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Founded in 1986, the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community advocacy organization working to advance the cause of Vietnamese Americans in a plural but united America – e pluribus unum – by participating actively and fully as civic minded citizens engaged in the areas of education, culture and civil liberties.


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Asian American Major Needed
Asian American students should be able to major in their own cultural studies.
[Posted 02/28/06 - Minnesota Daily]
Bar Must Address Lack of Diversity in Law Profession
California is in the unique position to be a leader in addressing access and diversity issues. However, the state's legal profession has not met the challenge.
[Posted 02/28/06 - Mercury News]
From the Wildflower Apartments, Three Families Diverge
Six months after Katrina, Vietnamese-American evacuees seek new futures.
[Posted 02/26/06 - Austin American-Statesman]
Ladder of Success
Vietnamese find nail-tech jobs serve as doorway to U.S. living.
[Posted 02/26/06 - Sun-Sentinel]
Westminster May Rename Street for Do
The Westminster City Council tonight is expected to discuss a proposal to rename Moran Street in honor of Yen Do, the founding publisher of Nguoi Viet Daily News.
[Posted 02/22/06 - Orange County Register]
Why renew Voting Rights Act? Ala. town provides answer
After being urged by several candidates to vote in the municipal election, many of the Southeast Asian-Americans in the town of about 3,000 had their ballots challenged.
[Posted 02/22/06 - USA Today]
34th Senate District May Signal Tighter Races
CULTURALLY and politically, Orange County is a doughnut and Santa Ana is the hole - a concentration of Latinos and Democrats surrounded by Republican-voting whites and Asian Americans.
[Posted 02/21/06 - Pasadena Star News]
Louisiana Governor Unveils Reconstruction Plans
Gov. Kathleen Blanco outlined a $7.5 billion rebuilding, relocation and buyout plan Monday for thousands of residents whose homes remain damaged or destroyed after last year's hurricanes.
[Posted 02/21/06 - Associated Press]
Vietnamese Americans Bring Health Care, Hope to Rural Vietnam
Volunteers travel to their homeland to provide medical and dental care.
[Posted 02/21/06 - Washington File]
Grants to Religious Groups Fall, Study Says
Despite the Bush administration's rhetorical support for religious charities, the amount of direct federal grants to faith-based organizations declined from 2002 to 2004, according to a major new study released yesterday.
[Posted 02/15/06 - Washington Post]
New Public TV for a New America
Another important audience for WORLDVIEW will be America's recent immigrants, who represent a wide range of countries.
[Posted 02/09/06 - PRNewsWire]
Foreign Language Enrollment Bucks National Trend
Despite a noted descent nationwide in foreign language education, Portland State’s enrollment in such programs is growing.
[Posted 02/08/06 - Portland State University Vanguard]
Vietnamese-Americans Play Key Political Role as Numbers Increase
What's that white male mayoral candidate doing dressed in a traditional Vietnamese robe and attempting a phrase or two in Vietnamese?
[Posted 02/06/06 - Mercury News]
Vietnamese American Student Receives 2006 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
Trinh Ngoc Tran, A Vietnamese American student at the George Washington University, is among four students who received the 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. medal at a convocation celebration held by GW Multicultural Student Services Center on Jan. 26.
[Posted 02/06/06 - Asian Fortune]
Belief & Practice: Vietnamese New Year
Vietnamese people all over the world celebrated Tet -- the first day of their new year. The week-long holiday is a time for prayer and family reunions, and it usually combines bits of Buddhism, ancestor worship, and Daoism, the Chinese system for harmonizing with nature and observing life's passages. Nguyen Ngoc Bich follows his family traditions in Springfield, Virginia.
[Posted 02/03/06 - PBS]
City Has Much to Learn about Asian Americans
Colleagues assume I love sushi and can translate Vietnamese, even though I am ethnically Chinese.
[Posted 02/03/06 - Charlotte Observer]
The 'Invisible' Market
Julia Huang believes that Asian Americans are an "invisible" market to U.S. packaged goods companies.
[Posted 02/01/06 - BrandWeek]

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Dat Nguyen, Dallas Cowboy linebacker, and Margaret Vo
Dat Nguyen at ECAASU
Dat Nguyen, Dallas Cowboy linebacker, and past VAYLC participant Margaret Vo

VA Asian community members with Senator Jay O'Brien
Constituent Visit
Asian Pacific Americans with Senator Jay O'Brien (R-VA)

Asian American leaders with Governor Tim Kaine
Legislative Briefing
 Asian Pacific Americans leaders brief Gov Tim Kaine, elected officials and community members on issues in Richmond, VA

Asian American community members
Building a Network
Vietnamese Americans throughout Virginia network

Freddie Mac Presentation of $200,000 Grant
Freddie Mac $200,000 Hurricane Relief Fund
Support given to Vietnamese American organizations

Awards Presentation to IRCC at NCVA's 19th Annual Convention
Awards Presentation
 2005 Community Award presented to IRCC, San Jose, CA


19th Annual Convention
 Participants pose for a picture

2005 VAYLC participants with Congressman Mike Honda
VAYLC 2005 "Exploring the Present and Building the Future"
Participants and Congressman Mike Honda
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