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Orphans International Announces New Director for 20th Year
New York, N.Y. The Board of Directors of Orphans International Worldwide ( OIW ) announces with great pleasure the hiring of Luisa Duarte-Silva, Ph.D. as Executive Direct…
Simple: Whatever Faith Tradition, It’s All About Kindness
Tawang, India. Since 2000, we have been operating charities Raising, Supporting, and soon Educating Young Global Leaders. From every corner of the world and from every fa…
Vietnam's Tech Futurists Lay Out Economic Alternatives
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Nations racing to develop 5G technology that is fast enough to power the next stage of innovation range from South Korea to Finland, but a youn…
Kerry: After Healing, U.S., Vietnam Entering New Era
Hanoi, Vietnam. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the healing that has taken place between the U.S. and Vietnam took awhile and “didn’t come easy for either side.”…
In Vietnam: U.N., IKEA Join Forces for Sustainable Forest Management
New York, N.Y. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) has teamed up with big-box retailer IKEA to launch a new initiative aimed at promoting the sus…
Southeast Asian Opening for Asia Contemporary Art Week
New York, N.Y. On view at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Chelsea, NYC: Cutting-edge work by emerging and established artists from Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia,…
Vietnamese-American Pianist Chau Giang Nguyen Plays Carnegie Hall, Helps Children
New York, N.Y. I recently had lunch in the beautiful home of my friend, the glamorous and generous Vietnamese-American pianist Chau Giang Thi Nguyen. She is interested in…
In Vietnam: Youth Group Steps in to Provide Sex Education
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Don’t expect to see teachers demonstrating condom use with bananas or cucumbers during a sex education class in Vietnam. Teachers avoid the sub…
Vietcong General Giap: David Who Defeated Modern-Day Goliath
New York, N.Y. You have to search hard to find a foreign general whose death makes it into the top stories in the U.S. media. Vo Nguyen Giap died recently. He made the li…
Ambassador: From the Killing Fields to the White House
New York, N.Y. I first met Ambassador Sichan Siv in 2004 when I was invited to hear him speak at the imposing Women's Republican National Club, just north of Rockefeller…
Buddhism and the Universal Concept of Social Responsibility
Bodh Gaya, India . Studying in Japan back in college, I had a very unique Buddhist experience, one of which I did not understand until years afterwards. I had joined a Bu…
UNPUBLISHED: Vietnamese-American Pianist Chau Giang Nguyen Plays Carnegie Hall, Helps Children
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