The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen

Jonathan Tran Pham is the Founder & CEO at Reflect, an online mental health therapy portal. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Andrew Ly founded Sugar Bowl Bakery in 1984 with his four brothers, and became President and Chief Executive Office of Ly Brothers Corporation in 1993, a parent company of Sugar Bowl Bakery. Currently, Sugar Bowl Bakery is still family-owned. It employs a few hundred employees making signature Brownie Bites, Palmiers, Madeleines, Duet Bites, and Apple Fritters, as well as seasonal varieties like P...

Maura Nguyen Donohue has been making experimental performance works in NYC for 20 years. Her work has been produced by Dance Theater Workshop (now New York Live Arts), Roulette, Danspace Project, Performance Space 122, La Mama, The Asia Society, Mulberry St. Theater, the West End Theater, and has toured across the US and to Europe and Asia. She is an Associate Professor of Dance at Hunter College/...

Daniel Nguyen is the founder and master distiller of Song Cai Gin. Sông Cái is a first-of-its-kind Vietnamese distillery bottling the taste of Việt Nam’s biodiverse terroir through gins and other spirits. Founded by Vietnamese-American sustainable agriculture visionary Daniel Nguyen, Sông Cái sources botanicals exclusively from long-standing farming and foraging H’mong, Red Dzao, and Kinh families...

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is an award-winning Vietnamese poet and novelist. She is the author of twelve books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction in Vietnamese and English. Her latest novel is Dust Child, a story about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Ou...

Quyen Ngo is an actor, Audie-nominated audiobook narrator, and coach based in Los Angeles, CA. After 18 years of training groups in capacity building and communication, she now also coaches and consults with individuals. She discusses the politics of symbols, meaning-making, and representation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jackson Nguyen is a 7-time Emmy award-winning producer, director and showrunner with over 20 years of experience in unscripted television. Nguyen has produced in multiple genres across the television landscape, ranging from hit sports shows including HBO’s 24/7 and The Olympics, to true crime specials and social change programming. Other credits include American Gangster and Finding Justice for (B...

Anne Oliver is the founder and CEO of House of M Beauty, a skincare company infused with saffron, and crafted with quality ingredients. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Cuong Pham founded RED BOAT fish sauce in 2011 after working for decades as an Apple engineer. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chef Minh Phan is the founder of Porridge + Puffs and Phenakite. Phenakite came together in 10 days and would go on to win a Michelin star after less than a year. Phenakite was also named the Los Angeles Times Restaurant of the Year in May 2021. This caused a 20,000 name waitlist to explode followed by the Michelin honor. Phenakite is named for a mineral that becomes a gem under pressure, represen...

Scott Ly is the romantic guide and love interest to Rachel Leigh Cook in the NETFLIX feature film A TOURIST'S GUIDE TO LOVE. The film was shot on location throughout Vietnam. The film was written by Eireen Donahue, Produced by Joel L Rice and directed by Stephen Tsuchida. The story is about an executive, played by Rachel Leigh Cook who goes through an unexpected breakup, then accepts an assign...

Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen is a Vietnamese artist, playwright and filmmaker. She was born in Saigon and moved to California with her family when she was 5. Marie began her creative career as a film and television producer. She has worked alongside filmmaker Yann Demange on WHITE BOY RICK (Sony), LOVECRAFT COUNTRY (HBO). She is a staff writer on the show BEEF with Netflix. Advertising Inquiries: https:/...

Rachel Leigh Cook stars in and produces A Tourist's Guide to Love, a love story shot entirely in Vietnam. Scott Ly co stars with Rachel. The film is written by Eirene Tran Donohue. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jeremy is Executive Director, COO, and Co-Founder of Gold House, the premier collective of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) cultural changemakers. Gold House transforms the public narrative and mobilizes action through innovative programs that advance API representation and success. Prior to joining Gold House, Jeremy was a counsel at O'Melveny & Myers working on high-stakes entertainment...

This Vietnamese Life - In this new series, I share viewpoints about ideas I've collected along the way about Vietnamese life around the world. In this segment I offer my thoughts on why Viet Kieu entrepreneurs bomb pretty hard when starting businesses in Vietnam. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Cameron Nguyen (@camfairfax) is a partner at OFF TOP, an entertainment management company, representing professional athletes and musicians. He was recently nominated for Best Progressive R&B album of the year at the Grammy’s for his contribution to Eric Bellinger’s “New Light.” Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Andy Cung is a Vietnamese American storyboard artist/writer/educator in the film and animation industry. Prior to this, Andy was a former electrical engineer for seven years before pursuing his passion in storytelling. Since then, Andy has worked on Emmy Nominated projects such Powerpuff Girls, Trash Truck, and Arlo: The Alligator Boy. He has worked at studios such as: Netflix, Disney, Cartoon Net...

The Vietnamese know him as "Phúc Mập". Phúc has lived in Vietnam for 8 years, meeting locals and traveling to new places around Vietnam and Asia. His Youtube channel and Instagram page has shown the world and his followers the day-to-day life in Vietnam and Asia. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Eirene Tran Donohue is a Vietnamese/Irish writer, originally from RI. A graduate of Brown University, she spent years working and traveling in Asia, Africa and New York before pursuing a career in screenwriting. Her first script was a semi-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship, run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to identify emerging screenwriters. Since then she has sold TV and fe...

Dinh Nguyen is the country manager for LUXASIA, the leading beauty omnichannel brand-building in Asia Pacific, partnering more than 120 luxury beauty brands. Their integrated brand-building capabilities include luxury retail, online commerce, consumer marketing, and supply chain management. Before leading LUXASIA in Vietnam, Dinh was the country manager for many years at L'Oreal. Advertising I...

Thomas Quoc Tri is the founder of the Little Saigon Historical Society in Westminster, California. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tea Ho has been a staff writer on The Sympathizer (HBO) and We Were the Lucky Ones (HULU). Tea is a proud alum of the Sundance Episodic Lab, Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab, and Giant Leap Accelerator's Development Lab. In their past lives, Tea worked as a web developer, designer, and wedding photographer. Tea's writing balances dark truths with levity to tell socially-consci...

In 1999, Quan Huynh shot and killed another man in a gang-related incident in Hollywood, California. Quan Huynh proceeded to spend the next 22 years of his life behind bars. In the midst of a life sentence, he found his freedom from within. He wishes to share that freedom with others. Today, Quan is an author and executive director of an organization called Defy Ventures, a nonprofit helping those...

Trấn Thành is a Vietnamese comedian, actor, and film director. Hís last two films are Bố Già and Nhà Bà Nử. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Lo van Pham is the first Asian-American official in NFL history. Lo shares his journey to the NFL. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy