Florida Food Families Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Andrew Thomas Huse; University of South Florida--Libraries--Oral History Program; University of South Florida. Library
Publisher
University of South Florida Libraries
Date
2002-07-15
Publication Date
Winter 1-21-2009
Abstract
Trang Viet, owner of Trang Viet Cuisine Restaurant, discusses his early life in Vietnam, how he came to the United States, and how he opened his restaurant. The interview begins with a lengthy discussion about Mr. Viet's childhood and family, and how he left Vietnam in 1973 and attended university in the United States. The interview continues with an explanation of Mr. Viet's work in Saudi Arabia in the 1980s and how he returned to the United States and settled in Florida. The interview concludes with a discussion about the restaurant, Vietnamese food, and Mr. Viet's family.
Keywords
Family-owned business enterprises, Florida, Tampa, Restaurants, cooking, Vietnamese
Description
1 sound file (64 mins.) : Digital, MP3 file; 1 transcript (PDF) 47 pp.
Subject: topical
Family-owned business enterprises; Florida; Tampa; Restaurants; cooking; Vietnamese
Subject: geographic
Florida
Language
English
Type
Sound
Genre
Oral Histories
Format
audio/mp3
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Collection
Florida Food Families Oral History Project
Identifier
T30-00013
Recommended Citation
Viet, Trang, "Trang Viet Oral History Interview" (2009). Florida Food Families Oral History Project. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_food_families_ohp/5
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