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 ...

When Robin Godby takes her toddler daughters to the salon, it’s not their nails she wants shaped–it’s their self-awareness. At Nails Right Now, in the Pembroke Lakes Mall, Vietnamese men and women ...

Even before Hoa Thi Le left Vietnam, she heard about California’s booming nail business from her brothers and sisters. All six became manicurists after arriving in America. So when Le arrived in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...