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USA: VIDEO STORE ORDERED TO REMOVE PORTRAIT OF HO CHI MINH

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A judge has ordered the owner of a video store in Westminster, California's Little Saigon neighborhood to remove a wall-sized portrait of the late Vietnamese communist leader.
The courts are regarding it as a shrine to North Vietnam's Communist founder, Ho Chi Minh.

The picture of Ho Chi Minh and a North Vietnamese flag sparked a four-day protest in the de facto capitol of Vietnamese immigrants in America.

Protesters are outraged that a local video store owner would trivialise their suffering under the Communists by setting up a virtual shrine to the communist leader in his shop.

Anti-Communist chants that seemed to belong to another era rang out in the small Los Angeles neighborhood of Little Saigon Thursday afternoon.

Hundreds of outraged Vietnamese refugees are for the fourth straight day protested outside a neighbourhood video store.

The store's owner displayed a large portrait of Ho Chi Minh and a North Vietnamese flag on his wall and these people want them taken down.

The shop's owner has not been seen since Monday when he was beaten up by some of the protesters outside his store.

Many of these immigrants say they fled Communist Vietnam for the U-S after spending years in prison camps and having several family members killed by the Communists.

And that's why a virtual shrine to Ho Chi Minh has unleashed deep-seated sentiments from a war that ended more than twenty years ago.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
Ho Chi Minh killed about two (m) million Vietnamese and Ho Chi Minh killed over fifty eight -- Americans so today we don't want a picture of Ho Chi Minh hanging here. We don't
want the Communist flag hanging here. We're looking for freedom we come here. We don't want Communist being here. Truong Tran, he (the store's owner) is Communist.
SUPER CAPTION: Cu Tran, Vietnamese Refugee

This veteran lost a leg fighting the Vietcong before seeking refuge in the United States.

He's offended by the Ho Chi Minh shrine.

SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese)
I was in the army and fought against the Vietcong. That's why I lost my leg and now I don't want to see any Communists over here.
SUPER CAPTION: Khon Nguyen, ARVN Veteran

The protesters are signing a petition they'll send to the U-S immigration service to have the store owner expelled from the country.

They believe his Communist sympathies should strip him of his status as a political refugee.

The landlord of the marketplace, meanwhile, has placed an eviction notice on the shop and is seeking a court order to enter the store and take down the Communist paraphernalia.

Until that happens, community leaders say the protest should continue.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
When the Communist took over South Vietnam, my relatives spent over ten or fifteen years in prison, that is the reason why you come here and you say look at those kinds of
pictures of the flag. It provokes our anger.
SUPER CAPTION: Thang Tran, President, Vietnamese Community of Southern California

SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese)
He and the Communist party ruled the Vietnamese people for fifty years and the only thing they brought to the Vietnamese people is poverty and torture so today we don't
want to see his picture and the Communist blood flag.
SUPER CAPTION: Cu Tran, Vietnamese Refugee

Civil rights activists say the shop's owner has every right under U-S law to have the photo and flag hung prominently in his shop.

But with emotions running this high, the standoff in Little Saigon will likely continue until these images from the war return to the past.


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Celebration of 25 Years of Little Saigon, Orange County, California - P2

Westminster (VanHoaNBLV) - Thousands of people have gathered to celebrate 25 years of the establishment of Little Saigon in Orange County, Southern California. The celebration was organized on 15 June 2013 on the stage inside the Asian Mall in Westminster, CA, with the attendance of people from all walks of life, including many friends from other ethnic groups besides the Vietnamese Americans.

The celebration was meant to mark two important events. The Westminster City Council on 22 June 1987 passed resolution 58 recognizing the existence of a specifically Vietnamese American area known as Little Saigon. And one year later, on 17 June 1988, California governor George Deukmejian came and cut the ribbon inaugurating the signs pointing to Little Saigon, which subsequently were posted on Highways 405 and 22 (Garden Grove Freeway). This officialized the existence of Little Saigon on the map.

When the first Vietnamese refugees came out of Pendleton Camp to settle in Orange County in 1975-76 their presence was limited to a few blocks in Santa Ana but two years later, their businesses have spread to neighboring cities like Westminster and Garden Grove...

Like much of the U.S. economy, Little Saigon also knew periods of prosperity and regression but it has weathered all to remain the vibrant so-called world capital of Vietnamese refugees from communism.

The 2010 Census gives the number of Vietnamese in Orange County to be well over 200,000 widely spread throughout the various cities of Orange County and spilling even into neighboring jurisdictions.

Little Saigon has become so famous that over three million Vietnamese in the Diaspora and nearly all 90 million Vietnamese inside Vietnam dream of at least one time setting foot in it. It has also become a touristic attraction to millions of non-Vietnamese who would like to learn more or have a taste of Vietnamese culture, customs and cuisine.

It is believed that tourism in Little Saigon will add significantly to the economic development of Orange County, California, and even to that of the United States of America.

Celebration of 25 Years of Little Saigon, Orange County, California - P5

Westminster (VanHoaNBLV) - Thousands of people have gathered to celebrate 25 years of the establishment of Little Saigon in Orange County, Southern California. The celebration was organized on 15 June 2013 on the stage inside the Asian Mall in Westminster, CA, with the attendance of people from all walks of life, including many friends from other ethnic groups besides the Vietnamese Americans.

The celebration was meant to mark two important events. The Westminster City Council on 22 June 1987 passed resolution 58 recognizing the existence of a specifically Vietnamese American area known as Little Saigon. And one year later, on 17 June 1988, California governor George Deukmejian came and cut the ribbon inaugurating the signs pointing to Little Saigon, which subsequently were posted on Highways 405 and 22 (Garden Grove Freeway). This officialized the existence of Little Saigon on the map.

When the first Vietnamese refugees came out of Pendleton Camp to settle in Orange County in 1975-76 their presence was limited to a few blocks in Santa Ana but two years later, their businesses have spread to neighboring cities like Westminster and Garden Grove...

Like much of the U.S. economy, Little Saigon also knew periods of prosperity and regression but it has weathered all to remain the vibrant so-called world capital of Vietnamese refugees from communism.

The 2010 Census gives the number of Vietnamese in Orange County to be well over 200,000 widely spread throughout the various cities of Orange County and spilling even into neighboring jurisdictions.

Little Saigon has become so famous that over three million Vietnamese in the Diaspora and nearly all 90 million Vietnamese inside Vietnam dream of at least one time setting foot in it. It has also become a touristic attraction to millions of non-Vietnamese who would like to learn more or have a taste of Vietnamese culture, customs and cuisine.

It is believed that tourism in Little Saigon will add significantly to the economic development of Orange County, California, and even to that of the United States of America.

Little Saigon Food and Culture Treasures

Trained at the apron strings of her mother and grandmother, Haley Nguyen, Chef/Owner of Xanh Bistro, learned to cook at the tender age of 10. Nguyen immigrated to the United States and eventually made her way to Southern California where she instigated and implemented the Asian curriculum for the Art Institute of California in Santa Monica in 1999. Nguyen often conducts culinary tours of Westminster's Little Saigon, the largest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam. On the tour you will be treated to a lesson in the familiar and unfamiliar as you learn to appreciate and differentiate between the many nuances and variety found in Asian cuisine.

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Westminster (VanHoaNBLV) - Thousands of people have gathered to celebrate 25 years of the establishment of Little Saigon in Orange County, Southern California. The celebration was organized on 15 June 2013 on the stage inside the Asian Mall in Westminster, CA, with the attendance of people from all walks of life, including many friends from other ethnic groups besides the Vietnamese Americans.

The celebration was meant to mark two important events. The Westminster City Council on 22 June 1987 passed resolution 58 recognizing the existence of a specifically Vietnamese American area known as Little Saigon. And one year later, on 17 June 1988, California governor George Deukmejian came and cut the ribbon inaugurating the signs pointing to Little Saigon, which subsequently were posted on Highways 405 and 22 (Garden Grove Freeway). This officialized the existence of Little Saigon on the map.

When the first Vietnamese refugees came out of Pendleton Camp to settle in Orange County in 1975-76 their presence was limited to a few blocks in Santa Ana but two years later, their businesses have spread to neighboring cities like Westminster and Garden Grove...

Like much of the U.S. economy, Little Saigon also knew periods of prosperity and regression but it has weathered all to remain the vibrant so-called world capital of Vietnamese refugees from communism.

The 2010 Census gives the number of Vietnamese in Orange County to be well over 200,000 widely spread throughout the various cities of Orange County and spilling even into neighboring jurisdictions.

Little Saigon has become so famous that over three million Vietnamese in the Diaspora and nearly all 90 million Vietnamese inside Vietnam dream of at least one time setting foot in it. It has also become a touristic attraction to millions of non-Vietnamese who would like to learn more or have a taste of Vietnamese culture, customs and cuisine.
It is believed that tourism in Little Saigon will add significantly to the economic development of Orange County, California, and even to that of the United States of America.

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USA: LA: LITTLE SAIGON

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A quarter of a century after the fall of Saigon, another Saigon is alive and well.

In the Little Saigon community of Los Angeles, some residents are too young to even remember Vietnam.

But older Vietnamese there say the memories, and the pain, are still fresh.

When more than 800-thousand Vietnamese fled Saigon in 1975, more than 100-thousand of them ended up here, in the U-S.

Families settled, started businesses, and started over.

Many here say they were happy for the opportunity to stay in the United States and happy with their newfound freedom.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
This is my country now, you know, my new home, my new life here.
SUPER CAPTION: Sieu Ross, Little Saigon resident

SOUNDBITE: (English)
I like the United States because I have the freedom of speech and freedom to express and freedom to complain to the government.
SUPER CAPTION: Hao-Nguyen, Little Saigon resident

SOUNDBITE: (English)
We have a chance to get a better education, get our degree, get our job, make a great life. Land of opportunity, United States.
SUPER CAPTION: Quyen Do, Little Saigon resident

This usually quiet community erupted last year when a business owner hung a poster of Ho Chi Min in his video rental store.

Old wounds surfaced and passionate protestors of all ages expressed their disgust at what they saw as a pro-Communist act.

City councilman and restaurateur Tony Lam has suffered the effects of the community's strong anti-Communist feelings.

His expressed support for improved relations between the U-S and Vietnam has caused outrage in the community.

Many residents have boycotted his restaurant.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
The government, United States government, should not victimise seventy-six (m) million Vietnamese there. As long as the government, the Communist government in Vietnam, respects human life and turns the country into a market economy, that would really help. But again, they use that, saying that I am too pro-Communist.
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Lam, Little Saigon city councilman

In this community, the anti-Communist sentiment runs strong, especially with the older Vietnamese here.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
I needed freedom. I needed freedom; that's why I stay here.
SUPER CAPTION: Sunny Tien, Little Saigon resident

SOUNDBITE: (English)
After twenty-five years ago, Vietnamese very poor, but the leader of the Communists, corrupt, corrupt.
SUPER CAPTION: Hao-Nguyen, Little Saigon resident

Leslie K. Le, an elections official for the county, was a high-ranking military official for the South Vietnamese army.

He says he still feels responsible for the loss of his country to the Communists.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
Now it's the year two-thousand. It sounds like a long, long time ago history. But to me, just like yesterday. I still remember everything. I still feel the pain when I hear that Saigon is completely lost to the Communists. The pain still here. And I think somehow, the world, especially the United States, must do something strong enough to turn the situation in Vietnam 180 degrees back.
SUPER CAPTION: Leslie K. Le, Community Program Specialist, Registration and Elections Department, Orange County

Twenty-five years after the war, Vietnamese have embraced America, but they haven't forgotten their home.

They still hold hope for regaining the Vietnam they once knew.


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First Vietnamese-American Elected Mayor of Little Saigon

Orange County, California’s Little Saigon is the oldest and largest Vietnamese-American community in the United States.

Westminster, and the adjacent city of Garden Grove, is home to a large concentration of Vietnamese-Americans. And in Westminster, Tri Ta is serving as its first elected Vietnamese-American mayor.

Celebration of 25 Years of Little Saigon, Orange County, California - P3

Westminster (VanHoaNBLV) - Thousands of people have gathered to celebrate 25 years of the establishment of Little Saigon in Orange County, Southern California. The celebration was organized on 15 June 2013 on the stage inside the Asian Mall in Westminster, CA, with the attendance of people from all walks of life, including many friends from other ethnic groups besides the Vietnamese Americans.

The celebration was meant to mark two important events. The Westminster City Council on 22 June 1987 passed resolution 58 recognizing the existence of a specifically Vietnamese American area known as Little Saigon. And one year later, on 17 June 1988, California governor George Deukmejian came and cut the ribbon inaugurating the signs pointing to Little Saigon, which subsequently were posted on Highways 405 and 22 (Garden Grove Freeway). This officialized the existence of Little Saigon on the map.

When the first Vietnamese refugees came out of Pendleton Camp to settle in Orange County in 1975-76 their presence was limited to a few blocks in Santa Ana but two years later, their businesses have spread to neighboring cities like Westminster and Garden Grove...

Like much of the U.S. economy, Little Saigon also knew periods of prosperity and regression but it has weathered all to remain the vibrant so-called world capital of Vietnamese refugees from communism.

The 2010 Census gives the number of Vietnamese in Orange County to be well over 200,000 widely spread throughout the various cities of Orange County and spilling even into neighboring jurisdictions.

Little Saigon has become so famous that over three million Vietnamese in the Diaspora and nearly all 90 million Vietnamese inside Vietnam dream of at least one time setting foot in it. It has also become a touristic attraction to millions of non-Vietnamese who would like to learn more or have a taste of Vietnamese culture, customs and cuisine.

It is believed that tourism in Little Saigon will add significantly to the economic development of Orange County, California, and even to that of the United States of America.

