When celebrities walk the red carpet at Hollywood’s biggest events, they show off an unexpected statement piece — their nails. Bold colors, intricate designs and acrylics are spotted on the hands of ...

If you've had a manicure lately, chances are you probably had it done at a nail salon run by people of Vietnamese heritage. The salons are everywhere — in nearly every city, state and strip mall ...

When Kathy Pham immigrated from Saigon, Vietnam, to San Rafael, California, in 1989, she was 18 years old and searching for opportunity. To make a living, Pham turned to a line of work a lot of other ...

PHILADELPHIA - Kim Nguyen, her face behind a mask, worked with the concentration of a surgeon. She trimmed the cuticles of the long fingers before her, careful not to nick the skin. The hue on each ...

A Baton Rouge federal judge said Tuesday he is greatly troubled by allegations that state cosmetology board inspectors detain employees of Vietnamese-American nail salons during inspections of their ...

MIAMI — Linh Huynh used to drive a taxi through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam. Then, 13 years ago, his relatives, who worked in a nail salon in Miami, beckoned with the promise ...

In the lawsuit, Vietnamese American salon owners say California's labor code is discriminatory because it unfairly requires nail technicians to be classified as employees. (William Liang/For The Times ...

When Huy Nguyen closed his nail salon in Mobile, Alabama, two weeks ago in response to the coronavirus pandemic, he donated all of the protective equipment in his inventory — a few hundred masks and ...