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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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Communist Flag at UTA Ignites Protests
Bill Laurie thinks the Vietnamese Communist flag hanging at the University of Texas at Arlington is an affront to his fight against that country with the U.S. Army - and he flew in from his home in Mesa, Ariz., to say so.
[Posted 04/30/06 - Star-Telegram]
Recalling Fall of Saigon
Black-and-white slides showing the fall of Saigon were projected above six memorial candles Saturday evening, while Vietnamese lyrics from a soulful song of remembrance haunted the room.
[Posted 04/30/06 - The Post-Standard]
Struggles of Asian Pacific Americans Described in Report
When Kum Soung arrived in the United States from Cambodia, he knew only a few expressions: Hello. How are you doing? I'm fine. Thank you.
[Posted 04/28/06 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
Flag Display Touches Off Emotions
The Vietnamese-American student says she has had difficulty concentrating ever since the University of Texas at Arlington added a new flag to a display this month.
[Posted 04/28/06 - Dallas Morning News]
Activists Urge API Participation in Immigration Debate
According to the Washington D.C.-based Asian American Justice Center, 35 percent of the Asians in this country are not citizens and a million of them are undocumented.
[Posted 04/27/06 - Nichi Bei Times]
Many Support Favorable Treatment of Family Members, Asylum Seekers, Skilled Workers and Professionals Who Want to Immigrate into the United States
Only one in five U.S. adults favor immigration policy giving preference to people from specific countries.
[Posted 04/27/06 - PRNewsWire]
Ex-Refugee Gives to Community
Dang, a refugee-turned-real estate investor, persuaded shopping center owners from her native Vietnam to tax themselves and fund a face-lift of the aging commercial corridors between Norcross and Lilburn.
[Posted 04/25/06 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
Guam Residents Aid Foundation
Mangilao resident Raymond T. Baza will be forever connected to Vietnam -- through his wife, to his time served in the Vietnam War, and for his role in the movement of more than 100,000 South Vietnamese who sought haven.
[Posted 04/25/06 - Pacific Daily News]
Official Blunt on Public Housing
U.S. Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson shed little light Monday on the future of public housing in hurricane-battered New Orleans, but said that "only the best residents" of the former St. Thomas housing complex should be allowed into the new mixed-income development that replaced it.
[Posted 04/25/06 - The Times Picayune]
People of Another Race Find It Harder to Read Your Face
This so-called "cross-race effect" - something of a misnomer because the phenomenon includes ethnic, cultural and regional groups as well as racial ones - can cause trouble in an increasingly globalized world.
[Posted 04/24/06 - Sun Herald]
Candidates Ask That Race Be Kept Out of Runoff
New Orleans Mayoral Balloting Shows Split Between Black, White Voters.
[Posted 04/24/06 - Washington Post]
Good News in These UC Numbers
The University of California is in the midst of a historic transformation. Its student body is growing more ethnically and economically diverse as it admits more students than ever.
[Posted 04/23/06 - Sacramento Bee]
Smoking to Blame for Asian-American Cancer 'Gender Gap'
Getting men to quit would drastically slash their risk, research shows.
[Posted 04/21/06 - FoodConsumer.org]
U.S., China Eager to Gloss Over Any Disagreements
The visit of China's President Hu Jintao to the United States this week is yet another opportunity for chatter about the "Chinese threat."
[Posted 04/20/06 - The News-Sentinel]
Know the New Neighbors
The historically white, blue-collar city has a fast-growing Asian population that now makes up almost a quarter of the whole.
[Posted 04/20/06 - Boston Globe]
Release of Foreign Relations Volume
The Department of State has released Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, volume VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970, the first of five volumes to cover the end of the Vietnam War.
[Posted 04/18/06 - U.S. Department of State]
US Lawmaker Free to Visit Vietnam: Official
Loretta Sanchez, a Democratic congresswoman from California, is expected to be part of a delegation headed by the House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert. She said Thursday that Hanoi denied her a visa.
[Posted 04/07/06 - Agence France Presse]
The United States Will Not Seek Election to the UN Human Rights Council
Since the drafting of the United Nations Charter, the United States has led the effort to promote human rights at the UN.
[Posted 04/06/06 - Department of State]
A Quarter Million Raised for Vietnamese American Smithsonian Project
Since 2002, Thanh Nguyen has had a dream. On the Board of the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, he wanted to see an exhibit of Vietnamese American arts at the Smithsonian.
[Posted 04/01/06 - Asian Fortune]

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Vietnamese American Television Train the Trainer Workshop
Media Train the Trainer
Group photo of Media Train the Trainer participants

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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