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Examples
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Kahn's restaurant, Red Medicine, could be described as a Vietnamese-American restaurant.
The Seattle Times 2011
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MARTIN: And, you know, it's interesting that - taking note of another district, the 2nd District of Louisiana, where Republican Anh Cao, who was the first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress, is facing Democratic challenger Cedric Richmond.
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Now, Sanchez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, and her challenger, Tran, is a Vietnamese-American.
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If elected, he would be only the second Vietnamese-American to serve in the Congress.
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And Joseph Cao became the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress, and he also happens to be Republican, representing a majority African-American Democratic district.
New Orleans Lawmaker Faces Uncertain Future As Cultures Clash 2010
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Nicolas Goldberg for The Wall Street Journal Mong-Lan, an expatriate Vietnamese-American poet and artist made it to the semifinals of a prestigious citywide competition known as El Metropolitano in Buenos Aires in 2008 and 2009.
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Think about it: Out of the 25 freshmen in the 111th Congress who lost in November, only two became household names: Anh "Joe" Cao (R-La.), the first Vietnamese-American elected to the House, and Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), who made "fracking" a national punchline.
The Chris Lee scandal and the anonymity of the average congressman The Reliable Source 2011
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And Joseph Cao became the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress, and he also happens to be Republican, representing a majority African-American Democratic district.
New Orleans Lawmaker Faces Uncertain Future As Cultures Clash 2010
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"Is it xenophobia—or are they just afraid of getting beaten?" asks Mong-Lan , an expatriate Vietnamese-American poet and artist who made it to the Metropolitano semifinals in 2008 and 2009.
It Takes Two to Tango, So Long as They're Both Argentines Matt Moffett 2011
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But the Vietnamese-American community is growing rapidly in that district, and I think she hears footsteps.
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