| 单词 | Saigon |
| 例句 | “My God, I would never do anything to encourage Saigon not to come to the table. We want them over in Paris, we’ve gotta get them to Paris, or you can’t have a peace.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Finally they made it all the way to the port at Saigon, more than five hundred nautical miles south of Da Nang. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z On June 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese troops crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon and raised their flag above the city, Lyndon Johnson lay in a Texas cemetery. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z South Vietnamese civilians crowd a bus to Saigon as fighting approaches, 1975. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z On a clear morning later that spring, a small military plane cruised low over the Plain of Reeds, a contested area near Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On the night of January 31, 1968, fireworks lit the sky above Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When Kissinger flew to Saigon to brief the South Vietnamese president, it did not go well. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In his opening remarks, Tho referred to the Saigon government as an American “puppet,” one that could never stand without a foreign power holding its strings. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Daniel Ellsberg spent much of the fall of 1965 in the passenger seat of an International Harvester Scout, bouncing down rural roads outside of Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Wealthy people in Saigon, hearing about the desperate plight of the refugees, drove out to the camp or came by bus, bringing water and food. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z After a month in Bangkok, he was just strong enough to fly to Saigon—where he spent another month in bed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then he adds what no one wants to hear: It’s over; Saigon is gone. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And yet, as they headed back to Saigon, she felt some hesitation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Any rumblings around about somebody trying to sabotage the Saigon government’s attitude certainly have no, absolutely no credibility as far as I’m concerned.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Don’t tell anyone, or all of Saigon will storm the port. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I only wish that someday Phnom Penh will be as happy and rich as Saigon. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Refugees flooded the roads, desperately looking for safety as Communist troops pushed south toward Saigon in their final “Ho Chi Minh Campaign.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Over the weekend the coup in Saigon took place,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “You and Bob Hope. You could travel to Saigon together and do troop shows.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z One morning in Saigon she’d asked what it was all about. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Vietnamese scale the fourteen-foot wall of the US embassy In Saigon, trying to reach evacuation helicopters as the last of the Americans depart from Vietnam, 1975. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “He was stationed near Saigon. You might have heard of him.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z An ironic sign in a war zone at a US defensive position seven miles northeast of Saigon, 1969. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Allen was sent to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, and Infantry Regiment, headquartered north of Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Wish I could let my hair grow, but Mother says the shorter the better to beat Saigon’s heat and lice. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Adams was overwhelmed when they arrived at the 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi, about twenty miles northwest of Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “My pal brought some smoke from Saigon, and we all got stoned.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z From the American base in Japan, Horan and other members of the 3rd Recon were deployed into Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A little after nine in the morning, Saigon time, when the embassy was finally secured, General Westmoreland arrived to show reporters around the battlefield. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The coup “culminated three months of conversation about a coup, conversation which divided the government here and in Saigon,” Kennedy said into the microphone. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Somebody had found a cache of coffee beans about two months earlier, and they had sent to Saigon for a coffee grinder. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was late at night in Washington, late morning in Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Red Cross brought plastic tarps and blankets from its headquarters in Saigon, as well as a little water, rice, and meat, but not nearly enough. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z If we got to Saigon, maybe we could see what the cities were like before the war was over. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Diem claimed to have won a ludicrous 98.2 percent of the vote; in Saigon, he somehow received more votes than there were registered voters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She could see dozens of fires burning in Saigon, orange glows against the dark sky. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Reportedly, the murder was only routinely reported with little special interest by the press in Cairo, Beirut, New Delhi, and Saigon. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After several hours of walking, they came to a bigger road where they could catch a bus the rest of the way to Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It came one night in Saigon, when they went to a party thrown for Sheehan, who was heading back to the States. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One day, on the phone with a State Department official named Mike Forrestal, Ellsberg quoted from a cable that had just come in from the American embassy in Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A lot of VC were killed north of Saigon, and President Johnson was saying that the United States was ready to come to the peace table if the Communists were. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Horan’s team was sent to one of the new fortified villages north of Saigon, reached by a narrow, pothole-filled dirt road, barely passable in their open jeep. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z All that effort, thought Scruggs bitterly, and our allies were being conquered by tanks in Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not a ridiculous idea because of why Dad thinks it’s a ridiculous idea. It’s a ridiculous idea because it’s military school, and because the next stop after military school is Saigon.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Daniel Ellsberg pulled his car to the side of the road in a tiny hamlet south of Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Only a few days after Hue fell, the Communists had completely surrounded Da Nang, cutting off the main road south to Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In Saigon, they made their way back to Huynh’s friend’s house. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Lieutenant Carroll said he had something else, and he gave me a jacket he had bought in Saigon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran with the crowd of refugees, heading toward the safety of Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As an employee of the American embassy in Saigon, he was positive he was not supposed to fire at anyone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Saigon, under sporadic artillery shelling and surrounded by the Communists, was in complete chaos. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In Saigon, Thieu announced he would not participate in the peace talks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Funeral services were held at the Saigon Airport and each casket was pinned with Vietnamese and American medals. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z On December 23, Ellsberg flew by helicopter to the Mekong Delta, south of Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “No American president, Republican or Democrat, wanted to be the president who lost the war or who lost Saigon,” Ellsberg realized. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Stuck in Saigon, and as intensely curious as ever, Marx started looking around for stories. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Now thirty-three, with a wife and two sons, he was back in Vietnam, this time as a journalist, covering the final battle for Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I will write in my journal October 14 is Most Relieved Day, as I have noted April 30 was Saigon Is Gone Day and September 2 was Longest Day Ever. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z From the windows of the bus, Saigon is a prosperous and bustling city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Before, there were over a million U.S. and Saigon troops, and you failed,” Tho explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In April 1975, the North Vietnamese Communists swept down through South Vietnam, heading for the capital, Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z After a few days, he was flown out to Camp Ranger, a base camp about twenty miles north of Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z For months, they had been sneaking ammunition and TNT into Saigon under loads of firewood and inside baskets of rice. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They would pick up South Vietnamese soldiers and civilians, and take them down to Saigon, to safety. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Fires raged and the roads out of Saigon were jammed with refugees and water buffaloes pulling overloaded carts and crying children searching for parents and retreating South Vietnamese soldiers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was full of Malcolm X, Saigon, the Beatles, tennis at Wimbledon, and a motel in Jackson, Mississippi, that closed down rather than accept Negro guests, but nothing about me and Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Several months earlier, Kennedy had given the green light to the top secret Cable 24.3, sent by the US State Department to the American ambassador stationed in Saigon, South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Five days later, as North Vietnamese troops encircled Saigon, Ford ordered the evacuation of all United States citizens from Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z They’d kept their weapons, but stripped off their telltale uniforms, begged or stolen clothes, and joined the tide of refugees fleeing toward Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z All the way from Saigon north to the DMZ. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll be standing down for two weeks, maybe even get down to Saigon.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1975, near the time of Saigon’s final collapse, I received a long, disjointed letter in which Bowker described the problem of finding a meaningful use for his life after the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hardly necessary on the flat streets of Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon, as the locals still called it, but Artemis preferred to be as insulated from civilians as possible. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But the same could not be said for a medley of excerpts from musical shows, such as "Miss Saigon" and "Phantom of the Opera," which had long runs at the Ahmanson. Music Center's 50th-anniversary gala amps up energy to a fault 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z So the first question one might ask of Laurence Connor’s West End revival of “Miss Saigon” is whether the helicopter still flies. Musical Revivals Offer Mixed Rewards 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Later, I found blogs and YouTube channels teaching Saigonese, the dialect spoken in and around the city I was taught to call Saigon by my father. How do you pronounce your name? 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z “In reaction to ‘Miss Saigon,’ I was in charge of putting together this town hall meeting at the Public Theater. 5 Artists on How ‘M. Butterfly’ Changed Their Lives 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The major tent poles are the four Broadway musicals touring through the Opera House: “Anastasia” in the fall, “Miss Saigon” in the holiday slot, “Hello, Dolly!” in June 2019 and Disney’s “Aladdin” after that. ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘The Band’s Visit’ are coming to the Kennedy Center 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Little Dog’s ostensible grandfather, a former American Navy man named Paul, met Lan in Saigon. ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ Captures a Young Immigrant’s Troubles and Ecstasies 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z In the summer of 1966, however, a lengthy secret study of the pacification program was done for the embassy and military headquarters in Saigon by some of the most experienced Americans in the country. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “The most authentic food in Saigon is at street carts and simple restaurants,” he said during one of our multi-stop extravaganzas. Asia-Pacific Issue | Choice Tables: In Vietnam, Cauldrons on Every Corner 2010-03-17T15:21:00Z “Nunsense” was among her earliest musical memories — she took up tap dancing because of the show — and she repeatedly listened to cast albums like “Oklahoma!” and “Miss Saigon.” Sara Bareilles Takes Her Slice of Broadway With ‘Waitress’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z In this debut novel set in New Orleans, surrounding a Vietnamese family of four that very quickly becomes three, there’s also the memory of the city they left behind: Saigon. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Saigon Hustle only has one location, but its founders said it is on track to take in $1.8 million in revenue this year. Banh Mi in a Drive-Through? Vietnamese Restaurants Reach for Fast-Food Success. