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Truyen Thong |
In the Press - Press & Coverage | Truyen Thong |
Take a moment to explore how 1975’s mission, events, and installations have been covered—and how they help bring our community together.
MAY.26.2025
This year marks a half-century since the end of the Vietnam War. A well-known memorial in Washington, DC, pays tribute to the US service members who lost their lives in that war, but few memorials honor the Vietnamese who fought alongside them, or the hundreds of thousands who came to the US in subsequent years.
MAY.02.2025
Pieces of a community’s collective memory filled a high school in Dorchester on a recent afternoon. Specifically, stories of war, trauma and resilience of Vietnamese refugees following the Vietnam War, which ended 50 years ago. Built as a makeshift gallery space, each corridor offered a place to reflect on the legacy of the diaspora.
APR.30.2025
Black April – a term used by many Vietnamese émigrés to describe the fall of Saigon fifty years ago this week– is a date frozen in time for those who experienced the trauma of war, imprisonment, and displacement from their homeland in Southeast Asia.
APR.30.2025
April 30, 1975, is known around the world as the day North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon and the Vietnam War ended. But in parts of Dorchester, the war never ended.
Below a glowing canopy of lights and traditional nón lá hats, each affixed with a slip of paper bearing a Vietnamese family’s immigration date, nearly 100 people gathered Sunday night for a temporary art installation marking a milestone in the campaign to establish a permanent Vietnamese diaspora memorial in Boston…
OCT.02.2025
APR.25.2025
For Ngoc-Tran Vu, the fall of Saigon, the pivotal event, concluding on April 30, 1975, that finally marked the end of the bloody quagmire that was the Vietnam War, is more than just history. It’s her family’s story.
APR.25.2025
For Ngoc-Tran Vu, the fall of Saigon, the pivotal event, concluding on April 30, 1975, that finally marked the end of the bloody quagmire that was the Vietnam War, is more than just history. It’s her family’s story.
APR.23.2025
Vietnamese community organizations are organizing the largest commemoration in Boston for the 50th anniversary of what has become known as “Black April” while continuing their push for a permanent memorial in Dorchester to uplift their voices in presenting Vietnam War narratives.
JAN.15.2025
About 200 people attended an appreciation dinner hosted by the Vietnamese community’s 1975 Memorial Project at the Saigon Seafood Restaurant in Fields Corner last Saturday evening. The event, which included performances and a speaking program, sought to mobilize support for a permanent memorial installation dedicated to the Vietnamese diaspora at the committee’s preferred location – inside Town Field off Dorchester Avenue at Park Street.
DEC.24.2024
Last month, we shared the modified design of the “1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Memorial” at Phở Quê restaurant. The response was heartening, one of understanding, support, and a shared vision for what this memorial represents.
DEC.12.2024
Growing up, Ngoc-Tran Vuwatched her father and his South Vietnamese veteran friends gather every year to commemorate Black April.
SEP.12.2024
An art project by a group of Vietnamese Americans in Dorchester will complement a proposed Vietnamese diaspora memorial and aim to become a permanent presence in Boston, say organizers.
SEP.02.2024
Nestled along the streets of Dorchester, numerous public art installations reveal the rich culture of its Vietnamese community.
JUN.21.2024
Project to establish a permanent marker that honors the Vietnamese experience is underway in Boston Little Saigon...
MAY.01.2024
Artist Ngọc-Trân Vũ is leading a project that will honor the perspectives of local Fields Corner residents.