8 new American citizens

YOUNGSTOWN

These area residents became U.S. citizens in a Thursday naturalization ceremony, with Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, presiding.

Their names, hometowns and countries of origin are:

Hiep Phu Nguyen, Austintown, Vietnam; Fusheng Sun, Canfield, the People’s Republic of China; Neena, Ankit and Pradeep Bansal, Boardman, India; Ravi and Neelam Rai, Canfield, Canada; and Faiza Hafeez, Poland, Pakistan.