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z As the forces approached Saigon, American personnel prepared to leave. Rory Kennedy recounts the 1975 fall of Saigon in new film 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z It is a harrowing account of the events of this week in 1975, when the North Vietnamese Army completed its takeover of South Vietnam, prompting a disorganized evacuation in Saigon and elsewhere. Vietnam Is Focus of TV Programs During Fall of Saigon Anniversary 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z I decided to forgo Chinatown and Little Saigon for the scrappy commercial center of Footscray, easily accessible by tram and packed with an odd combination of restaurants: Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Sudanese, Chinese. Frugal Traveler Blog: A $100 Weekend in Melbourne 2012-04-18T14:31:05Z Miss Saigon continues at the Prince Edward theatre, while BBC Radio 2 will broadcast a complete recording of Monday's gala performance on 3 October. Saigon stars reunite for anniversary 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z I traveled to Vietnam that same year, just after the majority of American troops withdrew and about 18 months before the fall of Saigon. Why We Travel 2011-04-01T19:10:47Z Without that net, postwar British culture – nay, the world's – would have been deprived of Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and Cats. Betty Blue Eyes: can Cameron Mackintosh make this pig musical fly? 2011-04-12T14:45:08Z District Saigon opened in February under the name District Mot, a nod to District 1 in Saigon, where Lam Lien grew up. The Secret to District Saigon’s Broths: Slow Cooking 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z That certainly wasn’t the impression of critics when “Miss Saigon” first came to Broadway. Review: Return of the Little Copter That Wowed in ‘Miss Saigon’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Wearing an American flag unitard, she performed “The Movie in My Mind” from “Miss Saigon” and joked about “Fun Home,” which recently won the Tony Award for best musical. Julie Klausner Happily Channels Restlessness Into a Podcast, a TV Show and Cabaret 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Born in Saigon in 1960, the artist left for Paris after the 1968 Tet offensive with her mother — who had a scholarship at the Sorbonne — and two brothers. Troubled Turf: The Photographs of An-My Le 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z I loved musicals - I loved The Music Man, Miss Saigon, Blood Brothers, The Secret Garden… As I got into being a teenager I loved Sarah McLachlan and pretty much owned everything that she'd ever done. Talking Shop 2010-05-12T08:16:00Z “To travel from Marseille to Saigon would take one month. You took a boat, you met people, and it took time. There were storms. There was the spirit of adventure.” In a gray, empty Paris, this corner shop’s colorful posters transport you wherever you want to go 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The food there is “very fast,” he said, nothing like the slow broths his father has taught him to make at District Saigon. The Secret to District Saigon’s Broths: Slow Cooking 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Inside the United terminal, it looked like the fall of Saigon: utter chaos, with people 40 deep at the ticket counter. Modern Love: Before the Web, Hearts Grew Silent 2013-12-12T23:16:56Z This August, working on a project with a war refugee and reading comparisons of the heartbreaking fall of Kabul to what happened in Saigon sparked my curiosity. Why my father fasted on Yom Kippur: On survival, memory, and the power of a family story 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The lavishly upbeat production is trouncing its two competitors for the Tony, “Falsettos” and “Miss Saigon.” Tony Voters Point to Tight Races and Sure Bets 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Neither Mr. Avian nor Ms. Lee plans to slow down from staging the musical any time soon, even as they are occupied with other projects, including Mr. Avian’s similar commitment to “Miss Saigon.” How ‘A Chorus Line’ Veterans Pass It on to a New Generation 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z O’Choa was in a “Miss Saigon” touring production for four years. Pole dancing has come out of the strip clubs ... and become an event for the whole family. Is this progress? Asked why, he immediately talks about Bear, the boy flown out of Saigon at the 11th hour, his instant twin from the age of 5 onward. Reckoning with an Upbringing in a ‘Noah’s Ark’ of a Family, With ‘Two of Every Race’ 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The Vietnam War-theme dramas “Coming Home,” a best picture nominee, and “The Deer Hunter,” the winner, were thus honored in 1979, four years after the fall of Saigon. Just Close Enough for an Oscar Nod? 2011-12-19T23:22:47Z The author seems to believe that his fall from grace is burned into America’s consciousness like the fall of Saigon, but a little background is probably necessary: Review | James Frey’s ‘Katerina’ is a million little pieces of narcissism and may be the worst novel of the year 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Bon is pro-American, a veteran of the C.I.A.-sponsored Phoenix program of assassination; he leaves Saigon with the narrator on that plane. Review: ‘The Sympathizer,’ a Novel About a Soldier, Spy and Film Consultant 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Forty years ago this month, after a long, deadly release of flatulence from American politicians, the United States evacuated its personnel from Saigon in an operation appropriately code-named Frequent Wind. ‘The Sympathizer’: A cerebral thriller about Vietnam and its aftermath 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z “Almost immediately, huge demonstrations began to develop that were no longer limited to just the Buddhist clergy, but began to attract huge numbers of ordinary Saigon residents,” Browne said in the interview. Photographer of iconic burning monk photo dies 2012-08-28T14:24:00Z He was interviewed at his home in Houston, where a large population of South Vietnamese refugees settled after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Shot by Shot: Building a Scene in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Vietnam Epic 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z “Asian actors have been largely employed by ‘The King and I’ and ‘Miss Saigon,’ which have Orientalist aspects, white supremacist aspects, and with ‘Miss Saigon’ is actually pretty racist.” Lloyd Suh’s Plays About the Past Speak Directly to Our Present 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z And hopefully its stars will continue to land big roles – Golding will next star in Hong Khaou’s Monsoon, playing a man who returns to Saigon after fleeing during the Vietnam war. ‘It’s not a movie, it’s a moment’: Crazy Rich Asians takes on Hollywood 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z “It’s as much about the Japanese-American internment as ‘Miss Saigon’ is about the Vietnam War,” he said. George Takei Guides ‘Allegiance,’ a Musical, Not a Starship 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Journalists have invoked “the 5’clock follies,” the derided news conferences conducted by the U.S. military in Saigon during the Vietnam War. It’s 5 o’clock. Do you know where your president is? 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z By contrast, when bombs were falling on Saigon in 1975 and Ms. Dang was 1½ years old, her mother, then eight months pregnant with Ms. Dang’s brother, escaped to Guam by boat. One T.S.A. Line Worth the Wait 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Nhi, in Vietnam for TV filming, follows a little girl who twice leads her to the Saigon River, where the girl disappears. In a Debut Novel, a Family Legacy of Resistance 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z “Miss Saigon” is so smooth it slides right off you while you watch it; even with its high death and violence quotient, it’s anodyne. London Theater Journal: Two Wars, With Song and Sentiment 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z The 69-year-old Dylan took to the stage in the former Saigon on Sunday, singing such favorites as "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and "Highway 61 Revisited." Anti-war icon Bob Dylan jams in a Vietnam at peace 2011-04-10T16:45:20Z My good friend Diane Davis and I used to get up onstage after a few drinks and sing “Sun and Moon” from “Miss Saigon.” ‘My First Gay Bar’: Rachel Maddow, Andy Cohen and Others Share Their Coming-Out Stories 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Hit musical Miss Saigon is celebrating its 25th anniversary year. Musical Miss Saigon celebrates 25 years 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z A follow-up to Vietnam's highest grossing film ever, "Furie," this prequel tells the story of how a young woman became a famous criminal in '90s Saigon. From Chris Rock live to a Waco siege docuseries, here's what's new on Netflix in March 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z I truly believe that, because of “Miss Saigon,” Asian actors are seen in a different light. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Of the 38 “community centers” the Republican National Committee opened this election cycle, the first was in Little Saigon, with prominent party figures attending the launch. An Orange County House race has become an Asian American culture clash 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z “We’re all working hard to get better even though many of us in the Saigon scene are new,” says the comic who calls herself Tu. Ho Chi Minh City’s Hilarious Side 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z What happened at the embassy — and in the waters off the coast of Saigon — was desperate and dramatic and much more complicated. ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z This proved to be the high point of Lansdale’s influence in Saigon — and, for that matter, Washington. The War That Never Goes Away 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Mackintosh is planning to bring a revival of “Miss Saigon” to Broadway in 2017, and is working with Andrew Lloyd Webber on an expected Broadway revival of “Cats.” Broadway's 'Les Misérables' Will Close Next September 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z By Christmas of 1965, Mr. Just was on his way to Saigon. Ward Just, 84, Dies; Ex-Journalist Found Larger Truths in Fiction 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “Miss Saigon,” first staged in New York in 1991, is destined to be known forever as “the musical with the helicopter,” rather as “The Phantom of the Opera” is “the musical with the falling chandelier.” Review: Return of the Little Copter That Wowed in ‘Miss Saigon’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Avedon would make two more mural-size group portraits — including “The Mission Council, Saigon, April 27, 1971,” and “Allen Ginsberg’s Family” — within three years, reflecting a new level of rigorous artistic intention. Richard Avedon’s Wall-Size Ambitions 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Safer first gained widespread renown in 1965, when he was the CBS bureau chief in Saigon, covering the Vietnam War. Morley Safer, longest-serving correspondent for CBS’s ‘60 Minutes,’ dies at 84 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Browne, like some of his peers, initially saw the U.S. commitment to helping the beleaguered Saigon government as a reasonable idea. Photographer of iconic burning monk photo dies 2012-08-28T14:24:00Z That book exposed the Nixon administration’s deceptions in persuading Saigon’s government to sign the Vietnam peace accords by offering empty promises that if the North Vietnamese reneged, Washington would retaliate with heavy bombing. Jerrold Schechter, Who Procured Khrushchev’s Memoirs, Dies at 90 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Over 28 years, “Miss Saigon” has turned into one of the most successful hits in musical theater — as well as one of the most polarizing and most protested. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z But the show has changed significantly over the years, and those shifts tell another story — one about how much the controversy over “Miss Saigon” has affected the industry. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Sitting over a steak in Saigon once I made nasty meat connections, rot and burning from the winter before in Hue. Sacred Carnality 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The space at Saigon Sandwich isn’t much to look at, but the banh mi — fresh, cheap and astonishingly delicious — may be the best in America. | Banh Mi in America 2011-02-07T14:00:20Z You were born in Saigon and entered a Hong Kong refugee camp when you were 7. Ke Huy Quan: From Short Round to Romantic Lead in Just Four Long Decades 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z During the aughts, he moved to Saigon, Vietnam, where he still spends part of the year. Brighter Lights, Bigger City: Odeon’s Second Act 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z And where was Saigon, with it’s amazing French-Vietnamese restaurants, such as Lemongrass? Letters: Seeing Asia in Detail 2011-04-01T18:55:25Z For the longest time it looked as if the gatekeeping Boomers were embarrassed by the 1970s and all that it encompassed – Nixon, disco, the energy crisis, Punk, the fall of Saigon, bell-bottoms. Super sounds of "Reservoir Dogs": How this heist film changed indie soundtracks forever 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z “If the Americans hadn’t gotten involved,” he says, “we would have entered Saigon in 1966.” Shot by Shot: Building a Scene in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Vietnam Epic 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z And it reminds us that though Saigon fell more than 40 years ago, that anguish is still with us. Review | How the Vietnam War changed art forever 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Last December, for example, he walked down a lane in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, formerly called Saigon, and struck up a conversation with the residents of some French colonial villas. Blogging Is All About the Experiences 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z He died last year, as did Horst Faas, the longtime A.P. editor in Saigon. Images of the Vietnam War That Defined an Era 2013-09-04T22:30:01Z And Angela, in Saigon, is a stranger in a land that is supposedly America, owing to her skin color. A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: "Watchmen" and the intersection of comic books and faith 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z I first encountered “Miss Saigon” in 1988, when they came back to Manila to cast the male ensemble, and I auditioned. