Vietnamese Americans

Young Vietnamese-Americans abandoning Republican Party

Publication: 
The Boston Herald
Author: 
Ken McLaughlin
News Article Date: 
11/03/2008

SAN JOSE, Calif. - For years after Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975, the tiny contingent of Vietnamese emigres in the United States who chose to join the Democratic Party stayed quiet.

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Vietnamese American politicians are coming of age in Westminster

Publication: 
The Los Angeles Times
Author: 
My-Thuan Tran
News Article Date: 
10/15/2008
The first Vietnamese American in the country was elected to public office 16 years ago when Tony Lam won a seat on the Westminster City Council, making history for a refugee group that fled after the Vietnam War and settled in Orange County.
 
Lam's election made national headlines and Vietnamese leaders had high hopes that he
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