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Originally opened in 1978 by Phin and Phac Nguyen, [1] Mai's was the first restaurant in Houston to feature Vietnamese cuisine. [3] The couple named the restaurant after their daughter, who took over the business in 1990. [1]
In 2005 Houston had 32,000 Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans, making it the second largest Vietnamese American community in the United States of any city after that of San Jose, California. [14] In 2006 Greater Houston had around 58,000 Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans, giving it the third largest such community of all U.S. metropolitan ...
Kathy Pham – computer scientist and product leader; founding product and engineering member at the United States Digital Service at the White House, [54] [55] Nguoi Viet 40 under 40. [56] Han T. Dinh – Director of Vehicle Engineering, United States Postal Service; winner of 2006 White House "Closing of Circle Award" [57] [58] [59]
In 1982, at the age of 19, Le received her undergraduate BSEE degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin [4] [5] [6] and subsequently obtained her MBA in May 1989 from the University of Houston while working full-time.
Saigon Plaza in Little Saigon, Houston. The Houston area is home to over 150,000 Vietnamese people. A section of Midtown Houston known as "Little Saigon" or "Vietnamtown" was the original commercial district home for the Vietnamese community in Houston. [29] [30] The boundaries are IH 69/US 59, Preston Street, St. Joseph Parkway and ...
Joseph Nguyễn Năng was born on 24 November 1953 in Phúc Nhạc, Ninh Bình Province. [1] In 1954, he and his entire family moved to the South. [2] He studied at the minor seminary of Saigon from 1962 to 1970 and at the major seminary of Saint Pius X in Dalat from 1975 to 1978.
The Sugar Land Quan Âm is a cast concrete statue in Chùa Việt Nam (English: Vietnamese Buddhist Center) in Sugar Land, Texas, just outside of Houston. The sculpture depicts the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara in female form standing on a lotus pedestal. She may also be commonly known by her Chinese name Guanyin.
The Third Ward is included in the service area of the Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts W.L. Davis District. [130] The Houston Texans YMCA, serving the Third Ward, is located in Palm Center. [131] The previous YMCA facility in the Third Ward was the South Central YMCA, between the two universities. [132]