Nearly 25 years ago, Roberto Torres moved from the Mexican state of Guerrero to Orange County, landing a job as a dishwasher at a Vietnamese restaurant. Torres was part of a tide of immigration from ...
GARLAND, Texas — At Hickman Elementary School in Garland, culture is woven into daily lessons. From classroom greetings in Vietnamese to science lessons in English, students in the school’s Vietnamese ...
The Westminster school system in California’s Orange County has opened the state’s first English-Vietnamese dual-language-immersion program. Kindergarten students at DeMille Elementary School will be ...
Home to more than 500 Vietnamese-language books, the Vietnamese Bookcase at Phat Tich Pagoda in Vientiane has become a ...
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—When Thuy Vo Dang came to the U.S. as a young girl, her English took off. Her parents sent her to Vietnamese school on the weekends to learn her native language, but she ...
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Once when I was in Thai Binh, someone asked me in Vietnamese about my "nương". I froze for a second. "Why's he asking me about barbecue (nướng)?" Seeing my confusion, he burst out laughing: "Ah, I ...
Michael is a born Texan and a former graphic designer. He's been covering technology in general and Android in particular since 2011. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and ...
School girls hold Vietnamese and South Korean flags while waiting for arrival of South Korean President Moon Jae-in before a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam (March 23, ...
Madame Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of Party General Secretary To Lam, visited a Vietnamese language class at Vesala Comprehensive ...
A few months ago I was speaking in front of a crowd of American undergraduate students about my work with the Student Language Exchange, discussing the power and benefit of learning a new language.