Vũ Thanh Thủy, a Silver Star-awarded war correspondent in the RVN, became a fugitive living underground for two years after helping her fellow journalist husband escape from re-education camp. Fleeing Vietnam by boat and facing atrocities at seas, the couple made international headlines when they joined the multi-nation efforts to rescue more than 3,000 boatpeople in the South China Sea. During her subsequent 13-year stay at The San Diego Union-Tribune, Thủy’s personal and professional achievements earned her multiple awards, including: “21st Century Woman Award” by the National Organization for Women in 1987; an honorary doctorate by Marist College in 1988; “Woman of the Year 1987” by San Diego Press Club; and "2006 Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Asian American Journalist Association.
Thủy and her husband founded Mass Media Inc. in 1999 and turned Radio Saigon Houston KREH 900AM, an operation of five employees, into a corporation that now employs 35 staff members and 70 contributing programmers. Radio Saigon Houston has expanded to include Saigon Directory, Saigon Weekly News, Radio Saigon Dallas – KTXV 890AM and Saigon Network Television SGN-TV. Thủy currently served on several boards, including the San Francisco-based New America Media, the New York-based Images and Voices of Hope, and Houston's American Red Cross.
