‘Historic’ An Viet House to be turned into UK’s first East and South-East Asian resource centre
Town Hall agrees £1.4 million investment for building that has fallen into disrepair
Jabez Lam
Local British-Vietnamese archives saved from ‘dreadful vandalism’
Rare literature and artefacts to undergo emergency conservation treatment
Hackney community group drafted in by City Hall to help fleeing Hongkongers
Estimates suggest 300,000 could arrive in Britain in the coming years to escape China’s crackdown on free speech
Coronavirus: Hackney Mayor pledges to address ‘stark’ trauma of South-East Asian community
Hackney Chinese Community Services highlights report that shows dramatic increase in racial abuse during the pandemic
Hackney communities ‘pull together’ in face of pandemic’s massive impact
Ed Sheridan finds out how some of Hackney’s minority groups are coping with the coronavirus lockdown
Race to save ‘irreplaceable’ Vietnamese archive left on roof for months
University of East London hope to save ‘invaluable heritage’ as squatters blamed for loss of Vietnamese refugees’ records
Hackney’s East Asian charities win £35k grant to revamp old Bath House in De Beauvoir
The run-down building could reopen as a kitchen and hub for borough’s Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations – if final fundraising push is successful