Westminster is a city in western Orange County,California,United States. Westminster was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian temperance colony and was incorporated in 1957.
Vietnamese Americans are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. They comprise approximately half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American ethnic group following Chinese Americans,Indian Americans,and Filipino Americans. There are approximately 2.3 million people of Vietnamese descent residing in the U.S. as of 2023.
Little Saigon is a name given to ethnic enclaves of expatriate Vietnamese mainly in English-speaking countries. Alternate names include Little Vietnam and Little Hanoi,depending on the enclave's political history. To avoid political undertones due to the renaming of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City,it is occasionally called by the neutral name Vietnamtown. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam,where a large number of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants emigrating to the United States originate from,whereas Hanoi is the current capital of Vietnam.
Madison Nguyen is an American politician from California. She served on the San Jose City Council from 2005 to 2014,representing District 7,and she additionally served as Vice-Mayor from 2011 to 2014. She was the first Vietnamese-American elected to the city council.
Janet Q. Nguyen is an American politician who serves in the California State Senate. A Republican,she represents the 36th district,which includes coastal Orange County,Little Saigon,and parts of Los Angeles County. She previously was a member of the State Senate for the old 34th district from 2014 to 2018,before narrowly losing reelection to Tom Umberg.
Tony Lâm is a politician from California. In 1992,he won a seat on the Westminster City Council,becoming the first Vietnamese-born person to be elected into a political office in the United States.
The 7th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV),formally the 7th Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese:BộChính trịBan Chấp hành trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam KhoáVII),was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 7th Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the 7th National Congress.
Phan Văn Hùm was a Vietnamese journalist,philosopher and revolutionary in French colonial Cochinchina who,from 1930,participated in the Trotskyist left opposition to the Communist Party of Nguyen Ai Quoc.
The Little Saigon district straddling the cities of Garden Grove and Westminster in Orange County,California is the largest Little Saigon in the United States. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam,where a large number of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants originate.
On 27 January 2016,the 12th National Congress elected 180 individuals to serve as members of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) for the electoral term 2016–2021. The Central Committee is the highest decision-making institution in the CPV and Vietnam when the Party's National Congress and the Politburo are adjourned. In between congresses,the Central Committee is responsible for organising and directing the implementation of the Party's Political Platform,Charter,and resolutions adopted at the National Congress. Furthermore,it adopts guidelines and policies in all relevant fields,domestic or foreign. In addition,the sitting Central Committee is responsible for convening the next National Congress. Members of the Central Committee have the right to elect and remove the General Secretary of the Central Committee as well as members of the Politburo,the Secretariat and the Central Inspection Commission (CIC). When the Central Committee is not in session,it delegates its powers to these three elected organs which then report on their activities the next time the Central Committee convenes for a meeting. Central Committee members are responsible to and report on their work to the Central Committee.
Bao Nguyen is an American Democratic politician from Orange County,California,and a former mayor of Garden Grove,California. He also previously served as a trustee on the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education.
Vietnamese has more than 1.5 million speakers in the United States,where it is the sixth-most spoken language. The United States also ranks second among countries and territories with the most Vietnamese speakers,behind Vietnam. The Vietnamese language became prevalent after the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975,when many refugees from Vietnam came to the United States. It is used in many aspects of life,including media,commerce,and administration. In several states,it is the third-most spoken language,behind English and Spanish. To maintain the language for later generations,Vietnamese speakers have established many language centers and coordinated with public school systems to teach Vietnamese to students who are born and raised in the United States.
Gia Thanh is a Vietnamese American master of ceremonies (MC),talk show host,game show host,writer and TV producer for Vietnamese language TV stations,newspapers in the United States. He often writes under pen names such as "Thành Công" or “Công Thành.”
Little Saigon is a neighborhood of San Jose,California,located in East San Jose. It is a hub for Silicon Valley's Vietnamese community and one of the largest Little Saigons in the world,as San Jose has more Vietnamese residents than any city outside of Vietnam. Vietnamese Americans and immigrants in San Jose make up ten percent of the city’s population and about eight percent of the county and South Bay Area.
Asian Garden Mall,known in Vietnamese as Phước Lộc Thọ,is a shopping center in Westminster,California. Opened in 1987,Asian Garden Mall is the first and largest Vietnamese-American shopping mall and is seen as a symbol of the community. The mall is located at 9200 Bolsa Avenue,serving as the focal point of Little Saigon in Orange County and is the site of many cultural and political events in the Vietnamese-American community.
The 7th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was elected at the 7th CPV National Congress. It elected the 7th Politburo and the 7th Secretariat.
The 5th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was elected at the 5th CPV National Congress. It elected the 5th Politburo and the 5th Secretariat.
The 4th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was elected at the 4th CPV National Congress. It elected the 4th Politburo and the 4th Secretariat.
The 7th Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV),formally the 7th Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese:Ban BíthưBan Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam KhoáVII),was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 7th Central Committee (CC) in the immediate aftermath of the 7th National Congress.