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The new production of Miss Saigon won nine of its 12 nominations, including best actor and actress in a musical, best direction, best choreography and best musical revival. Miss Saigon dominates theatre awards 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z The helicopter rotors whir at the beginning of the revamped “Miss Saigon” that is staked out at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House for the next month, and it all floods in like a flashback. Review | ‘Miss Saigon’ at the Kennedy Center brings back the megamusical’s highs and lows 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z I remember we saw “Miss Saigon,” and at intermission we looked at each other, and we left. How ‘The Lion King’ Got to Broadway and Ruled for 25 Years (So Far) 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The proposal for a re-examination was vetoed at the highest levels of American authority in Saigon. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Under the warm breezes and limpid skies of early fall, it seems a sort of hanging garden of old Saigon. Asian vegetables enrich and extend the autumn garden 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z “Miss Saigon” unfolded in what he calls a “huge operatic box” but is now grounded more firmly in the streets of Bangkok. Not your granny’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z "American Experience" presents "Last Days in Vietnam," Rory Kennedy's 2014 documentary about U.S. efforts to spirit South Vietnamese collaborators out of Saigon at the end of the war. TV This Week April 26 - May2: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' on Starz 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z We see this in "Miss Saigon," "Memoirs of a Geisha" and Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket." "Wild and raunchy": "Joy Ride" delivers a full-frontal subversion of sexuality for Asian women 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Another great memory from our time in Saigon was seeing a show that our guide suggested at the Saigon Opera House. Decades later, good morning, Vietnam 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Tran was born in Saigon in April 1975 — just 10 days before North Vietnam conquered the city, ending the war with the U.S. Writer turns refugee life into a world premiere at ACT Theatre 2012-09-06T20:26:09Z Somerset Berkley Regional High in Massachusetts had already cast its spring musical, “Miss Saigon,” when the February shooting in Parkland, Fla., renewed the specter of gun violence in American schools. When the Actors Are Students, and They’re Armed 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z You know all the lyrics to “Miss Saigon.” Jesse Tyler Ferguson Tips His Cap to ‘Take Me Out’ 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Williams put his irreverent, motormouthed humor to good use as an army DJ who is sent to Saigon, where he quickly irritates his staid superiors and wins over rank and file soldiers. Robin Williams: Seven of his most memorable movie roles 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Next in Unopened: A comedy of mistaken racial identity inspired by “Miss Saigon” crashes and burns. A Not-So-Merry Mix: Shakespeare, Bluegrass and Randy Quaid 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The buddies brought their pictures and Donohue brought the stamped passport issued from the American Embassy in Saigon. For the Love of Beer and His Buddies 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z But if Angela was raised in Saigon, why use Hanoi for her bakery, especially since it’s the capital for the losing side? In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “My first agent said, ‘ “The King and I” and “Miss Saigon,” those are your bread and butter, and your foot in the door,’ ” Loh recalled. An Asian-American Reimagining of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z As North Vietnamese forces got closer to Saigon, Martin chose to delay any action on evacuating locals from the country. Rory Kennedy recounts the 1975 fall of Saigon in new film 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Asked if he has any interest in revivals of “The King and I,” “Miss Saigon” or “South Pacific,” he offered a deadpan “no” before laughing. Lloyd Suh’s Plays About the Past Speak Directly to Our Present 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Ambassador to South Vietnam, Graham A. Martin, pleaded with Brent Scowcroft, then deputy national security adviser, for help evacuating people from Saigon as North Vietnamese forces advanced. An Online Museum Shows Life During Wartime 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z The most outstanding bar I’ve been to in Vietnam, possibly in Asia, is right on the Saigon river. Probably the best bar in the world: readers' travel tips 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z While returning to boarding school in Saigon, Duras accepted a lift in Le's limousine. Revisit L'Amant in Vietnam 2011-05-03T10:10:00Z Gerald Ford had been President for less than a year; Saigon had fallen a few weeks earlier; Barack Obama was thirteen. The Met Chooses Yannick Nézet-Séguin 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “I remember when ‘Miss Saigon’ prices were over $100 in ’91; this pricing was not replicated because it was difficult to sell seats. Would You Pay $849 for Tickets to ‘Hamilton’? Readers Respond. 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z This was classic Saigon — an oasis of sophisticated beauty that a casual visitor might never glimpse. Family, Meet My Old Love: Saigon 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Miss Saigon broke the record for the largest single day of sales in West End and Broadway history when it went on sale last September, with takings of £4.4m on the first day. Miss Saigon heats up West End 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z In other accounts, Saigon and its partner in Washington valiantly defend a flawed but democratically minded South Vietnam from Communist forces determined to subject it to Stalinist tyranny. The Disaster That Was the Vietnam War 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z It seems to echo "Miss Saigon" and American movies about Vietnam, such as "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places," which also cast non-Vietnamese as the leads. Review: ‘Vietgone,’ a Refugee Tale With Laughs and Rap 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Miss Saigon was an overnight success and transferred to New York, where it now ranks as the 10th-longest-running production in Broadway history. A life in theatre: Nicholas Hytner 2010-10-18T07:00:00Z The musical Miss Saigon opened in September 1989 and closed 10 years later, having generated more than £150m in ticket sales in London, a feat it then repeated on Broadway. Arts funding: the National Theatre is the very model of public-private partnership 2013-04-06T23:06:07Z "In Saigon, the United States embassy has been overrun by suicide squads." Full Metal Jacket: history unzipped 2010-06-24T08:46:00Z Army’s headquarters, about 20 miles northeast of Saigon, computerizing Army operations, from troop movements to food requisitions. He helped build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. How did he end up dead in a landfill? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z SAT Explore the food and culture of Vietnam, bites from local restaurants, performances, activities and giveaways for all ages, beer garden, hosted by Friends of Little Saigon, 2-8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-08-14T20:33:42Z The story of The Associated Press in Vietnam begins in February 1950 with a cable reassigning the 28-year-old China correspondent Seymour Topping to “Saigon, Indonesia”: he guessed that the foreign desk meant Indochina. Images of the Vietnam War That Defined an Era 2013-09-04T22:30:01Z Mr. Mackintosh announced last fall his intention to bring “Miss Saigon” back to Broadway, using a new production that ran in London. ‘Miss Saigon’ Revival Will Open on Broadway in March 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z An unusual bonanza of jobs is in the offing from new shows as well as two anticipated Broadway revivals, “The King and I” and “Miss Saigon.” Here Lies Progress: Asian Actors Fill the Playbill 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z "The consensus pick seems to be Saigon Deli, in the bustling International District neighborhood." Best banh mi? You be the judge 2011-02-10T22:15:04Z That was by Jonathan Pryce, hitherto known as a British character actor of the eccentric stripe, who was playing the Engineer, a vicious and ambitious denizen of Saigon’s underbelly and the show’s liveliest figure. Review: Return of the Little Copter That Wowed in ‘Miss Saigon’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The consensus pick seems to be Saigon Deli, in the bustling International District neighborhood. | Banh Mi in America 2011-02-07T14:00:20Z To be sure, Hastings acknowledges that the Communists “worked with the grain of rural society,” catering more successfully than the Saigon government to the everyday grievances that fueled unrest. The Disaster That Was the Vietnam War 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Ha, 41, now deviates from the standard of preparing everything from scratch, purchasing some dishes from local Little Saigon shops. Tet Is Full of Traditions, but You Can Have It Your Way 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Many, perhaps the majority, of those half million civilian casualties were caused by the air and artillery bombardments of peasant hamlets authorized by the American military and civilian leaders in Saigon and Washington. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In “The Sympathizer,” the narrator had gone undercover as a refugee in Southern California after the fall of Saigon. Viet Thanh Nguyen Packs Plenty of Action and Outrage Into ‘The Committed’ 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z She found that during this dark period in American history, tales of heroism stood out, as Americans, going against U.S. policy, helped their Vietnamese friends, colleagues, family members, cooks and tailors escape from Saigon. Rory Kennedy releases documentary ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ “Every civilization gets the theater it deserves, and we get ‘Miss Saigon,’ which means we can now say definitively that our civilization is over,” he wrote. Michael Feingold, Forceful Drama Critic, Dies at 77 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The show directed by Nicholas Hytner most likely to be familiar to Americans is “Miss Saigon,” which ran for more than a decade in London and New York. Review | One of theater’s most accomplished directors reveals a life among the stars 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Broadway musicals in the 1980s and early '90s often seemed to have one of these high-budget spectacle moments: the helicopter in "Miss Saigon," the boat in "Big River." Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z He grew up in the kitchen at his mother’s restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, which residents still call Saigon. Asia-Pacific Issue | Choice Tables: In Vietnam, Cauldrons on Every Corner 2010-03-17T15:21:00Z I've come to prefer Saigon Deli, where I sampled a quintet of sandwiches. Banh mi unwrapped, Vietnamese sandwiches we love 2011-03-04T03:01:04Z Mr. Brohn collaborated 11 times over nearly 30 years with the British producer Cameron Mackintosh, from “Miss Saigon” in 1989 to the revival of “Half a Sixpence” currently running in London. William Brohn, Who Made Broadway Orchestras Sing, Dies at 84 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z I can honor my grandparents' sacrifice and survival when they fled Saigon with nothing but the clothes on their back in 1975. Living with the legacy of my Trump-voting Vietnamese relatives 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z In the U.S., recent Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Nguyen reminds us, we know the conflict as the Vietnam War; in Saigon, they call it the American War. Solmaz Sharif and the poetics of a new American generation 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z It has been 40 years, nearly to the day, since the last helicopter carrying the last Marines left Saigon. 'Last Days in Vietnam,' 'Kent State: The Day the '60s Died' on PBS 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z An was a student in Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City, during the war and took to the streets with other Communist sympathizers calling for the killing to stop. Bob Dylan to rock Vietnam in special concert 2011-04-10T10:22:08Z Though I don’t live in Vietnam or in a Little Saigon enclave, the Lunar New Year remains strong in my DNA. Tet Is Full of Traditions, but You Can Have It Your Way 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Angela was raised in Saigon, which in this alternate history is the current capital of Vietnam. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z In “The Sympathizer,” an unnamed Communist spy goes undercover as a refugee in Southern California after the fall of Saigon. He Writes Unreliable Narrators Because He Is One, Too 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z “Of course there was a wonderful era of dance,” he said, “but it sort of went away when the megamusicals, like ‘Les Misérables,’ ‘Miss Saigon’ and ‘Phantom of the Opera’ came in. Robert Fairchild Crosses Back to Ballet, Gershwin in Tow 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z With the help of a Mennonite family who sponsored them, they settled in Virginia and opened the Saigon Café in Harrisonburg. A New Breed of Hunters Focuses on the Food 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Born just before the fall of Saigon, he flees the North Vietnamese with his mother and siblings for a North America of misty promise, liberty and prosperity. In 'Uncle Ho,' a Vietnamese immigrant's harsh, harrowing life is relived 2012-09-14T23:05:04Z But he still works as a promoter for popular monthly showcases in Saigon with Facebook and fills rooms using posts and ads on social media. Ho Chi Minh City’s Hilarious Side 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z But many prefer to head across the street to Saigon Deli which got the big nod from The New York Times. Banh mi unwrapped, Vietnamese sandwiches we love 2011-03-04T03:01:04Z He uses Vietnamese “Saigon” cryogenically ground cinnamon powder, as well as the Korintje version from the mountains of Indonesia. | Haute Crumbs at Morini and Lincoln 2010-10-19T18:27:00Z Mr. Porter became a patient while he was in the ensemble of “Miss Saigon.” For Joan Rivers’s Doctor, Fame Delivers Its Bill 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z But the drive to sanitize problematic content is, ultimately, a matter of commercial self-preservation: Juggernaut brands like “Miss Saigon” are too lucrative to be allowed to die. Can ‘Miss Saigon’ Be Saved? Two British Shows Disagree. 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Having promised "peace with honour", the Vietcong marked the day after US Independence Day by sinking a cargo ship, the Welfare, south-east of Saigon. Hyde Park, 1969: the counterculture's greatest day. And the Rolling Stones came too 2013-04-06T23:06:16Z Men are shown being led away, hands raised in surrender, before a cut to a shot of the Saigon forces’ helicopters overhead. Shot by Shot: Building a Scene in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Vietnam Epic 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z In 1975, after the fall of Saigon, the family migrated to the Paris suburbs. Tran Anh Hung enters Norwegian Wood ? and emerges to tell the tale 2011-03-03T22:00:02Z A veritable indoor street market, Saigon Deli is a hot-lunch counter, bakery and dessert emporium all in one. | Banh Mi in America 2011-02-07T14:00:20Z Seattle Deli, serves Vietnamese take-out at two locations, one in Little Saigon near 12th and Jackson, and the other in the Boo Han shopping center on Highway 99 in Edmonds. Life's a (global) picnic. So, what's in your picnic basket? 2010-08-06T02:11:00Z In "Yellow Face," an award-winning Chinese-American playwright called DHH loudly protests the casting of a white actor as a lead Asian character in the Broadway show "Miss Saigon." In 'Yellow Face,' David Henry Hwang lampoons cultural politics, himself 2011-08-04T20:03:04Z At District Saigon in Astoria, Queens, there is always a pot of pho broth making a low quarrel on the stove, with eddies of marrow from sunken bones. The Secret to District Saigon’s Broths: Slow Cooking 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Jonathan Pryce and other original cast members of Miss Saigon have joined its new cast on stage at a gala performance marking the musical's 25th anniversary. Saigon stars reunite for anniversary 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z This is partly why the run of this “Miss Saigon” is being advertised as “limited” through January 2018 rather than open-ended. The showman must go on: Cameron Mackintosh reflects on his storied career 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z When Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975, Mr. Fenton, a stringer for The Washington Post and other papers, hitched a ride into the city on one of the conquering tanks. A Story of Love and Obsession 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The Tet Offensive failed in its stated objective: sparking a popular uprising that would overthrow the U.S.-backed regime in Saigon and force U.S. troops to leave. Mark Bowden's searing 'Hue 1968' look finds miscalculations in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z His 1991 takedown of Cameron Mackintosh’s production of “Miss Saigon,” which ran on Broadway for 10 years and was famed for its onstage helicopter, was part of theatrical lore. Michael Feingold, Forceful Drama Critic, Dies at 77 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “Miss Saigon” started with an audacious idea — create a musical that explores the end of the Vietnam War through an ill-fated romance between a virginal Vietnamese bargirl and a hunky American G.I. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z For instance, Tatjana Soli's forthcoming first novel The Lotus Eaters, set during the fall of Saigon, tells the story of a female war photographer who must choose between her Vietnamese lover and her journalist ex-boyfriend. Vietnam road 2010-07-10T23:01:00Z "It is like Oliver Stone making a Vietnam movie today, where he tries to show that the US went to war to protect Saigon from communism." Ajami and Lebanon: two filmic faces of Israel 2010-05-06T21:30:00Z “Miss Saigon” is back and so, inevitably, is the surrounding discourse. Can ‘Miss Saigon’ Be Saved? Two British Shows Disagree. 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Characters recall shining boots of American soldiers, and one works in his mother’s grocery store in New Saigon, pricing cans on his knees. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Refugees’ couldn’t come at a better time 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z “Then, abruptly, the sounds change, the body is held high, and the group, rotating weirdly, has become a helicopter, transporting the wounded to Saigon,” the critic Michael Feingold wrote in The Times in 1966. Megan Terry, Feminist Playwright and Rock Musical Innovator, Dies at 90 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z He attended the opening night of the Broadway revival of “Miss Saigon” in late March in a wheelchair. William Brohn, Who Made Broadway Orchestras Sing, Dies at 84 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z My wife, on the other hand, who was a toddler when her parents fled the Fall of Saigon, prefers to cook Mediterranean food. Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z In 1978, three years after the fall of Saigon, a Vietnamese teenager, Anh, packs for an escape from Vietnam with two of her six younger siblings. Refugees, Ghosts and a Story About Stories 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z But it’s “Miss Saigon,” at the Prince Edward Theater, that now feels like an artifact, a throwback to the early days of theme-park musicals. London Theater Journal: Two Wars, With Song and Sentiment 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Drive down the main drag of Little Saigon and you’ll see a shopping-center-long wall of colorful campaign posters, almost all bearing Asian last names. An Orange County House race has become an Asian American culture clash 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z “Miss Saigon” is one of two productions announced for the next Broadway season on Thursday. 'Miss Saigon' Returning to Broadway 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Also, Diana Huey, back from last year’s “Miss Saigon,” nailing every inch of the anguished “I’d Give My Life for You.” Signature sings out: The 25th anniversary concert In one vivid passage, she recalls a childhood memory of desperate families fleeing Vietnam in small fishing vessels after the fall of Saigon. In Memoirs, Two Reporters Plumb Their Latina Identity and Heritage 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The protagonist’s narrative, which takes the form of a confession written to a mystery man known as “the commandant,” begins in the final days of the war, as Communist forces close in on Saigon. ‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z From the advent of the Cold War to the fall of Saigon, no American movie genre was more relevant than the western, with its allegorical echoes of race, crime, conquest and American exceptionalism. In ‘Hombre’ and ‘Kid Blue,’ the Antiheroes Wear Stetsons Ride Tall on a Rebellion Frontier 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Started by English-speaking foreigners, stand-up comedy is increasingly becoming a new tradition among Vietnamese in the bustling city locally known as Saigon. Ho Chi Minh City’s Hilarious Side 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Americans are in a state of panic as North Vietnamese forces prepare to occupy Saigon. Books of The Times: Tatjana Soli?s ?Lotus Eaters? Offers Lessons From Vietnam 2010-03-29T04:59:00Z More than many American officials, he understood that even if one somehow stopped the flow of men and matériel from the North, the southern insurgency would remain a formidable threat to the Saigon regime. The War That Never Goes Away 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Here, in edited excerpts, more than 20 people whose lives have been touched by “Miss Saigon” — as producers and protesters, artists and activists — talk about their views, then and now. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z On Twitter, photographs and video of the helicopter circulated side-by-side with images of another chaotic embassy evacuation after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Perspective | What’s happening in Afghanistan can’t be reduced to images with historic parallels. When will we learn to see things in real time? 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z By his own account, Browne survived being shot down three times in combat aircraft, was expelled from half a dozen countries and was put on a “death list” in Saigon. Photographer of iconic burning monk photo dies 2012-08-28T14:24:00Z In Saigon with his mother, "life just changed overnight," Tran notes. Writer turns refugee life into a world premiere at ACT Theatre 2012-09-06T20:26:09Z He stubbornly resisted admitting that Saigon would fall until the 11th hour, forcing a chaotic last-minute evacuation. Rory Kennedy releases documentary ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ A capable feature that enjoyed a theatrical run in its native Vietnam, "Saigon Electric" can't help, nevertheless, but remind one of Disney Channel movies skewed toward sentimental kids. Your guide to SIFF 2011 2011-05-24T17:02:05Z His parents grew up in the city then called Saigon. A New Breed of Hunters Focuses on the Food 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z It’s no surprise that Saigon, as most locals call it, exudes a youthful, inventive energy — after all, over half of its eight million dwellers are younger than 35. 36 Hours in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2014-05-08T17:13:04Z Embassy compound in Saigon, the very symbol of American power and resolve, and fighting for hours with U.S. Mark Bowden's searing 'Hue 1968' look finds miscalculations in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Molly Sullivan, who alternated in the role of Kim, agreed that students should engage with plays like “Miss Saigon” as a way to address gun violence head-on. When the Actors Are Students, and They’re Armed 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Born in Saigon, Kelly was a child refugee, part of Operation Babylift. Space dad is the ultimate absentee father in "For All Mankind" and beyond 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z We hear from residents of Saigon who made it out, and also from some who didn’t. ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The Asian is a block from Little Saigon - full of restaurants. How to Fit All of Asia (and a Food Cart) Into a Museum Cafe? 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z By deciding not to reconsider, the American leadership in Saigon was deciding to ordain the practice, to establish a de facto policy. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Only three shows were nominated for best musical revival: "Falsettos," "Miss Saigon" and "Hello, Dolly!" Midler, Blanchett, Field score Tony nominations for best of Broadway 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Oh, and I propose that the score of “Miss Saigon” would probably be a thick and shiny maraschino red, the color of cherries that sit atop mountains of whipped cream. London Theater Journal: Two Wars, With Song and Sentiment 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z The fall of Saigon conjures up the image of a helicopter on a rooftop as desperate people try to climb aboard. ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The harbour, the din, even the skyscraper shanties that clambered from the sea's edge upward to the Peak: after Saigon, Luke had ravenously embraced the whole scene. Top 10 books set in Hong Kong 2012-07-04T11:00:00Z The microaggressions he endures, such as the “Miss Saigon” audition in which he was told to “sing something a little less R&B,” are infuriating. Review | Billy Porter bares his soul in ‘Unprotected’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z And his 1989 production of “Miss Saigon” ran for a decade, both in the West End and on Broadway. Dramatic Reading: A Memoir by the Director of ‘The History Boys’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “Sigh, Gone” is Tran’s first book, a recollection of his childhood growing up in Carlisle, Pa., after his family’s escape from Saigon right before the fall in 1975, when he was a baby. From Saigon to the Suburbs, a Vietnamese-American’s Struggle to Assimilate 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z But somewhere between dinner at the Saigon Market and Chloe’s for sorbet, both in the Union Square area, Mr. Friedman, who has a plethora of food allergies, began to feel sick. Finding Light Together After a ‘Very Dark Place’ 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z So not everyone was pleased when the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, England, announced it would stage a new production of “Miss Saigon” this summer. Can ‘Miss Saigon’ Be Saved? Two British Shows Disagree. 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The story flits around, intermingling past and present, scenes from childhood with scenes from pre-fall Saigon with scenes from contemporary America, conversations spilling together, so it’s necessary to read carefully to orient yourself. Review: ‘The Sympathizer,’ a Novel About a Soldier, Spy and Film Consultant 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Recently, the fresh and flavorful mains of braised pork, Saigon Marseille curry and barracuda in banana leaf followed starters like banana flower salad with chicken, and fried rolls with mackerel and pork and mushroom. 36 Hours in Hoi An 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z We have supported the enemies of the peasants of Saigon. Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s Searing Antiwar Speech, Fifty Years Later 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Instead, I hit another Vietnamese food hotspot, Seattle Deli in Edmonds, sister-shop to the Little Saigon version off 12th and Jackson. Best banh mi? You be the judge 2011-02-10T22:15:04Z Wong’s family fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon, landing in New York City and eventually settling in Minneapolis in 1983. In the Twin Cities, Asian chefs feel the sting of Andrew Zimmern’s insults. They say his apology isn’t enough. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The Northern Ballet version has been written by Nixon with Claude-Michel Schonberg, who composed the scores for Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, two of the most popular stage musicals in theatre history. Cleopatra reborn 2011-02-24T10:41:18Z The Vietnamese came to New Orleans after the fall of Saigon, in 1975, having escaped the ravages of one city to establish themselves in a new one. Critic?s Notebook: Seeking Tastes of the ?Real? New Orleans 2010-04-28T04:17:00Z I admit my thoughts occasionally went awanderin’ during “Miss Saigon,” and I found myself thinking of what color its score would be. London Theater Journal: Two Wars, With Song and Sentiment 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Time for something light: Rice Paper, one of dozens of Asian retreats in the Eden Center, the sprawling shopping mall in Falls Church known as “Little Saigon.” The search for America’s best food cities: Washington, D.C. 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Cultural connection or disconnect: Riding in a pedicab through Saigon at night makes Beltway traffic seem tame. Decades later, good morning, Vietnam 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He traveled to Saigon to shoot the dozen United States government officials known as the Mission Council, who were in charge of directing the war in Vietnam. Art In Review: Richard Avedon: ‘Murals & Portraits’ 2012-07-05T20:36:16Z So long ago—a historical nanosecond after Watergate and the fall of Saigon. The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Five weeks later, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. ‘Southern Comfort’ and 'Hearts and Minds' on DVD 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Apparently, a lot of the men in Saigon and Washington who were directing the war didn’t read those laws either, or if they did, they interpreted them rather loosely. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “I became a white-skinned Zippo hunter skulking down the alleys and streets of Saigon,” he writes. Antiques: Billy the Kid, Toshiko Takaezu, Mural, Vietnam War Zippos 2011-06-16T21:13:56Z “We have to do something about that regime,” Kennedy told Henry Cabot Lodge, who was about to become U.S. ambassador to Saigon. Photographer of iconic burning monk photo dies 2012-08-28T14:24:00Z But in this story surrounding a family of four that very quickly becomes three, there’s also the memory of another city: Saigon. A Broken Family Flees 1970s Saigon for New Orleans 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z An epilogue addresses the memories awakened by the fall of Saigon in 1975. Vietnam road 2010-07-10T23:01:00Z Then in 1999, he joined the second national tour of “Miss Saigon.” Playing Neil Diamond: A Dream Role, and a ‘Crazy Privilege’ 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Other Mackintosh productions, notably Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera and Cats, have done likewise. Betty Blue Eyes: can Cameron Mackintosh make this pig musical fly? 2011-04-12T14:45:08Z Opened by a group of 30-something expat friends, the cafe-boutique is in a grand 1890s structure that was once the Hotel de Saigon. 36 Hours in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2014-05-08T17:13:04Z As the remaining American troops were evacuated and those who had aided them desperately sought a way out, there were flashbacks to the fall of Saigon in 1975. 2021’s notable moments on TV: Capitol riot, ‘Rust,’ Shatner 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z This momentous future event is not signalled by a helicopter on the embassy roof, as in Saigon, but with a cordial and orderly leave-taking between cheerful American soldiers and supportive Iraqis. Film review: The A-Team 2010-07-28T12:39:00Z Either Hong Kong, San Sebastian, Saigon -- those would all be strong candidates. TV chef Anthony Bourdain skewers cooking rivals 2010-09-03T03:08:00Z The star of the Serenbe Playhouse’s revival of “Miss Saigon” is a diva. Unconventional Summer Stars, Including a Helicopter 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z He was the son of a Black American GI and a Vietnamese woman, airlifted out of Saigon on the very last flight, because, as a mixed-race child, his life there was no longer considered safe. Reckoning with an Upbringing in a ‘Noah’s Ark’ of a Family, With ‘Two of Every Race’ 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z It’s too simple to compare the photos of Kabul to those from Saigon. Review | In the galleries: Sequence of photographs creates a graphic continuity 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Her father was imprisoned in a Saigon concentration camp. The Guardian profile: Yoko Ono 2012-06-08T15:40:20Z The madcap, martial-arts-infused action kicks off following the fall of Saigon as a man and a woman struggle to escape. Theater Listings for Oct. 14-20 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Advertisement We arrived late that afternoon at Nha Be, a small fishing village 10 miles from Saigon. How I Escaped Vietnam 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z “Back then it was ‘Miss Saigon,’ ‘South Pacific,’ ‘The King and I,’” she said. How to Be a Star by Not Giving Your All 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The patriarch, a former Vietnamese paratrooper, is still fit enough to parade in his camouflage uniform through Little Saigon; he accuses his divorced son of running to fat. In Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Refugees,' wistfulness is an anthem of displacement 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The Saigon of the 1990s comes vividly alive in this swooning period drama by Leon Le, which collides the glamorous world of cai luong, or Vietnamese folk opera, with the grimy underworld of the mafia. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z And reinforcements were agonizingly slow to arrive since commanders in Saigon and Washington refused to acknowledge that Hue was firmly in enemy hands even as the body bags piled up. Mark Bowden's searing 'Hue 1968' look finds miscalculations in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Bear — born in Saigon to a Vietnamese mother and an African American G.I. father — arrives in 1975. When Your Family Becomes a Noah’s Ark-Style Experiment With Race 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Vu was born in Saigon and immigrated to the U.S. at age 6 when the city fell to the North Vietnamese. UW jazz program energized by 'The Vu Effect' 2010-06-08T03:37:00Z The contest for Best Revival of a Musical is a smaller one, dominated by “Hello, Dolly!,” which is sure to blow away its two competitors, “Falsettos” and “Miss Saigon.” The Tony Nominations: War, Peace, and Bette Midler 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Seattle Public Library presents a free screening Saturday of the Vietnamese film "Owl and the Sparrow," set in contemporary Saigon and directed by Stephane Gauger. 'It's A Wonderful Life' ? every day 2010-12-09T20:42:00Z The destruction of Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army Hospitals in the South Vietnamese countryside was announced at the daily press briefings, the Five O’Clock Follies, by American military spokesmen in Saigon. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Nguyen, the novelist, came to the United States from Vietnam as a child after the fall of Saigon, and has made the refugee experience central to his writing. MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winners step into the spotlight: ‘Is this really happening?’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z A year later, the AP sent him from Baltimore to Saigon to head its expanding bureau. Photographer of iconic burning monk photo dies 2012-08-28T14:24:00Z When a reference he’s made to Saigon draws a blank from a young man, all he says is: “Theme park. Before your time.” Solving Crimes the Old-Fashioned Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The war would grind on seven more years before North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon. Mark Bowden's searing 'Hue 1968' look finds miscalculations in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The future of the human race is in the hands of a woman whose previous greatest achievement was a Key Stage One production of Miss Saigon with a papier-mache helicopter. Barbershopera: Apocalypse No! ? review 2011-01-14T21:31:01Z The madcap, martial-arts-infused action kicks off after the fall of Saigon as a man and a woman struggle to escape. Theater Listings for Oct. 21-27 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “Beneath Saigon’s Cho Nau,” by Paul Christiansen, is an excellent essay collection that takes you to southern Vietnam and highlights many aspects of our culture and lifestyle, including rice wine making and whale worshiping. Read Your Way Through Hanoi 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z It was April 30, 1975, and Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was under siege. How I Escaped Vietnam 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z One CIA officer drove a van around Saigon to collect the cooks and dishwashers who had worked for American agencies, and the tailor who had made the agents’ suits. “Last Days in Vietnam”: Is the humiliation of 1975 about to be repeated? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “The Sympathizer” flushed color back into those iconic photos of the fall of Saigon and recast the worn lessons of the Vietnam War through the eyes of a communist agent hiding in the United States. Review | In ‘The Committed,’ Viet Thanh Nguyen continues his Pulitzer Prize-winning story 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Nguyen presents a gripping picture of the fall of Saigon, its confusion, chaos and terror, as the narrator flees with the others under a storm of shellfire from his Viet Cong and North Vietnamese comrades. ‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z But it also included a whole Little Saigon that I hadn’t known about — street after street of Vietnamese noodle shops and vendors of cheap souvenirs. Lost in Paris 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z A documentary about the evacuation of Saigon during chaotic final days of the Vietnam War. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z “You would look at the résumés and just see 12 productions of the ‘King and I’ and nine productions of ‘Miss Saigon,’ ” he said. This Broadway Season, Diversity Is Front and Center 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The Saigon regime is not a puppet government, but it is a client regime whose existence is dependent upon the United States. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He also tried to repeat the trick of Miss Saigon, with mixed results. A life in theatre: Nicholas Hytner 2010-10-18T07:00:00Z The nominees for the best musical revival award are Cats, City of Angels, Miss Saigon and the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. Musicals lead Olivier nominations 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z For the record, the mega-hit is “Miss Saigon,” which broke West End box office records when its tickets first went on sale, and it will doubtless be raking in money in other currencies. London Theater Journal: Two Wars, With Song and Sentiment 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Dylan will appear at an 8,000-plus-capacity university stadium in the southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City on April 10, said Rod Quinton, general manager of Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Sound System. Bob Dylan to perform in Vietnam for the first time 2011-03-15T12:16:04Z Mr. A remained in Ho Chi Minh City, the former South Vietnamese capital that was known as Saigon, where he lives and works at a restaurant. Deported and 9,000 Miles Apart, but ‘You Stay With the Person You Love’ 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Decidedly less bright are the surroundings at San Francisco’s Saigon Sandwich, a no-frills joint in a particularly rough stretch of the Tenderloin. | Banh Mi in America 2011-02-07T14:00:20Z Movies like “Rambo” and “Platoon,” and even the musical “Miss Saigon,” provided a narrow view that turned the Vietnamese into supporting characters in their own stories, Mr. Nguyen said. How Mom and Dad Met, With Ninjas 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z There is little to surprise in the reincarnation of “Miss Saigon,” though it has been lavishly and efficiently reconceived under the exacting eye of its original producer, Cameron Mackintosh. London Theater Journal: Two Wars, With Song and Sentiment 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z His list of credits includes several of the defining hits of the late 20th century: Big budget, lavishly staged spectacles including “Cats,” “Les Misérables” and “Miss Saigon.” ‘The World Has Changed’: Cameron Mackintosh on Closing ‘Phantom’ 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z The scene of the “crime”: Saigon, where I got dengue fever. How I learned to cope with chronic pain 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “Miss Saigon,” famed for its display of the helicopter madness as the United States abandoned its embassy in Vietnam, will open in New York in the spring after two years in London. Not your granny’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z In real life, Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam that was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the war, and the North Vietnamese capital Hanoi was promoted to become the country’s capital. