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Lost in Translation
YMCAs, Scouts, after-school groups adapt to influx of Asian families.
[Posted 6/30/05]

Former Refugees Give Back Through Charity Work
They came from what they described as a shattered nation and have spent years helping to make their new country better.
[Posted 6/29/05]

Freddie Mac Issues Grant to Shelter Homeless Northern Virginia Families
The Freddie Mac Foundation has granted $550,000 to the Center for Multicultural Human Services in Falls Church to buy five additional "transitional housing units," which will be used to provide 16 more Northern Virginia homeless families with safe housing and support services.
[Posted 6/28/05]

Hard-to-Get Policy Briefings for Congress Are Now Online
A Washington research group has created a Web site where the public can read, submit and download the difficult-to-find public policy briefs members of Congress use to get up to speed on issues.
[Posted 6/28/05]

Former 'Boat People' Plead to Malaysia Not to Destroy Bidong Memorial
Overseas Vietnamese, who fled the communist regime after the fall of Saigon in 1975 in boats or "the Boat People" as they were called, are pleading to the Malaysian government not to destroy the memorial they set up on Pulau Bidong in Terengganu to commemorate their comrades who perished in their quest for freedom.
[Posted 6/28/05]

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
At the core of Asian economic development is its business leadership—managers and entrepreneurs who sustain and create Asian companies. Do they exhibit the same leadership styles as top executives in the West?
[Posted 6/27/05]

Study Links Race to Risk of Advanced Colorectal Cancer, Death
A new study finds wide variations in colorectal cancer stage of diagnosis and mortality, with some ethnic groups having 10 to 60 percent higher risks of stage III or IV colorectal cancer compared to non-Hispanic whites, and 20 to 30 percent higher risk of death from the disease.
[Posted 6/27/05]

Vietnam's Leader Says Bush Strongly Supports His Country's Early Entry Into WTO
Vietnam's Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said that President Bush strongly supports his country's early entry into the World Trade Organization, a key goal of the premier's historic trip to the United States.
[Posted 6/24/05]

Vietnam and Human Rights
For these reasons, Mr. Bush must use today's meeting to push a two-sided agenda: more economic and military cooperation on the one hand, more democracy and freedom on the other.
[Posted 6/21/05]

President Welcomes Vietnamese Prime Minister to the White House
There will be two opening statements this morning.
[Posted 6/21/05]

Joint Statement Between the U.S.A. and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
President George W. Bush welcomed Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to the White House today to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral ties on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam.
[Posted 6/21/05]

Vietnam Leader Plans Microsoft, Boeing Visits, But Faces Protests
Vietnamese Americans from around the Northwest are expected to protest tomorrow's history-making visit by Vietnam's prime minister, who will tour a Boeing plant and appear at a noon news conference at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle.
[Posted 6/18/05]

Shelby Balks at Fund for Housing
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) has come out against a proposal to divert a portion of the profits of housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pay for affordable housing.
[Posted 6/17/05]

Vietnam, U.S. to Improve Intelligence, Military Ties
Once enemies in battle, Vietnam and the United States will cooperate in the exchange of intelligence on terrorism and transnational crime, and Vietnam will send military officers for training in the United States, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said Thursday on the eve of the first U.S. trip by a top Vietnamese Communist leader.
[Posted 6/17/05]

Big Reward in Unpaid Internship
Summer is the time of year when law students generally try to land a coveted high-paying internship at a prestigious law firm.
[Posted 6/17/05]

Adoptions Will Resume for the First Time Since 2002
The United States and Vietnam initialed an agreement Wednesday that will allow U.S. citizens to adopt Vietnamese children for the first time since 2002, when concerns about baby trafficking prompted Vietnam to halt all adoptions.
[Posted 6/17/05]

Vietnam PM Heads for Washington on Historic Trip
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai leaves this weekend on the first trip to the United States by the communist nation's top leader since the Vietnam War ended, and will be looking to increase trade between the former enemies.
[Posted 6/17/05]

City Web Site on Mental Health, Addiction Issues to Launch Today
Philadelphia mental health officials plan to launch an ambitious new Web site today that will allow patients and their relatives to search for treatment options, learn about legislation that could affect them and create their own private medical Web page.
[Posted 6/16/05]

Vietnam War Refugee's Memoir Sheds Light
A new memoir seeks to dispel lingering and painful misperceptions about the Vietnam War by relating the journey of a South Vietnamese refugee-turned-U.S. Marine - a journey that began 30 years ago in Arkansas.
[Posted 6/15/05]

TV Gains Asian Flavor
As emigrants and their descendants become more numerous in the U.S. and build household incomes, more stations are tailoring programming to their tastes.
[Posted 6/12/05]

First-Time Candidate Claims Austin City Council Seat
Novice candidate Jennifer Kim, who entered the race as a young unknown but outraised and outsmarted three competitors, landed a seat Saturday on the Austin City Council.
[Posted 6/12/05]

Virginia's Exit Poll Survey Profiles Asian Americans
June 9, 2005 is a red-letter day for Asian Pacific Americans in Virginia, as a report of the first-ever political profile based on a survey of 300 APAs who voted in the November 2004 elections is going to be released on that day.
[Posted 6/9/05]

Ethnic Communities Fond of Foreign-Language Media
One in four Americans turn to non-English radio, television and publications for information and entertainment, testament to the powerful but often overlooked reach of ethnic media in the United States, according to a national, multilingual poll of ethnic Americans released Tuesday.
[Posted 6/8/05]

S.J. Poised to Elect Vietnamese Councilwoman in Runoff
For the first time in San Jose history, voters will put a Vietnamese-American on the City Council, the only sure result of Tuesday's landmark District 7 election.
[Posted 6/7/05]

Liver Cancer Need No Longer Plague Asians and Pacific Islanders
Healthcare professionals are gearing up a campaign to inform Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) of a vaccine that prevents Hepatitis B, the leading cause of liver cancer.
[Posted 6/5/05]

Hope for Affordable Housing
The latest official estimate is that the country lacks 1.6 million units of low-income housing.
[Posted 6/2/05]

Teens May Be Last to Get Summer Jobs
They are as much a part of summer's montage as miniature golf, ice cream, and muggy nights: teens dipping their toes in the world of work.
[Posted 6/2/05]

UC Davis Wins $4.5 Grant to Reduce Cancer in Asian Population
The grant builds on a previous institute-funded project, known as the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (AANCART).
[Posted 6/2/05]

California Man Arrested for Plot Against Cambodia
A Cambodian-American accountant was arrested yesterday on charges he violated American law by leading a militant group that has sought to overthrow the Cambodian government.
[Posted 6/2/05]

Assembly Approves Ban on Human Trafficking
A measure that easily cleared the state Assembly on Tuesday would make human trafficking illegal in California and establish strong penalties for people who enslave others.
[Posted 6/1/05]

Demonstrations Are Likely During White House Visit of Top Vietnam Communist
The announcement that the leader of Vietnam's communist government will visit the White House later this month is drawing the ire of some Vietnamese-Americans and is likely to prompt protests across America, activists said yesterday.
[Posted 6/1/05]

Public Release of the 2005 "Trafficking in Persons Report"
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will release the fifth annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report on Friday, June 3, at 11:45 a.m. .
[Posted 6/1/05]

Vietnamese Americans Volunteer to Teach Others Vietnamese
Until she was 10, American-born Tiffany Truong, 13, of San Jose couldn’t speak to her Vietnamese grandmother without using hand signals, nods and smiles — or an interpreter.
[Posted 6/1/05]

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