Title

Trang Viet Oral History Interview

Interviewee

Trang Viet

Files

Interviewer

Andrew Thomas Huse

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

Subject: topical

Family-owned business enterprises; Florida; Tampa; Restaurants; cooking; Vietnamese

Subject: geographic

Florida

Language

English

Type

Sound

Genre

Oral History

Format

1 sound file (64 mins.) : Digital, MP3 file; 1 transcript (PDF) 47 pp.

Was this content written or created while at USF?

Yes

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