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Garden Grove woman awaits husband's release from jail in Vietnam
World NowNguyen Quoc Quan was arrested a month ago upon arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, reportedly charged with terrorist acts linked to Viet Tan, a banned party pushing for democracy in the Communist country. The group says that the charges are fabricated and has... -
Horst Faas dies at 79; Pulitzer Prize-winning combat photographer
As chief of photo operations for the Associated Press in Saigon for a decade beginning in 1962, Horst Faas didn't just cover the fighting — he also recruited and trained new talent from among foreign and Vietnamese freelancers. The result was...
Tags: News Agency, Entertainment Events, Robert Capa, Berlin (Germany), Germany
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Southeast Asian sweets add variety to life
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFresh mango glistening the brilliant orange of a late-summer sun, glutinous rice balls glowing a radiant pandan green, tender taro cakes blooming the same piercing purple as a field of lilacs. Bhan Kanom Thai is a rainbow rush of colors. The Hollywood...Tags: Sweetened Condensed Milk, Cambodia, Coconut Milk, Malaysia, Flour
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Richard Threlkeld dies at 74; veteran TV anchor and correspondent
Richard Threlkeld, a former CBS and ABC correspondent who covered the fall of Saigon and helped establish the CBS "Sunday Morning" show with weekly stories that showcased his prodigious energy and incisive writing, died Friday in a car crash on Long...Tags: Robert F. Kennedy, Movies, CNN (tv network), Long Island, Amagansett
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Critic's Choice: Southeast Asian noodle restaurants
Southern California's one big bowl of noodles for anyone who loves Southeast Asia's many incarnations. And we're not just talking about pho and pad Thai. Look to the Central Vietnamese restaurants of Westminster for your fix of mi quang, neon-yellow...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Cambodia, Peanuts, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking
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Book review: 'Westmoreland' by Lewis Sorley
Los Angeles TimesReading Lewis Sorley's scalding biography of Army Gen. William Westmoreland, "Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam," is like watching a slow-motion replay of an oncoming train wreck. The result of this collision is known: failure of the U.S....Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. Military, The Pentagon, Vietnam, Documentary (genre)
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Ramsey-Shilling property brokerage bought by Avison Young
Money & CompanyProminent Los Angeles property brokerage Ramsey-Shilling Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. has been bought by Avison Young, Canada’s largest independent commercial real estate services company.... -
Dine like a Vietnamese emperor
It's just before the dinner rush at Huong Giang, a central Vietnamese restaurant in Westminster's Little Saigon, and dozens of dim-sum-like dishes obscure our tabletop. Chopsticks eagerly reach for fat little shrimp-filled dumplings and impossibly...Tags: Entertainment Events, Vegetarian Diet, Sausages, Restaurants, Soups
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Nguyen Cao Ky dies at 80; wartime leader of South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky, the flamboyant former air force general who ruled South Vietnam with an iron fist for two years during the Vietnam War, died Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was 80.
Ky, who split his time between Southern California and Vietnam,...Tags: Malaysia, France, U.S. Navy, Buddhism, Government
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Meal Ticket
LA Times MagazineA guide to the restaurants that built Southern California’s reputation for global breadth.... -
Little Saigon condo complex in receivership
Money & CompanyAn upscale condominium complex that opened in 2009 in the heart of Little Saigon in Westminster has been placed in receivership and converted to apartments. The 136-unit development has been renamed Jasmine Place. The four-story complex has a French-... -
Stay cool in Ho Chi Minh City's cafe oases
Special to the Los Angeles TimesMy husband, Robin, son Kai and I lived in Vietnam for a little more than two years. At first we found all the sounds of Ho Chi Minh City charming. Then annoying, as motorcycle engines, bus horns, loud karaoke music and construction noise erupted...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Entertainment, Music, Comedy (genre), Tourism and Leisure
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