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Miss Saigon arrives after a number of other recent high-profile West End casualties. Miss Saigon heats up West End 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z When “Miss Saigon” finally opened in New York, Mr. Pryce was not only still standing; he was also galvanizing. Review: Return of the Little Copter That Wowed in ‘Miss Saigon’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The current Broadway revival of “Miss Saigon” is faithful to 95 percent of Mr. Brohn’s original orchestrations, Mr. Schönberg said. William Brohn, Who Made Broadway Orchestras Sing, Dies at 84 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z This is the hour: The first Broadway revival of “Miss Saigon” will begin performances in March. ‘Miss Saigon’ Revival Will Open on Broadway in March 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z McTheatre at least ensures that, wherever in the world you see Miss Saigon, its production values are the equal of the first production. Does the mega-musical boom mean theatre's bust? 2011-01-18T16:58:37Z Forty-seven years ago, when Nguyen was 33, she fled the only country she had ever known with her husband and three boys on the last day of the fall of Saigon. An Orange County House race has become an Asian American culture clash 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Now, he’s opened Saigon Drip Cafe, off Occidental Park, bringing Vietnamese cuisine and culture to the district. Don’t give up on Pioneer Square, the heartbeat of Seattle | Op-Ed 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The same could be said for Little Saigon and other neighborhoods in Morales’ district. A clean sweep: Seattle voters should dump City Council incumbents | Editorial 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Last week, police began handing out warning flyers in the well-known drug zones of downtown and Little Saigon, in the Chinatown International District. Seattle’s mild measures are hardly restarting the war on drugs 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Finally, Ms. Saigon Kitchen opened in the Issaquah Commons late last month. 27 restaurants have opened around Seattle’s suburbs since our last count 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z The operations targeted the vicinity of 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street in Little Saigon and the vicinity around Third Avenue and Pine Street downtown. null 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Beijing has backed Hanoi's fight against former colonial ruler France, and later, against Saigon and the United States during the Vietnam War. China's Xi tells Vietnam not to forget roots of their friendship 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z “Is Little Saigon on alert?” the breaking news editor asked about Southern California’s capital of Vietnamese expats. 'The Accidental Getaway Driver' roams into emotional territory. I reported the real thing 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z That same day, the Friends of Little Saigon held a protest in Little Saigon in the Chinatown International District against the continued crime and drug trafficking. Seattle's Asian community asks: When will we be heard? | Op-Ed 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Hill and the others were on a night mission to track the movement of enemy troops in a village near the Saigon River when they were discovered by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Biden to award Medal of Honor to Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Saigon Drip Café offers a chicken banh mi and a tofu version. Here are the new menu items available at Lumen Field for Seahawks games in 2023 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Taylor flew off in his attack helicopter, arriving just minutes later at the site northeast of what at the time was Saigon, since renamed Ho Chi Minh City. Biden approves Medal of Honor for Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Last year I interviewed three business owners in the historically Vietnamese Little Saigon, all of whom expressed hope that some official help had finally arrived. Seattle’s Little Saigon has already been forgotten 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Peluso called his role in “Miss Saigon” the favorite of his career. Chris Peluso, Broadway actor who had roles in 'Mamma Mia!' and 'Wicked,' dies at 40 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z She has led other all-Asian ensembles such as “Allegiance,” “Flower Drum Song” and “Miss Saigon,” which won her the Tony for best actress in a musical. Broadway’s ‘Here Lies Love’ to show love for other Filipino stars with Lea Salonga’s departure 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Officials also announced that 40 different local restaurants, many within five miles of the stadium, will have concession stands at the games, including first- time vendors Saigon Drip Café and Maria Luisa Empanadas. Here are the new menu items available at Lumen Field for Seahawks games in 2023 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Hill and the three others were on a night mission to track the movement of enemy troops in a village near the Saigon River when they were found by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Biden approves Medal of Honor for Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Is it rude of me to tally up the number of drug overdoses happening in Little Saigon while ideologically divided city leaders are off on a break? Seattle’s Little Saigon has already been forgotten 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z I just watched Saigon for an hour online. Calendar Feedback: Readers debate solutions to L.A. parking woes 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z In a funny coincidence, “Here Lies Love” is in the same theater where “Miss Saigon” ran from 1991-2001. Broadway’s ‘Here Lies Love’ to show love for other Filipino stars with Lea Salonga’s departure 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Even when she was the lead at the same theater in “Miss Saigon” in 1991 and acted her way to a Tony Award, Salonga never imagined a Filipino-dominated production would become reality. Lea Salonga heads the first all-Filipino cast of a Broadway show in ‘Here Lies Love’ 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z From Little Saigon to Rainier Beach, this diversity extends to incomes, housing and employment. The Seattle Times editorial board recommends: Tanya Woo for Seattle City Council District 2 | Editorial 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Little Saigon is such a rich, unique slice of Seattle, originally populated by war refugees. Seattle’s Little Saigon has already been forgotten 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Ellsberg, a Harvard-educated Midwesterner with a Ph.D. in economics, was a military analyst at the Rand Corp. and a consultant for the State Department, which dispatched him to Saigon in 1965 to assess counterinsurgency efforts. This week’s passages 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Lê spent that night on the military tarmac of Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Air Base with her father and two brothers. The Vietnamese American Artists Searching for Identity 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z I had spoken with Murray fairly often in Saigon, and went to see him again in the early 1980s when I was writing my book "Without Honor: Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia." How the trauma of the Vietnam War led to the age of "alternative facts" 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Morales, the current council member for the district, is frequently criticized by small business owners in Little Saigon, Sodo and other neighborhoods for not seeming to care about endemic property crime and vandalism. The Seattle Times editorial board recommends: Tanya Woo for Seattle City Council District 2 | Editorial 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Several store owners said they’re worried Little Saigon is morphing into a new “Third and Pine” — by which they mean a chronic drug abuse zone, with hard-set patterns of drug-dealing, shoplifting and human despair. Seattle’s Little Saigon has already been forgotten 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Sheehan, among the “Boys of Saigon” group of young Vietnam War correspondents, worked on the Pentagon Papers, which revealed U.S. deception on involvement in Vietnam. Daniel Ellsberg, former defense analyst who released top-secret Pentagon Papers, dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z After gaining U.S. sponsorship, they settled in Orange County, where they eventually reunited with her mother, one of the final evacuees from American Embassy after the fall of Saigon. The Vietnamese American Artists Searching for Identity 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z As American involvement in Vietnam deepened, he went to Saigon in 1965 to evaluate civilian pacification programs. Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Baldwin spoke after Brando, extemporaneously and in parables about Black Sambo and Detroit’s relationship to Saigon and integration in the South. The day Martin Luther King and James Baldwin came to Beverly Hills 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The most — 28 — were in the city’s K3 police beat, which is Little Saigon and some of the rest of the Chinatown International District. Seattle’s Little Saigon has already been forgotten 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Once the drugs arrive at Vietnamese airports, domestic delivery services transport them to an accomplice in Dong Nai province bordering Saigon. Vietnam arrests 65 for drug smuggling in toothpaste tubes 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z In one orb, specs of silver confetti float around weathered images of Vietnamese civilians climbing over one another to reach the helicopters evacuating the roof of the American Embassy during the fall of Saigon. The Vietnamese American Artists Searching for Identity 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Embassy's roof in Saigon on April 30, 1975, the retrospective meaning of the Vietnam War has been a matter of intense dispute. American prophet: Nearing the end of his life, Daniel Ellsberg can't be confined to the past 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Dismissing the Taliban as “not remotely comparable in terms of capability” to the North Vietnamese army, Mr. Biden replied that there was “zero” chance of Saigon redux. Opinion | Biden should share, not shift, blame for the Kabul debacle 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “It’s the fall of Saigon for girl bosses,” said Nick Nardini, 36, with barely contained glee. It's like the 'Hunger Games': Schadenfreude and spectacle at Wing's L.A. estate sale 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z So yes, the Americans left, the economy collapsed, Saigon fell, rebuilding was even more daunting than fleeing in panic. Perspective | Finding words after wartime: Thanhhà Lai on discovering her voice 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Fifty years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam and 48 after the fall of Saigon, the question is: Why read these stories? Perspective | The books I read to understand the Vietnam War 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z He walked the streets of Saigon looking for the mother of his child, hoping to find his child. Perspective | 4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Ralph White’s captivating memoir, “Getting Out of Saigon,” shows that fresh revelations are still possible. Review | As Saigon fell, a young banker went on a desperate mission 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z He was born in the southern Vietnamese capital Saigon in 1971, his family part of a commercially successful ethnic Chinese minority, of the kind seen in many South East Asian cities. Why Vietnam doesn't want to claim Ke Huy Quan 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Afterward, he was given command of the 716th MP Battalion, which provided security to Saigon. Theodore Kanamine, Army’s first Japanese-American general, dies at 93 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Twenty-five years after we left Saigon, the first of five cancers struck. Opinion | East Palestine residents should look to Agent Orange victims 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z North Vietnamese forces captured the South Vietnamese capital city of Saigon two years later in 1975, effectively placing the country under communist control. Lawmakers introduce resolution to give formal apology for treatment of Vietnam vets 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Embassy, the Saigon airport, hotel cafes and seedy bars in search of clear-eyed American officials who might help. Review | As Saigon fell, a young banker went on a desperate mission 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z In 1970 she was transferred to the South Vietnamese navy, and after the fall of Saigon in 1975 she ended up in the Philippines. Holding out against China in a row over reefs 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Experiencing the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon as a young man left a “deep, deep impression” on him, he said. First hate crimes, now mass shootings. For some Asian Americans, feeling safe means owning a gun 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Before Hudson announced, business owner and community advocate Joy Hollingsworth launched a campaign in the district, which includes Capitol Hill, much of the Central Area and Madison Park, and Little Saigon. Climate activist, transit advocate join Seattle City Council races 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The administration's plans, they wrote, “seem to rest on far more ambiguous, confusing and contradictory evidence than pronouncements from Washington and Saigon indicate.” James G. Lowenstein, Whose Reports Questioned Vietnam War, Dies at 95 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z By his final days in Saigon, he observes, he was “no longer the guy on my passport.” Review | As Saigon fell, a young banker went on a desperate mission 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Still, La attended the Tet Parade on Sunday in Little Saigon, squeezing tight among throngs to witness sparkling floats and political dignitaries waving from chauffeured cars. Mass shooting in Monterey Park shatters the hope and joy of Lunar New Year 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Dian Hoang, who lived in Saigon until she was a teenager, always helped their late father pack the new year red envelopes. Will the Year of the Rabbit finally bring us some peace in 2023? