DI LINH, VIETNAM (WLOX) -- On April 30, 1975 North Vietnamese tanks rolled through the streets of Saigon, and hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees fled the country in fear. Those refugees thought they would never get to see their homeland or loved ones again. Our own Trang Pham-Bui's dream of reuniting with her relatives finally came true this year. Trang takes us on the most life-changing part of her journey back to Vietnam.More >>
DI LINH, VIETNAM (WLOX) -- Exactly 33 years after leaving Vietnam as a child of war, WLOX reporter Trang Pham-Bui returned to her homeland as an American journalist. She went back to explore her heritage, reunite with relatives, and see once again the house where she grew up.More >>
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (WLOX) -- Vietnam has about half a million blind people. Most of them live too far from urban areas where ophthalmologists practice. Plus, there aren't enough doctors skilled in performing eye surgeries. Trang Pham-Bui returned to Vietnam to see how one humanitarian organization is delivering the gift of sight to her homeland.More >>
Most journalists all have dream assignments. It's a person we'd like to interview, or a place to visit. One dream assignment came true for WLOX's own Trang Pham-Bui, who recently returned to her birth place for the very first time. Here's part 1 of her special report on her personal journey back to Vietnam.More >>