Just what the doctor ordered ‚€œ a certificate for the Saigon-born migrant who took to the lifestyle

MINH-TU DUONG, born in Saigon in 1977, was 18 months old when she found herself on a rickety fishing boat packed with some 300 people in the South China Sea.

BIG EVENTS CHIEF QUITS

THE founding chairman of Events NSW, John O'Neill, has quit after little obvious progress in heading off the continued challenge from interstate to host big events.

'Til the Night is Gone

'Til the Night is Gone David Harris, vocal, Bev Kennedy, musical director (Middle Eight) Rating: 4/5

HARRIS ALTERS PACE FOR HIS DEBUT SOLO

WHEN David Harris performed the lead in Cameron Mackintosh's revival of Miss Saigon in 2007, he gave one of that year's most truthful and moving stage portrayals. It earned him Helpmann and Sydney Theatre award nominations.

Movies - Monday, October 5

The Quiet American (2002) Channel Seven, noon

1962

Evidence was growing that the US was ready to compromise with the Soviet Union over West Berlin. The Chicago Tribune said that President John F. Kennedy was about to capitulate to the Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, and that "another Munich is just around the corner". The West German President, Heinrich Luebke, assured Berliners that Kennedy's special envoy, Lucius Clay, "has not come to Berlin to surrender the city".

In The Herald: 1978

* Vietnamese forces had moved deep into Cambodia, the furthest they had penetrated since serious fighting broke out the year before. They had opened an offensive along virtually the entire 800-kilometre border between the two countries and had reached Neak Leung, the main crossing point on the strategic Highway One, which linked Phnom Penh to the former Saigon.

Farewell To Old Saigon Fare

Bau Truong 70 John Street, Cabramatta, 9727 4492 Sat-Thu, 9am-9pm; Fri, 9am-10pm A great-value Vietnamese restaurant with a menu that surprises the taste buds.

Dispatches From Postwar Vietnam, Where Gentle Smiles Have Won The Day

Vietnam, mon amour. When I left Saigon in 1970 after my bit part in Richard Nixon's invasion of Cambodia, I swore I would never return. The search for lost time can only end in tears, I told myself.

In The Herald: 1968

* Four Vietnam War correspondents, including three Australians, were killed when Vietcong ambushed their jeep in Saigon. Another Australian correspondent saved himself by pretending to be dead. The five men were on their way to report on the Vietcong attacks on Saigon when they drove into a Vietcong-controlled area in the Chinese district of Cholon. Those killed were: Michael Birch, 24, from Melbourne, of Australian Associated Press; Bruce Pigott, 23, from Melbourne, and Ronald Laramy, 31, from ...

Musical Is A Hit And Miss Affair

REVIEW MISS SAIGON Presented by: Cameron Mackintosh, Michael Coppel, Louise Withers, Linda Bewick Venue: Lyric Theatre, Sydney (1300 796 330) Season: To December 22

Forget The Gimmicks, This One Is About Humanity

? MUSICAL MISS SAIGON Lyric Theatre, Star City September 22 Reviewed by Bryce Hallett

Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon. To July 15. Her Majesty's Theatre, 199-225 Exhibition Street, city. Tel: 1300 795 012. $102/$57 4/5

Once More With Feeling, But No Distracting Chopper Landing

*THEATRE MISS SAIGON Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, March 29

Saigon, Never Bygone In Mackintosh's Record-breaking World

CAMERON Mackintosh is the Ian Thorpe of musicals. He has broken so many records -such as being the only producer to have four shows running for more than 10 years -that his achievements are unlikely to be surpassed.

Gotta Be Cruel To Be Kind

A few steps away from the set of Fox's 24, an unlikely alliance of human rights activists, the dean of the US Military Academy and veteran interrogators with experience stretching from Saigon to Abu Ghraib gathered.

Melbourne Cuts Miss Saigon To Size

A CUT-DOWN version of mega-musical Miss Saigon is coming to Melbourne.

Searching For Truth In Saigon

This discipline can help promote the essential integrity of other cultures. It also helped Joel S. Kahn understand why a seemingly alien city felt like home.

Savouring Saigon

Dining out in the streets of Vietnam reminds John Lethlean of home.

Vietnam's Rights And Wrongs At Issue In Visit

Washington: Thirty years after the last Americans fled Vietnam by helicopter as North Vietnamese troops stormed the presidential palace in Saigon, the first prime minister of Vietnam to visit the US has arrived for a historic tour that will include a meeting with President George Bush.