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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Background: Vietnamese nail salon workers make more than half of the registered technicians in the United States. Previous studies have reported many adverse health effects, including dermatitis, ...

In Nailed It, director Adele Free Pham — whose father is a refugee from Vietnam — explores how Vietnamese entrepreneurs came to dominate the nail salon business in the United States. If you've had a ...