{"id":757,"date":"2008-04-13T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T18:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietnguyen.info\/?p=757"},"modified":"2018-10-19T14:52:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T21:52:11","slug":"viet-delivers-keynote-speech-at-texas-tech-comparative-literature-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietnguyen.info\/2008\/viet-delivers-keynote-speech-at-texas-tech-comparative-literature-symposium","title":{"rendered":"Viet Delivers Keynote Speech at Texas Tech Comparative Literature Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vietnguyen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ttu-logo2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-761 aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/vietnguyen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ttu-logo2-400x102.png\" alt=\"ttu logo2\" width=\"400\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vietnguyen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ttu-logo2-400x102.png 400w, https:\/\/vietnguyen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ttu-logo2-225x57.png 225w, https:\/\/vietnguyen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ttu-logo2.png 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech University houses the largest Vietnam Archive in the United States, and West Texas has been home to thousands of war veterans and immigrants. 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