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Fighting ended only on April 30, 1975 after North Vietnamese forces captured the South's capital Saigon, triggering a chaotic and humiliating evacuation of remaining Americans and local allies by helicopter from the U.S. Nobel Prize body knew Kissinger's 1973 Vietnam deal unlikely to bring peace, documents show 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Together they wrote an admiring 1974 biography of Henry Kissinger, “Kissinger,” and “The Last Ambassador,” a 1981 novel about the fall of Saigon. Bernard Kalb, longtime foreign affairs newsman, dies at 100 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z White downplays the notion that he was any sort of hero, calling his exertions in Saigon his “fifteen minutes of fame.” Review | As Saigon fell, a young banker went on a desperate mission 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z At the Tet Parade in Little Saigon, Kameron Au waited with her daughters to greet the lion dancers after a morning of exchanging family blessings and distributing lucky red envelopes of money. Mass shooting in Monterey Park shatters the hope and joy of Lunar New Year 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z In Vietnam, where tourist visas for Chinese are not yet being issued, Saigon Halong Hotel in Halong Bay expects it will receive Chinese arrivals from the second quarter of next year. Asia's tourist hotspots prepare for boom as China relaxes COVID rules 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z At 70, Marguerite Duras published, to much acclaim, “The Lover,” an autobiographical novel about her sexual awakening at age 15 in Saigon, with an older, wealthy man. Review | A new look at Marguerite Duras, who, at 70, shocked the literary world 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Dr. Prados completed his first graduate degree in 1975, the year Saigon fell to communist forces, marking the end of the Vietnam War, in which nearly 60,000 American troops lost their lives. John Prados, miner of declassified documents, dies at 71 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Within a decade of the 1975 fall of Saigon, he reported, one of his students heard a reference to the incendiary chemical notoriously used as a weapon in Vietnam and “innocently asked what napalm was.” George Herring, scholar of U.S. diplomacy and Vietnam War, dies at 86 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z More food lists from this year: Top chefs tell us where to eat now in Los Angeles The best Vietnamese coffee in Little Saigon? The top 10 Los Angeles Times lists of 2022 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Other areas where the median household income is less than $50,000 include Holly Park in South Seattle, Northgate and Bitter Lake in North Seattle and Little Saigon in Central Seattle. 2 downtown areas are among Seattle’s highest-income neighborhoods 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Or it wasn’t until mid-October, when Saigon Outcast suddenly closed its doors, another victim of the long, whip-cracking tail of the pandemic. Review | 4 Sisters Asian Snack Bar offers a welcome taste of the familiar 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z About a year ago, this editorial board threw a spotlight on the troubles of Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood. Seattle’s Little Saigon gets help, but so much more is needed 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z When students started to miss Don Luce’s class at the College of Agriculture in Saigon in the 1960s, he learned to expect the worst. Don Luce, activist who exposed Vietnam War horrors, dies at 88 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z New Earth, a group of British East and South East Asian artists, said Miss Saigon contained "damaging tropes, misogyny and racism". Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield's Crucible over controversial musical 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z In an Orange County district centered on the community of Little Saigon, Steel bested Jay Chen, a Democratic Navy reserve officer, in one of the most divisive races in California this year. GOP Rep. Michelle Steel wins reelection after campaign marked by charges of red-baiting, racism 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The race in the inland district, which is centered on the Vietnamese community of Little Saigon, has been marked by claims of racism and red-baiting. California's fall election could sway power in Congress. Here are House races to watch 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z “Centered a few blocks around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street, Little Saigon is beset with overflowing trash cans, litter, dirty sidewalks and open-air drug dealing.” Seattle’s Little Saigon gets help, but so much more is needed 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Cao has tried to appeal to voters with his story: a Vietnamese refugee whose family fled before the fall of Saigon and who later went on to serve 25 years in the Navy. Washington-region voters will soon head to the polls 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The venue's creative directors acknowledged Miss Saigon's "divisive performance history" and "the upset it has caused". Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield's Crucible over controversial musical 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Chia was driving Xu’s vehicle when she was shot three times as she got out in Oakland’s Little Saigon neighborhood, police said. Man who blamed girlfriend's killing on anti-Asian hate was behind murder-for-hire scheme, police say 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Xu was exiting her vehicle in Little Saigon on Aug. 21 when another car pulled up alongside her, investigators said. Suspect in girlfriend's murder kills himself in Northern California jail hours after arrest, authorities say 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z That got the attention of local officials, and Little Saigon has noticeably improved. Seattle’s Little Saigon gets help, but so much more is needed 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z In the 45th District, which is centered on the Little Saigon community, one-third of voters are Asian American and half of those are of Vietnamese descent. California congresswoman faces accusations of 'McCarthyism' from AAPI groups over campaign ads 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z BEATS, an advocacy group for British East and South East Asian theatre workers, said Miss Saigon "fetishised and hyper-sexualised" Vietnamese women and erased "the real experience of war and violence suffered by millions". Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield's Crucible over controversial musical 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Service runs from multiple Vietnamese commercial centers in California and Arizona, but the flagship route remains the one along Interstate 5 between San Jose and Westminster, the original Little Saigon. In MAGA-Led Shasta County, Election Apprehension Reigns 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z When he was 6, he said, he walked with his father 100 miles to the capital, Saigon, to find books to read in English. Ngo Vinh Long, Lightning Rod for Opposing the Vietnam War, Dies at 78 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Last week, King County prosecutors filed charges alleging two defendants sold fentanyl out of a Little Saigon grocery store parking lot and were paid with trafficked food stamps. Seattle’s Little Saigon gets help, but so much more is needed 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The inland district is centered on the Vietnamese community of Little Saigon and includes a slice of Los Angeles County. 'It has been a killer.' With California voters distressed over inflation, candidates trade blame 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Robert Hastie and Anthony Lau, directors of the Crucible's production of Miss Saigon, said they had taken a "new approach" which they hoped would "shift the perspective" on the show. Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield's Crucible over controversial musical 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z They had been living in a refugee camp in the Philippines for just under a year after fleeing Saigon because of the Sino-Vietnamese War. After 4 decades, the Phams are still the first family of pho in Seattle 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Previous migrants started Little Saigon in Seattle; maybe these will start Little Caracas or Little Kabul. Will the GOP send migrant buses to Seattle next? I vote yes 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Department of Agriculture — underscoring that the troubles of Little Saigon are glowing bright on law enforcement’s radar screen. Seattle’s Little Saigon gets help, but so much more is needed 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z A mile south along the Junction sits the bistro Bonjour Vietnam with Saigon comfort food. Big name chef opens pizzeria on Capitol Hill and 37 other restaurant openings around Seattle 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z On its last day of business, Viet-Wah supermarket was still catering to the Little Saigon community it anchored for decades. Citing crime, COVID and costs, Seattle’s Viet-Wah supermarket shutters 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z The weekend scene at the restaurant — and elsewhere in the neighborhood becoming known as Little Saigon — was electric. After 4 decades, the Phams are still the first family of pho in Seattle 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The Chinatown International District and Little Saigon are once again being asked to carry the unwanted burden of an undesirable project. Chinatown International District: Overburdened neighborhood 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z She lost her lease, and her clients are frightened of visiting Little Saigon, for good reason, she said. Seattle’s Little Saigon gets help, but so much more is needed 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z “It’s an effective way of reaching the older Vietnamese,” she said, sipping hibiscus tea in Westminster’s Little Saigon. 'Red-baiting' fliers mailed to Vietnamese Americans in tight California congressional race 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Little Saigon, part of Seattle’s Chinatown International District, is often considered a social and cultural hub. Citing crime, COVID and costs, Seattle’s Viet-Wah supermarket shutters 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z He’s a merchant marine, and it just so happens that a ship full of ammo bound for Saigon is short a crew member. Review: In the brewmance 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever,' Zac Efron brings the boys a cold one 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z My wife used to shop frequently at Lam’s Seafood Asian Market in Little Saigon, but no more. Chinatown International District: Overburdened neighborhood 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z In fact, a 2021 economic study of Little Saigon noted that around 1,145 new housing units were built in the last few years, and “the area is rated as having high risk for displacement.” Seattle’s Little Saigon gets help, but so much more is needed 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Democrats have a 5-point voter registration edge in the district, which is centered on the Little Saigon community in Orange County. 'Red-baiting' fliers mailed to Vietnamese Americans in tight California congressional race 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z A merchant marine, it just so happens there’s a ship full of ammo bound for Saigon short a crew member. ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ review: A war story stranger than fiction 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z “He’s been everywhere: Saigon, Moscow, Selma, Berlin, Phnom Penh, maybe hundreds of other places. Wars, murders, you name the genre, he was there, as a young buck, as a wizened veteran.” Bill Plante, CBS News correspondent for a half-century, dies at 84 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The ongoing destruction of Little Saigon and the Chinatown ID represents a racist approach to city politics, which is reprehensible. Chinatown International District: Overburdened neighborhood 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z There is no single cause for Little Saigon’s challenges, and no one solution. Seattle’s Little Saigon gets help, but so much more is needed 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Some restaurants in Little Saigon closed after their owners said customers no longer felt safe to walk in the area. Chinatown International District pushes back at expanded homeless shelter. Officials ask where else? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Ford wanted to send troops back to Saigon to evacuate both Americans and Vietnamese whose lives were in danger because they had worked with Americans. U.S. Discloses Decades of Justice Dept. Memos on Presidential War Powers 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z We need neighborhood by neighborhood organizing to create community safety, as I’ve done with coalitions of partners in Rainier Beach, Mount Baker and Little Saigon. Public safety is about solving tough problems, not scoring political points 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The district encompasses Little Saigon, a stretch of Vietnamese-owned homes and businesses in the city of Westminster, which looks like most aging suburbs in Southern California: palm trees, stucco single-family homes and sun-bleached signs. In Orange County, a House Race Is Testing What Asian Americans Want 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The Afghan capital, Kabul, would not become another Saigon, Biden assured the American people. News Analysis: Vietnam and Afghanistan: America's two longest wars, with very different lasting impacts 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Those tensions again surfaced in 2017, when the Navigation Center was opened in Little Saigon despite community members saying they weren’t consulted then either. Chinatown International District pushes back at expanded homeless shelter. Officials ask where else? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z What triggered it, though, was the United States’ defeat by the Taliban, amid horrible scenes reminiscent of Saigon, 1975, including a suicide bomb blast that killed 13 U.S. service personnel and an estimated 170 Afghans. Opinion | In politics, sometimes it’s riskier to keep a promise than break one 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z With the vote, Little Arabia joins other officially designated ethnic enclaves in Orange County, including Koreatown in Garden Grove and Little Saigon in Westminster and Garden Grove. Anaheim's 'Little Arabia' neighborhood is finally official 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Forty-eight hours later, Mr. Page was in Saigon. Tim Page, storied Vietnam War photographer, dies at 78 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z On the morning of April 29, 1975, as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces moved through the outskirts of Saigon, orders were given to evacuate Americans and South Vietnamese who had supported the United States. