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 ...

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 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 ...

Background: Vietnamese nail salon workers make more than half of the registered technicians in the United States. Previous studies have reported many adverse health effects, including dermatitis, ...

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 ...

At first glance, the 108 bottles of yellow fingernail polish in artist Christian Anh Dai Viet Dinh’s exhibit of ceramic sculpture at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art might seem identical. But as you ...

In Nailed It, director Adele Free Pham — whose father is a refugee from Vietnam — explores how Vietnamese entrepreneurs came to dominate the nail salon business in the United States. If you've had a ...