“Âm u.” These are the Vietnamese words I ask my dad to repeat twice. First, so I can hear it again, oddly elated by the sound of those two syllables, and second, so I can practice uttering it myself.

I didn’t always know the Vietnamese word for “grief” or “anxiety.” In fact, I wasn’t even sure those terms in English could accurately describe what it felt like to learn of a close friend's sudden ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For generations, Vietnamese have preserved a traditional New Year custom of collecting calligraphic words written in ancient Vietnamese-Chinese script. For generations, Vietnamese have preserved a ...