Articles by Tini Tran

204 articles since 1997

Tsunami Recovery Rolls Ahead Slowly

News | By Tini Tran | June 26, 2005
Along the ruined highway of Indonesia’s northern Sumatra coast, the horizon is a flattened wasteland dotted with reminders of lives lost, wooden signs scrawled with the words “kuburan masal” – mass grave. Read more
 

Vietnamese Commemorate Decisive Battle

News | By Tini Tran | May 2, 2004
Atop a tranquil, sunlit hill, the raw memories of battle amid red-earth trenches and barbed wire are still vivid for the elderly men who make the pilgrimage. Read more
 

U.S. Soaps Watch as the World Turns Its Back

Entertainment | By Tini Tran | May 6, 2002
Glittery Hong Kong dramas dominate prime time in Malaysia and Singapore. Read more
 

Remains of 7 MIA Hunters Return to U.S.

News | By Tini Tran | April 14, 2001
In a poignant echo of earlier services for long-lost soldiers, U.S. officials held a repatriation ceremony Friday for seven Americans killed last weekend while searching for the remains of Americans missing since the Vietnam War. Read more
 

A Unifying Voice

California | Local | By Tini Tran | August 26, 1999
Dramatic growth over the last decade in the number of Vietnamese-language radio programs based in Orange County has fundamentally changed the Vietnamese emigre community, observers say. Read more
 

Voter Campaign Targets Vietnamese

California | Local | By Tini Tran | August 19, 1999
Taking a cue from voter education campaigns that mix pop star glamour with political awareness, a coalition of Vietnamese American groups is sponsoring a Rock the Vote concert targeting the nation’s largest Vietnamese emigre community. Read more
 

Vietnamese Group Plans ‘Rock the Vote’ Concert

California | Local | By Tini Tran | August 19, 1999
Taking a cue from voter education campaigns that mix pop star glamour with political awareness, a coalition of Vietnamese American groups is sponsoring a Rock the Vote concert targeting the nation’s largest Vietnamese emigre community. Read more
 

Money Is at Root of New Split Among Vietnamese

California | Local | By Tini Tran | August 15, 1999
It was a passionate plea for a noble cause. Read more
 

Target of Little Saigon Protests Gets 90-Day Term

California | Local | By Tini Tran | August 11, 1999
A Little Saigon shopkeeper convicted of video piracy and given a 90-day jail sentence Tuesday was unrepentant after his court appearance, saying that he has no regrets about displaying the Communist symbols that sparked two months of protests at his store and ultimately drew attention to his video counterfeiting. Read more
 

Little Saigon Merchant Gets 90 Days in Jail for Video Piracy

California | Local | By Tini Tran | August 11, 1999
A Little Saigon retailer was convicted Tuesday of video piracy and sentenced to 90 days in jail, but he said he has no regrets about displaying the Communist symbols that sparked two months of protests at his store and ultimately drew attention to his video counterfeiting. Read more
 
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