Creative Commons License photo credit: yummyporky A special oil-spill class set up by BP Tuesday to train Vietnamese fishers in their native language went poorly, with translators giving up just minutes into the four-hour session, and bilingual audience members struggling to fill the gap, one observer said. Those attending got the necessary certification and are […]

BP was holding a training session, similar to this one last week in Boothville, in eastern New Orleans Tuesday specifically for Vietnamese fishers. Today, the City of New Orleans announced a special oil spill job training session put on by BP in eastern New Orleans that will be held, well, today. On Friday, BP representative […]

An audience member asks a question Friday as the Rev. Vien Nguyen looks on in the background. The Rev. Vien Nguyen, pastor of the Mary Queen of Vietnam church, waited patiently through hours of talk from BP, Coast Guard, state and federal representatives, and questions from his congregation before finally raising his own question: “Of […]