming films? Thuy Linh examines...
Top Five Most Critical of October
It’s here! The Top Five most read posts of October on diaCRITICS! Read your favorites again or discover something you’ve overlooked. So, stay tuned...
Thuy Linh: Match Thy Neighbors
Thuy Linh of Thanh Nien News offers a critical analysis of contemporary Vietnamese cinema, demonstrating the ways in which Vietnamese filmmakers can learn from the regional...
Rhino horns, Tiger Teeth and Why Asians Eat Wildlife to Extinction
Sonny Le reflects on the cultural practice of eating wildlife, emphasizing the need to implement conservation education to the Vietnamese cultural mindset to prevent...
A Vietnamese American Protest Organizer’s History Against Miss Saigon
As one of the longest-running Broadway musical in musical theatre history, Miss Saigon has received plenty of praise but also a whole lot of...
The Vietnamese American Oral History Project: The Transience of Small Things
Khanh Ho writes a fictional story inspired by Nguyen Chi Thien, a dissident poet who died last year. After editing his obituary for Diacritics and then...
October 2013 News and Events Updates
What happened in October 2013: news and events relating to Vietnamese at home and in the diaspora.It’s time for our second subscriber drive. We’re...
A Story About Another Time By An Author of a Different Generation
Audrey Chin reviews niehtn's Village Teacher, a novel that offers a refreshing look at the French colonization of Vietnam. Although this narrative follows a love story,...
Thuy Linh: My Imaginary Film Project
What if you had the opportunity to make your own box-office film? By envisioning a film about contemporary Vietnamese filmmakers that is directed, produced,...