Couple takes long journey from Vietnam to owners of Hobbs restaurant JENNY MOODY FOR THE NEWS-SUN One wouldn’t normally think to connect Vietnam and Hobbs, yet for Loi Tran and Van Nguyen, the owners of Hobbs Buffet, and Hai Khuu, the manager of Hobbs Buffet, the link between the two locations on opposite sides of the world spans decades, multiple …

Like a phoenix rising, a popular Hobbs eatery will be reopening soon. Furr’s Buffet closed in the spring when all eateries in Hobbs shuttered their doors in response to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. When it didn’t reopen as other restaurants received permission from the state to do so, there was speculation it might not. But in stepped Loi Tran, …