NATIONAL CONGRESS OF VIETNAMESE AMERICANS 2004
Eighteenth National Annual Convention

George Mason University Metro Campus
Arlington, Virginia
September 10-12, 2004

Pictures | Resolutions (English / Vietnamese)

PROGRAM

Friday, September 10, 2004

6:30 p.m. PRE-CONFERENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Saturday, September 11, 2004

8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. OPENING CEREMONY

• Salute to the Flags
• Introduction of Guests
• Introduction of NCVA Participants
• Greetings and Messages (from The White House, Congressional members, other organizations, etc.)

9:30 a.m. GENERAL SESSION I

• Opening Remarks by Mr. NGUYEN MAU TRINH
  Chairman, National Board of Directors, NCVA
• Activities Report by Mr. HUNG NGUYEN
  President, Executive Board, NCVA

10:00 a.m. Presentation 1:

• “Vietnam Developments: The T2-T4 Scandal and Resolution 36”
  Mr. NGUYEN NGOC BICH, former Director, Vietnamese Service, RFA
  (Radio Free Asia)

11:00 a.m. Presentation 2:

• “Vietnamese Americans in the U.S.: The Young Ones in the Face of New
  Developments”
  Mr. DANIEL HOANG, Vietnamese Youth On the March Network

12:00 noon PAUSE FOR LUNCH

• (Guests are welcome to stay for lunch and mingling with participants)
  Remarks by Messrs. BUI DIEM, LINH QUANG VIEN, LE VAN BA,
  DINH MANH HUNG, NGUYEN CAO QUYEN

1:30 p.m. GENERAL SESSION II - Presentation 3:

• “Vietnamese-American Relations and Related Issues”
  Prof. NGUYEN MANH HUNG, Indochina Center, GMU

2:15 p.m. Presentation 4:

• “Prospects for the Vietnamese Economy”
  Prof. NGUYEN QUOC KHAI, Vietnam Democracy Forum

3:00 p.m. Presentation 5:

• “Vietnamese Americans and the Presidential Election of 2004”
  The Democrats’ Viewpoint by Mr. DANG PHAM
• The Republican Perspective by Mrs. MARY CHI RAY

4:00 p.m. Presentation 6:

• “Vietnamese American Media Facing New Challenges”
  Mr. NGHI HUYNH, Publisher-Editor of AAPRESS, Minnesotan English
  weekly, and ex-VP, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)

4:30 p.m. Presentation 7:

• “Issues of Concern to Vietnamese American Women”
  Mrs. JACKIE BONG WRIGHT, Vietnamese American Voters
  Association (VAVA)

5:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT

Sunday, September 12, 2004

9:00 a.m. GENERAL SESSION III

• Roll Call
• Election of NCVA Board of Directors, 2004-2006 term
• Election of NCVA Executive Board, 2004-2006 term

10:00 a.m. Summary of Proceedings and Adoption of NCVA 2004 Resolution

11:00 a.m. Presentation of new Executive Board and Formulation of Policies for the 2004-2006 term

12:00 noon ADJOURNMENT

(EXTRA: At 1:00 p.m. there will be a meeting of NCVA with other organizations in the Vietnamese American community planning for commemorative events marking 30 years of Vietnamese implantation in the U.S. in 2005. Participants are welcome to stay if they are interested.)