Summary[]
He and his wife are former residents of Vietnam. He and his wife left Vietnam for a new life in the United States of America. His daughter Tina was the first member of his family to be born in the USA. He and his wife are the owners of a tailoring shop in Fort Greene; in which his daughter Tina helps with it. As a Vietnamese parent, he can be very strict to children just like his wife can be.
Television Show[]
He first appeared "To the Light" where he, his wife and daughter Tina, all worked together forming a dinner party for Tina and her friends. He helped his wife and daughter make all of the delicious Vietnamese food that they had for it.
He appeared in the second part of "Over a Barrel" where he had a terrible argument with his son Tuan. That's because Tuan's grades have slipped lately, he skipped school and he was late for dinner and that's because he was focusing more on the band than his education. Tina even argued with Tuan because of it. But eventually after hearing Tuan's music, they straighten things out.
Books[]
A Match of Wills[]
Gaby comes to the tailor shop so that she and Tina can look for clues about a will that Jamal had received. She finds Mr. Nguyen working at a sewing machine. Gaby asks him if Tina is home, and he greets her, and tells her to go inside the home.
The Team: On and Off the Set[]
Tina mentions to Ghostwriter that while her mother does some sewing for her family's tailor shop, her father is a skilled tailor that had been working at that vocation for more than twenty years. He had also worked as a tailor in Vietnam. Tina also tells about her parents' and Tuan's flight from Vietnam. They had lived in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Afterward, they wanted to leave, but had to go illegally. They got onto a fishing with other people, destined for Thailand in a dangerous journey. Once in Thailand, though, people had wanted them to leave since Vietnamese were not welcome there.
Later, Tina's uncle Liam had helped them move to America, and get started with their tailor shop in New York City.
Digging For Clues[]
Tina comes to the apartment one day to find that her father is very angry with Tuan, since her older brother wants to leave home. Mr. Nguyen is quite insistent that Tuan stays, even when he comes with a member of his band to pack and leave the apartment.
Later, Tina comes home to find that Tuan is back. Her father was going to allow more American ways in the house. Mrs. Nguyen reminds her son that Vietnam is still important to her husband, and to not make him be too American.
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