Tung Bach Ly – A Seriously Busy Guy – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Have you ever been to the DMV or some other official kind of place and seen immigrant parents with little English proficiency helped out with the paperwork by their...
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Quoc Hoang – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
In 1980, Quoc Hoang was born in a refugee camp in a Malaysian jungle. Two-and-a-half months later, his family found itself in Canada in the dead of winter, totally...
Good Children and The Sniff Kisses – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
A true “professional bohemian”, Stephen Collier is a nationally known artist and one of the founders of the Good Children Gallery on St. Claude. The son of a...
Helmets in Southeast Asia – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Alison Ecker lives in Hanoi, and joins us with a live report on the strange fate of the motorcycle helmet in Vietnam, and the importance of women’s shoes in...
Lily the Vietnamese Psychiatrist – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Generally speaking, Vietnamese people – particularly the older generation – don’t go to counselors, they don’t see life coaches, and they sure as hell don’t see shrinks. It’s not...
New Orleans Photographer Captures Hanoi – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
New Orleans born – Hanoi based photographer, Aaron Joel Santos, gives us a picture of Vietnam life. From weddings to double amputees, Aaron Joel Santos shows us Vietnam from...
Viet Metalhead – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Uyen Vu is a high-end jewelry marketing expert. She’s also a recovering metal head with a New Orleans past. From Chopin to Metallica music, Uyen talks about musical influences, her her life...
VietNOLA Fight Club: Thanh, Vinh, and Grandmaster Tai Le – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Grandmaster Tai Le began his disciplines in Tae Kwon Do and Kung Fu as an eight-year old in Vietnam. In the years before he fled the country, he would...
Eric Tang on Vietnamese and African American Solidarity post-Katrina – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
When we think of the big city racial crises, there’s often that image of an Asian community caught in the middle of it – perhaps epitomized by the Asian...
