The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen

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

Each year, Len Duong Camp provides approximately 250-300 young people the opportunity to develop and refine their leadership skills in a camp setting. ​Participants get exposed to the concepts, elements, and processes of leadership; learn to recognize group dynamics and understand their effects on the leadership process; and enhance critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict...

Kirk is the Director and Executive Producer for the award winning documentary film series, "Intersections". In 2017, on a whim, Kirk submitted to a DNA test simply to determine his full ethnicity and maybe connect with a distant biological relative. The results led Kirk to discover that his birth mother and birth father were indeed alive and well and that he had brothers and sisters that h...

Leenda Dong has been an internet comedy creator since 2012. Leenda is a lovable TikTok personality and creator with over 17 million followers. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia, specializes in the Vietnam War, U.S.-Southeast Asian relations, and the global Cold War. Professor Nguyen is currently working on a comprehensive history of the 1968 Tet Offensive for RandomHouse. She is the general editor of the forthcoming Cambridge History of the Vietnam War, 3 vols., as wel...

Thalia Tran is an actress from Orange County, California who will be playing the role of Mai in Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of  Avatar: The Last Airbender .   She has had a lifelong passion for the arts, from singing to playing instruments to acting.  As an actress, she is best known for playing Charlotte Perry in the NBC series  Council of Dads,  Raina in the Universal film  Little...

Andy Van is an LA based comedian. He is a co-founder of Embarrassed by Night and the 626 Laugh Market. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tai Nguyen join the U.S. Marines in 1977. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Brian Hoang is a Canadian fine artist. He discusses AI and how the technology is affecting artists like himself. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mic Nguyen ( @nicepantsdude ) is a writer and comedian living in Brooklyn. He's host of a podcast named Asian Not Asian. He’s appeared on Ronny Chieng’s “Chinatown Takeaway” and on NPR’s “Everyone and Their Mom.” He’s written for “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” and McSweeney’s. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy