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Yes, they came as refugees, but on ‘Queen Sugar’ this family from Vietnam gets to be so much more

“The fact that the director allowed me to breathe and thought me worthy to take up space, it’s such a simple, subtle thing, but it was startling to me,” says Elyse Dinh who plays Mrs. Phan.

Yes, they came as refugees, but on ‘Queen Sugar’ this family from Vietnam gets to be so much more
Man looking across rows of tins

A fading Missouri monastery finds new life — in Vietnam

A fading Missouri monastery finds new life — in Vietnam
Thu MacKenzie and Madison Bau are freshmen at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.

Racist taunts tested their friendship, but this Clinton supporter and her Trump-backer pal are in it for the long haul

Racist taunts tested their friendship, but this Clinton supporter and her Trump-backer pal are in it for the long haul
President Barack Obama and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not pictured) attend a ceremony at the Atomic Bomb Dome at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, May 27th 2016.

US veterans react to Obama's visits to Vietnam and Hiroshima

US veterans react to Obama's visits to Vietnam and Hiroshima
Poet and essayist Ocean Vuong was born in Saigon and raised in Hartford, Connecticut.

Read this brilliant new poet's take on the US immigrant experience

Read this brilliant new poet's take on the US immigrant experience
Inmates wait before they are released from Thanh Xuan prison outside Hanoi on Aug. 29, 2010.

Here's one way to escape death row in Vietnam: Get pregnant

Vietnamese newspaper Thanh Nien News reported Hue paid a 27-year-old male inmate at the jail 50 million Vietnamese dong, or roughly $2,300, to supply her with his semen and syringes. She then successfully impregnated herself.

Here's one way to escape death row in Vietnam: Get pregnant
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Memories of fleeing Vietnam, landing in Idaho and asking people for candy

After anxious days in Guam, Joshua Nguyen remembers restarting life with his family in Idaho and trick-or-treating until midnight.

Memories of fleeing Vietnam, landing in Idaho and asking people for candy
 Although same-sex marriage isn’t legal, Vietnam is at the forefront of gay rights in the region and gay weddings are not uncommon.

Photographer Catherine Karnow captures a changing Vietnam

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the Art Vietnam Gallery in Hanoi is showing “Vietnam: 25 Years of Documenting a Changing Country,” a photo exhibition of National Geographic photographer Catherine Karnow’s lifelong work in that country. In his introduction to the exhibition, Andrew Lam writes that the photographs capture a country that has many versions of itself.

Photographer Catherine Karnow captures a changing Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, left, is the long-time emcee of the "Paris by Night" show. She is also the daughter of Nguyen Cao Ky, the former South Vietnam leader.

For Vietnamese, 'Paris By Night' is a mix of Vegas, nostalgia and pre-war culture

For 30 years, a variety show has helped Vietnamese expatriates remember the past and pass down their culture and anti-communist politics. Part comedy and part musical extravaganza, the show has become a family tradition for many Vietnamese around the world.

For Vietnamese, 'Paris By Night' is a mix of Vegas, nostalgia and pre-war culture

Nam Le

Nam Le

Vietnam on Screen

Vietnam on Screen

Quang Bao

Quang Bao

Vietnam On Screen

Vietnam On Screen

Quang Bao's Vietnam Homecoming

Quang Bao's Vietnam Homecoming