What happened in December 2014: news and events relating to Vietnamese at home and in the diaspora. Socio-cultural, literary, and political news and events relating to Viet nam and to the Vietnamese diaspora.
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Viet Kieu in the news
• After decades of nightmares, a Vietnamese refugee finds solace through painting.
• Bao Nguyen, the “young rabble rouser [who] has found his own center” takes office as mayor of Garden Grove. [NV2]
• A Vietnamese orphan from the controversial airlift, Operation Babylift,“has spent his life questioning who he is and what could have been.”
News about Viet Nam
• The canonization of Father Francis-Xavier Truong Buu Diep “has given the green light.”
• Vietnam’s high abortion rate suggests problem stems from conflicting contraception advice.
• Vietnamese coffee is known for its thick sweetened condensed milk.
• Through formal submission to the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague, Vietnam supports the Philippines’ arbitration case. [Reuters][Bloomberg]
• Vietnamese writer, Nguyen Quang Lap, has been arrested for reportedly publishing criticism of the Communist government on his blog.
• Le Quy Duong has become the first Vietnamese to elected to the executive council of the International Theater Institute (ITI).
• Contestant Nguyen Thi Loan is
in the top 25 of the Miss World 2014.
• Hu tieu is setting the Vietnam’s Mekong Delta on a path to prosperity.
Other News
• Ted Osius is sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam . [State]
• The lingering issue of land rights remains a difficult problem.
Special thanks to Viet Thanh Nguyen for providing many of the news items.
Peace!
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