Vietnam War Monument in Little Saigon, Southern California

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Celebration of 25 Years of Little Saigon, Orange County, California - P4

Westminster (VanHoaNBLV) - Thousands of people have gathered to celebrate 25 years of the establishment of Little Saigon in Orange County, Southern California. The celebration was organized on 15 June 2013 on the stage inside the Asian Mall in Westminster, CA, with the attendance of people from all walks of life, including many friends from other ethnic groups besides the Vietnamese Americans.

The celebration was meant to mark two important events. The Westminster City Council on 22 June 1987 passed resolution 58 recognizing the existence of a specifically Vietnamese American area known as Little Saigon. And one year later, on 17 June 1988, California governor George Deukmejian came and cut the ribbon inaugurating the signs pointing to Little Saigon, which subsequently were posted on Highways 405 and 22 (Garden Grove Freeway). This officialized the existence of Little Saigon on the map.

When the first Vietnamese refugees came out of Pendleton Camp to settle in Orange County in 1975-76 their presence was limited to a few blocks in Santa Ana but two years later, their businesses have spread to neighboring cities like Westminster and Garden Grove...

Like much of the U.S. economy, Little Saigon also knew periods of prosperity and regression but it has weathered all to remain the vibrant so-called world capital of Vietnamese refugees from communism.

The 2010 Census gives the number of Vietnamese in Orange County to be well over 200,000 widely spread throughout the various cities of Orange County and spilling even into neighboring jurisdictions.

Little Saigon has become so famous that over three million Vietnamese in the Diaspora and nearly all 90 million Vietnamese inside Vietnam dream of at least one time setting foot in it. It has also become a touristic attraction to millions of non-Vietnamese who would like to learn more or have a taste of Vietnamese culture, customs and cuisine.

It is believed that tourism in Little Saigon will add significantly to the economic development of Orange County, California, and even to that of the United States of America.

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USA: VIETNAMESE DEMONSTRATIONS OVER COMMUNIST SYMPATHISER

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Fifteen-thousand Vietnamese protestors took to the streets of California on Friday night to protest against a sympathiser of the Communist government in Ho Chi Minh City.

Truong Van Tran had put up a poster of the Communist leader who gave his name to the Vietnamese capital in his electrical shop.

What started as a demonstration of personal beliefs has now escalated into a human rights rally, with Truong bearing the brunt of the hostility in the Vietnamese community towards the country's dictatorial regime.

Little Saigon, a district of Westminster, California is normally a peaceful gathering place for Vietnamese refugees who have made this sunny town their home.

But on Friday night an estimated 15-thousand protestors gathered here in a raucous demonstration.

The crowd were protesting against a local shopkeeper's display of the Vietnamese flag and of a poster of the late Communist leader Ho Chi Minh.

The demonstrators say the symbols are as offensive to the 200-thousand Vietnamese who live in southern California as a picture of Adolf Hitler would be to Jews.

Many of these people survived atrocities under the Communist regime and they say this episode has reopened wounds they have struggled to heal since the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.

The trouble started in January.

The posters had been on display in Truong Van Tran's shop for months until a member of the South Vietnamese community tore them down in protest.

The conflict then escalated, with Truong taunting local anti-Communism activists and daring them to clear him out.

A Superior Court judge ordered that the offending items be taken down, but later reversed her ruling, saying the American Constitution protects each individual's right to freedom of expression.

It took a crowd of riot police to enforce that ruling on February 10.

This is the man at the centre of the furore.

Truong has been forced from his home by anonymous threats and angry warnings that he and his relatives will be punished.

Ironically he has even been shunned by his family - his siblings now refuse to speak to him.

He lives in hiding, far from his shop and his old home, forced out by the violence and heightened emotions.

The poster, seen here when the storm first erupted, is still hanging in Truong's shop.

As offensive, say protestors, is this flag.

Many claim it is evidence that Truong is a propagandist for the Vietnamese regime - an accusation he hotly refutes.

And while the order was later revoked, the notice served at the time demanding the items be taken down has been achieved in some sense: the shop remains closed and Truong hasn't been back for weeks.

But Truong refuses to back down.

He says he is fighting to defend the American right to freedom of speech.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
Their action is like the Communists, they must understand how Communists are over here and how to (make) disappear Communism over here. We live in a community we love, we help and we listen if someone has an opinion opposite to us.
SUPER CAPTION: Truong Van Tran, shunned Vietnamese shop keeper

Several of the protestors have expressed disbelief that Truong can sympathise with the Communist government in Vietnam.

As a child, he was sickly. A childhood illness permanently damaged his heart.

For him, the Vietnam war meant mostly the fireworks of distant bombing.

But almost very family lost someone; for Truong, it was cousins and a dear uncle.

He says it's time for the estimated one (m) million Vietnamese in the United States to accept the regime's existence and to work together to build an independent and free Vietnam.

Meanwhile, the backlash against him has meant he has no source of income.


SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese)







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