Elizabeth Phu who people friendly call as Liz was born in 1976 in Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang. She was appointed Director of the US Bureau of Southeast Asia and Oceania Affairs, and a member of the National Security Council cum a senior advisor to former US President Barack Obama. This woman played an important role in helping US President Barack Obama to shape policies in her fields, including promoting comprehensive cooperation relationship with Vietnam and implementing the policy of revolving to Asia – Pacific of Washington. Additionally, she was also a chief-drafter of the support program on building maritime capacity for some ASEAN countries. At the meeting between US President Barack Obama with nearly 1,000 Vietnamese youth members of the Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative (YSEALI) in Ho Chi Minh City during the visit to Vietnam in 2016, the US President told about Elizabeth Phu, a security advisor at the White House, as … [Read more...] about Vietnamese American woman who serves as security advisor of the White House
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US court finds Vietnamese American woman guilty of murder, arson
By Nguyen Quy  July 26, 2018 | 08:22 am GMT+7 A Vietnamese American woman has been found guilty of murder and arson after two firefighters died in a Kansas City fire in 2015. A judge in Kansas City, Missouri, agreed with the prosecution’s charge that Nguyen Thu Hong, 46, she had deliberately set fire to her own nail salon. The ensuing blaze took the lives of 43-year-old Larry Leggio and 39-year-old John Mesh and seriously injured two others. Hong can be punished by up to 30 years in jail for her offense, the Kansas City Star reported on Monday. Sentencing has been set for September 14. Prosecutors argued that Hong had intentionally lit the fire by pouring flammable liquids into a storeroom in her salon on October 12, 2015. The two firefighters who died were among 100 people sent to the three-storied building to put out the blaze. They died after a wall of the burning building collapsed. Prosecutors said Hong had a previous record of burning a nail salon … [Read more...] about US court finds Vietnamese American woman guilty of murder, arson
Two Vietnamese-American girls saved after being kidnapped for ransom
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have rescued two young Vietnamese- American girls and arrested their suspected kidnappers, who previously demanded a ransom of US$50,000. Officers under the police department in District 11 saved six-year-old T.H.B.N. and eight-year-old T.H.M.A. on Saturday night. Their father, 45-year-old Tran Hoang, reported their abduction to police officers on Wednesday night. The two girls are studying at an international school in the city, according to the family. Footage from the school’s security cameras showed that Lam Thi Phuong Dung, 15, who is the housekeeper, picked up the two children at their school on Wednesday evening. Phuong then walked them towards a strange man, who later carried the girls on his motorcycle to an unknown location. About an hour later, T.T.C., Hoang’s mother, received a text message from a strange number via Viber, which said that they were holding her two granddaughters. The abductors told the family to prepare their money and … [Read more...] about Two Vietnamese-American girls saved after being kidnapped for ransom
First Vietnamese – American female elected to US Congress
Democrat Stephanie Murphy, an educator, businesswoman, and former national security specialist, is the first ever Vietnamese-American woman to be elected to the US Congress. Murphy, 38, whose Vietnamese name is Dang Thi Ngoc Dung, won Florida’s 7th Congressional District in the election on November 8th, beating 23-year incumbent John Mica. She worked for the Defence Department for four years as a security expert following the September 11th incident. Stephanie Murphy was among those who were invited to deliver a speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, last July. She promised to “work with both Democrats and Republicans” and “always put people over politics”. "It has been my honour to serve the district, state, and nation and I’m proud of my accomplishments both in Florida and in leadership positions in Congress," Murphy said in a statement. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you Florida for the faith … [Read more...] about First Vietnamese – American female elected to US Congress
First Vietnamese-American woman elected to US House of Representative
(VOVworld) –Democrat Ngoc Dung Stephanie Murphy from Congressional District 7, Florida, defeated her Republican opponent John Mica to win a seat in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday. Thirty-eight-year-old Murphy, whose Vietnamese named is Dang Thi Ngoc Dung, served as a national security specialist for the US Department of Defense after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. She was invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, back in July. Murphy will be the first Vietnamese-American woman to serve in the US House of Representatives. … [Read more...] about First Vietnamese-American woman elected to US House of Representative