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Phillip Daniels, 57, who has been sleeping outside in Little Saigon, said most people living outside in the neighborhood do so because “it’s just kind of where they’ve been shoved to.” Chinatown International District pushes back at expanded homeless shelter. Officials ask where else? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z U.S. military forces withdrew from South Vietnam in 1973, and Saigon, its capital, fell to North Vietnam and the communists eighteen months later. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In Westminster, a city of more than 90,000 that is home to Little Saigon, the election of a majority-Vietnamese council more than a decade ago was a proud milestone. As financial collapse looms, Westminster puts tax measure on November ballot 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Some 76,000, the biggest influx of wartime evacuees since the fall of Saigon in Vietnam, have reached the United States. ‘We Can’t Claim Mission Accomplished’: A Long Road for Afghan Refugees 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z North Vietnamese forces entered Saigon the next day, and the South surrendered. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The next year, the RNC capitalized on the momentum and opened an Asian Pacific American community center in Westminster’s Little Saigon. Political group taps small-business owners in Orange County to help capture Asian American vote 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z We’ve shared meals in Little Saigon, at my wife’s place in Santa Ana and especially in various spots across his southeast Los Angeles County district. Column: In defense of street food vendors and the right to honest, hard work 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Curiously for someone who’s probably not old enough to remember the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam War is a recurring theme. ‘The Art of Banksy’: Unauthorized, but not a cheap knockoff 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Anne was the child of refugees from Vietnam who fled the country after the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces in 1975, the Mercury News reported. Man, 70, charged in 1982 rape and murder of 5-year-old girl in Monterey County 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Park said he would get racially typecast, continually stuck doing productions of “Miss Saigon”: “I did nine of them because I’m an Asian guy who can sing.” How a Marvel musical parody gave Aidan Park the role of a lifetime: an Asian superhero leading man 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z He was raised in West Africa after fleeing Vietnam in 1975 before the fall of Saigon and came to the United States in 1982. GOP Navy vet vows to fight left’s assault on Constitution in Virginia race for Congress 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z For the last five years or so, he has been roaming outside Little Saigon’s fabric stores and takeout eateries. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z He said that perspective came from working throughout his childhood in a Little Saigon mini-mart owned by his dad that specialized in products from across Latin America. Column: In Orange County, an Assembly seat fight for the future of Latino politics 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z As a child, his family escaped Vietnam in 1975 shortly before the fall of Saigon. Virginia GOP nominates Navy vet Hung Cao to challenge Rep. Jennifer Wexton 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z She got a credit card in her own name, became one of the first women to make it into the local stagehand union and joined the throngs backstage at shows including “Cats” and “Miss Saigon.” How Roe Shaped the World of Work for Women 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Refugees settled there after the fall of Saigon, creating the largest Vietnamese American community in the nation. Charges of racism and red-baiting in race for congressional seat created to elevate Asian Americans 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z They have converged on Little Saigon from the rest of the state and beyond, drawn by familiar foods and the ease of communicating in their native language. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Other shops and window displays are scattered throughout South Lake Union, downtown, Pioneer Square and Little Saigon, according to the program’s website. Seattle storefronts will flourish only on safe streets 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Harrell, who stressed graffiti removal throughout his campaign last year, briefly picked up a roller to help cover a spray paint-pocked wall in Little Saigon on Monday morning, as he announced the day of service. Seattle to hold ‘day of service,’ seeks volunteers to help with litter, graffiti 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z I was 24 when I flew to Saigon, in 1971, as a staff photographer for United Press International, determined to see what was killing my high school classmates. Opinion | Photographing Hell 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Half a decade had passed since the fall of Saigon. Opinion | America’s Vanishing Kingdom 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z For Vietnamese Americans shopping or working in Little Saigon, the poorest among them evoke a complex mixture of emotions. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s a dizzying thicket of dance breaks and choral numbers, patterned not particularly elegantly after other Broadway epics including “Ragtime” and “Les Miserables” and “Miss Saigon.” Review | Two new musicals dig into America’s past but fail to strike gold 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell deserves much credit for focusing law enforcement resources on crime hot spots in the Little Saigon neighborhood and downtown. Transit, green spaces shouldn’t fall victim to intensified policing 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Born in Vietnam, he said he was eight years old when North Vietnamese Communist forces took Saigon in 1975. Crypto aid for Ukraine: innovation or just a sideshow? 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Many have said that Kabul is a replay of Saigon. Opinion | America’s Vanishing Kingdom 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Banh visited Little Saigon’s homeless residents for the first time recently. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z In the summer of 1965, then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara called the bombing raids north of Saigon that left hundreds of thousands of dead an effective means of communication with the government in Hanoi. The dangerous myth of American innocence: Only our enemies commit "war crimes" 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The King County Metro bus shelter on 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street in Little Saigon had disintegrated into an open air drug market before it was removed in February. Transit, green spaces shouldn’t fall victim to intensified policing 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Recently, local officials have launched a slew of crime-fighting efforts that brought desperately-needed relief to some beleaguered spots around town, including Little Saigon and Third and Pine downtown. Hard or soft on crime? Seattle can’t make up its mind 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z But Kabul is not really a replay of Saigon — it’s a continuation. Opinion | America’s Vanishing Kingdom 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Food stamps, however, are a welcome supplement for Tran and some of Little Saigon’s other homeless people. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z But for KV Bui, the owner of the noodle shop in Little Saigon International District, the police enforcement is too little too late. People are feeling safer after Seattle police flood 2 downtown neighborhoods, but one question looms: Will it last? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Fentanyl has been part of the picture at intersections targeted lately by Seattle police in the Little Saigon International District and downtown. UW survey of drug users shows fentanyl surge as King County sets record for overdose deaths 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Of 16 people arrested for suspected felonies in Little Saigon as part of Operation New Day, it turns out only two stayed in King County Jail for more than a day or two. Hard or soft on crime? Seattle can’t make up its mind 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z In the streets of Saigon and Bangkok, cooks are squatting over to crush those chile and curry pastes. The year’s big cookbook release is here. A Q&A with Seattle author J. Kenji López-Alt 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Nguyen, 54, has lived on the streets for about 15 years and is believed to be Little Saigon’s longest-standing homeless resident. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z “I want to say good job,” Selas Asrat, a Little Saigon resident in her 60s, said of the police operation in the neighborhood as she was on her way to buy bread. People are feeling safer after Seattle police flood 2 downtown neighborhoods, but one question looms: Will it last? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z While working in Hong Kong, she met her husband, journalist Charles Klensch, then the Saigon bureau chief for ABC News. Elsa Klensch, longtime fashion correspondent for CNN, dies at 92 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z In a collision of slogans, one of the “Operation New Day” arrestees in Little Saigon turns out to be one of the 118 “High Utilizers.” Hard or soft on crime? Seattle can’t make up its mind 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z In April 1975, with the capital city, Saigon, about to fall to the North Vietnamese, South Vietnam surrendered. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The bargain buyers drifted out of a popular Little Saigon fruit shop with tote bags full of pale brown longan and hairy red rambutan, barely glancing at the dirt-smeared face of Duc Tran. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z While beefing up downtown patrols, police will also maintain a presence at 12th Avenue and South Jackson Street in Little Saigon, where officers cleared out an open-air drug market in recent weeks. Seattle police flood downtown following 2nd homicide in 4 days 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Because President Dwight Eisenhower and other foreign policy experts believed that South Vietnam was critical to the security of all of Southeast Asia, the Eisenhower administration responded with economic and then military aid to Saigon. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z On Monday, private security officers who patrol Third Avenue described an uptick in visible crime on the sidewalk since the police operation in Little Saigon. ‘We’ve been here before’: Fatal shooting underscores longtime problems at Seattle’s Third and Pine 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z In 1975, the state was the first in the country to establish a resettlement program for Vietnamese refugees after the fall of Saigon, and Washington welcomed hundreds of Afghan refugees in 2021 alone. WA Legislature sets aside $19 million to support future Ukrainian refugees 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Westminster, the city that includes Little Saigon, cannot afford to fund homeless housing on its own, said Councilwoman Kimberly Ho. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Diaz is acutely aware of the challenge his department faces in maintaining a police presence downtown over the long term without losing ground in Little Saigon. Seattle police flood downtown following 2nd homicide in 4 days 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z A week ago, police finally cleared an open-air drug market that had all but closed Little Saigon’s main business center. fSeattle finally does the least it could do for Little Saigon 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z At the time, Harrell said he was directing Seattle police to address a list of areas with distinctly high crime rates, starting with the efforts in Little Saigon. ‘We’ve been here before’: Fatal shooting underscores longtime problems at Seattle’s Third and Pine 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z An Asian couple in Oakland was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on Wednesday outside a business in the city’s Little Saigon neighborhood, according to a local report. Oakland couple assaulted in brazen daytime robbery outside Little Saigon business 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z When Oliver Nguyen, 28, showed up in Little Saigon, Tam Nguyen offered soda, clothes and the back seat of his car as a sleeping spot. In a culture of family and achievement, Vietnamese homeless feel like outcasts 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z It pointed out that after the fall of Saigon, the United States established a parole program to swiftly evacuate more than 140,000 Vietnamese refugees. Afghans Who Bet on Fast Path to the U.S. Are Facing a Closed Door 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The winner, Bruce Harrell, was more supportive, and now Little Saigon is his first test case. fSeattle finally does the least it could do for Little Saigon 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z But Mr. Barnicle claimed he was a “grower” and was “importing stuff from Taiwan and Saigon and everything like that,” he added over the panelists’ laughter. DCCC chair talks about enjoying the drug ecstasy in college 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Their investment will help set up and fund a team from the new King County Regional Homelessness Authority, designed to triage and alleviate homeless camping from Belltown to Little Saigon. Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft will give $10 million to address homelessness in downtown Seattle 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z |
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