• Culture/Heritage
• Economic Development
• Education
• General
• Health & Human Services
• Human Rights & Religious Freedom
• Immigration
• Social Justice - Victim Rights
• Voter Rights

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Culture/Heritage

• Vietnamese American Exhibit at Smithsonian Institution (Vietnamese)
• Preserving Vietnamese Heritage in VA's Little Saigon (Part I: Findings, Part II: Illustrations)
• Southeast Asian Archive
• HJ 693: Recognizing the Vietnamese American Community of VA
• Vietnamese American Heritage Flag
  • VA House Bill 1475 Status
  • VA House Bill 2829 Status
    • 2/24/03 Letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell re: Virginia's HB2829
• 4/20/02 Letter to the Chinese Ambassador on the Land Borders Agreement

Economic Development

• HR 1480 - Community Economic Development Expertise Enhancement Act of 2003
• 3/10/03 Support of CA's AB 309 (to increase consumer protection)
  • 9/8/03 Governor Davis Signs AB 309 Providing Consumer Protections For Asian American Immigrants
• 8/21/02 Letter to Herb Wesson, CA Speaker of the Assembly, in Support of HR 75

Education

• HR 333 - To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  • 9/4/03 Letter to U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce
• CA Assembly Bill 78 - Requires instruction in the social sciences for grades 7 to 12 to include instruction on the Vietnam War and the role of the Hmong people in that war

General

• Renewing the Executive Order for the Initiative on Asian American & Pacific Islanders (AAPI)
• 10/15/01 Letter to Senator Tom Daschle on Sept. 11, 2001

Health & Human Services

• Dept of Justice - Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence Handbook (Vietnamese)
• Domestic Violence Video - "Breaking the Silence"
• HHS Expands Online Health Info
• Asian American Health Needs Assessment
• Cervical Cancer and Vietnamese American Women
• Hepatitis B Vaccinations Among Vietnamese American Children
• Addressing Language and Culture in Providing Health Care
• HHS Campaign Confronts Youth Bullying
• State and Local Drug Indicator Profiles

Human Rights & Religious Freedom

• 2/28/05 U.S. Department of State - 2004 Human Rights Report (Vietnam)
• 1/14/05 Human Rights Watch World Report 2005 (Full Report / Vietnam)
• 1/05 Vietnam: Torture, Arrests of Montagnard Christians (Human Rights Watch)
• 9/14/04 Vietnam Listed as Country of Particular Concern by U.S. Department of State (Press Conference / Full Report / Vietnam)
• S. 2784 - A bill to promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam
• S. Res. 343 - Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to respect all universally recognized human rights, including the right to freedom of religion and to participate in religious activities
• H.Res.427 - Support of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam
  • Passed 409-13 - Roll Call 639 on 11/19/03
• HR 1587 - Viet Nam Human Rights Act of 2003
  • Passed 323-45 - Roll Call 391 on 7/19/04
  • Passed as amendment to HR 1950 - Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2003
• HR 48 - Global Internet Freedom Act
• HR 1019 - Freedom of Information in Vietnam Act of 2003
• 8/29/99 Letter to the Community for the Protection of Human Rights, Humanity and Tolerance

Immigration

• HR 814 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the automatic acquisition of citizenship by certain individuals born in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, or Thailand
• 5/11/04 Section 206 of S. 1735 - Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2003 - Deportation of Lawful Permanent U.S. Residents (Coalition Letter)
• Vietnamese Boat People in the Philippines
  • 4/30/04 Ordeal for Boat People May End
  • 4/15/04 U.S. & Philippines Agree on Plan for Immigration of Vietnamese Boat People
  • 12/15/03 Letter to Department of State
  • Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY 2004 - Report to the Congress
• HR 2792 - To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees
• 12/00 Fairfax County Immigrant & Refugee Study
• 6/21/90 House Committee of Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs - Hearing on Refugee Protection and Resettlement Issues Relating to Southeast Asia and Hong Kong

Social Justice - Victim Rights

• Office for Victims of Crime
• Trafficking of Human Persons
• Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking
• CA Proposition 54 - Racial Information Ban
  • Failed to Pass Special Election on 10/7/03
• 10/17/03 Letter to LPGA Concerning Jan Stephenson

Voter Rights

• H.R. 533 - To amend the Help America Vote Act 0f 2002 to protect voting rights and to improve the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes