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Title
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A Trip to America and a Vietnamese Restaurant
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Description
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Article tells the immigration story of restaurant owner Spike Nguyen. Born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, Nguyen escaped his home country and made his way to America by way of a refugee boat. Several state and local leaders were in attendance for the June 10th grand opening of Nguyen's restaurant Pho Hoa Noodle Soup (1447 Independence Avenue).
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Date
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2011-06-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Announcing the Vietnamese-American Community Association
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Description
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The Vietnamese community have been present in the Northeast area since 1975. They formed the Vietnamese American Community, Inc. last November and have an office at 6612 Independence Avenue. There are reportedly around 15,000 Vietnamese living in the Kansas City metro area.
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Date
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2005-01-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Neighborhoods: The Northeast
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Description
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Highlights of attractions in the Northeast area of Kansas City including the city's oldest museum, The Kansas City Museum housed in the former R. A. Long mansion, ethnic restaurants like the Vietnamese Pho Hoa (1447 Independence Ave.), and Honduran food at Sabor Centro Americano (2661 Independence Ave.), and bakeries like Boulevard Bakery and Pastries (2815 Independence Ave.) and Elvira's Cakes (3838 Independence Ave.).
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Date
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2011-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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New Buddhist Temple Planned in Pendleton
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Description
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Plans are underway to construct a new Buddhist temple at the 200-block of Park Avenue in the Northeast's Pendleton Heights neighborhood. The proposed Quan Am Temple will cater to Kansas City's Vietnamese community, many of whom worshiped at the Pho Hein Temple at 16th and White. The proposed move has caused a split between some members of the Vietnamese Buddhist community.
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Date
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2007-06-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Northeast Incident
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Description
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Story of gang wars involving Vietnamese children, among children of other ethnic groups, in the neighborhood of Garrison Park near 5th and Gillis Streets, in the Northeast residential district.
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Date
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1980-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Vietnamese
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Description
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File contains an article with photos and description of the Vietnamese people of Kansas City, mostly immigrants from their country in the 1970s as refugees of the Vietnam War and residents of "the Columbus Park area around 5th and Campbell streets" because of the nearby Don Bosco Center and Holy Rosary Church.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
