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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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Generations Under One Roof
Like generations before them in Vietnam, the Truong clan -- grandparents, parents and children -- lived under one roof in America, carrying forth a cherished custom borne from the twin bonds of duty and love.
[Posted 10/31/05]
Vietnamese Start New Organization
The Richmond area's Vietnamese-Americans now have an official voice with the formation of the Richmond Vietnamese Association.
[Posted 10/30/05]
Minority Communities Fear They Will Lose Political Clout
U.S. ambassador to Vietnam visits Orange County.
[Posted 10/30/05]
2005 Annual Convention Gala Awards DinnerSan Jose: Nghị Hội Toàn Quốc Người Mỹ Gốc Việt
Nghị Hội Toàn Quốc Người Mỹ gốc Việt được thành lập từ năm 1986 và hằng năm tổ chức 2 lần Nghị Hội tại Washingtton DC và một lần thay đổi tại địa phương khác nhau nhằm quy tụ và hỗ trợ các tổ chức sinh hoạt cộng đồng, các tổ chức thanh niên, sinh viên, các tổ chức từ thiện và bất vụ lợi cũng như các tổ chức kinh tế thuộc cộng đồng người Mỹ gốc Việt ở bất cứ nơi nào trên khắp lãnh thổ Hoa Kỳ.
[Posted 10/28/05]
Resurrecting the Church after Katrina
Thirty years ago, they were scattered across the American landscape, taken in a family or two at a time by helpful strangers or Catholic parishes.
[Posted 10/28/05]
Asian Perspective: Missing Local Color
U.S. ambassador to Vietnam visits Orange County.
[Posted 10/28/05]
Asian Americans Debunk Stereotypes
U. forum: The student panel is part of Asian American Awareness 2005 at the university.
[Posted 10/28/05]
Sale of Viet Mercury Troubles Bay Area Vietnamese
Unlike some ethnic enclaves, the Vietnamese-American community in Santa Clara county, Calif., does not lack for news in its own language. If anything, the community can access more news than a mainstream population reading in English only.
[Posted 10/26/05]
Awards Presentation to IRCC at NCVA 19th Annual ConventionNCVA National Convention
The National Congress of Vietnamese Americans (NCVA) held their 19th National Convention at the Immigrant Resettlement and Cultural Center in San Jose, California the weekend of October 21-23. The event included a job fair, cultural and business exhibits, and dozens of workshops and presentations.
[Posted 10/23/05]
Biloxi Moxie: Rebuilding It Better
In the short span of 13 years, nine casinos came to perch on top of barges in Biloxi, Miss., transforming an old fishing and military city of 50,000 into the largest gambling center on the state's Gulf Coast.
[Posted 10/23/05]
Citing Medical Errors, California Seeks to Ban Child Interpreters
Diagnosed with a variety of ailments but unable to communicate with her doctor, Laotian refugee Ker Moua enlisted her youngest son as her medical interpreter.
[Posted 10/23/05]
Valley Firms Sign on to Fight Colon Cancer
What began a few years ago as a modest workplace effort to inform employees about the importance of being screened for colorectal cancer has evolved into a major drive to transform Silicon Valley companies into ``Colon Cancer Free Zones.''
[Posted 10/21/05]
Sustained by Close Ties, Vietnamese Toil to Rebuild
The Mary Queen of Vietnam Roman Catholic Church, abandoned just a few weeks ago in the deluge, is now bustling with neighborhood groups planning home repairs and giving out tetanus shots.
[Posted 10/20/05]
Hard Floors, Hard Truths
Some people like to live by the belief that what you don't know can't hurt you. Daphne Verardi couldn't disagree more.
[Posted 10/20/05]
Group Seek Right to Review Vote Materials
Several community groups representing Hispanics and Asian-Americans said yesterday they want a hand in ensuring that the city complies with terms of a settlement with the US Department of Justice, which had sued over alleged violations of the Voting Rights Act.
[Posted 10/17/05]
Group Will Make Sure Lowell Vote Runs Smoothly
A voter watchdog group says during last year's presidential election, problems at many city polling places prevented some first-time Cambodian-American voters from casting a ballot.
[Posted 10/17/05]
New Radio & Print PSAs Launched to Combat Housing Discrimination Against Asian Americans
One in Five Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Face Housing Discrimination.
[Posted 10/12/05]
Couple Beats Odds with Help from Family
Borrowing money from family members, a bank and the city of St. Paul, MyDung Nguyen and Ngoan Dang created in 1991 what would become a family legacy -- the Mai Village restaurant in St. Paul's Frogtown.
[Posted 10/10/05]
San Jose Neglects Ethnic Tourism
[A]t a time when multicultural tourism is on a dramatic rise nationwide, there is nothing to alert San Jose visitors that they're in the childhood home of Cesar Chavez, the epicenter of a worldwide protest by black Olympic athletes, or a place with one of the nation's highest concentrations of Vietnamese-Americans.
[Posted 10/10/05]
After Katrina, O.C. Has the Perfect Climate
Friends, family, jobs and dry weather made the county attractive to hundreds of evacuees, especially the Vietnamese. Many say they'll stay.
[Posted 10/9/05]
Still Seeking Refuge: Vietnamese After Katrina
Vietnamese, like Bangladeshi, are keenly intimate with water-born natural disasters. Not a single year goes by without some major flood taking lives and causing damage.
[Posted 10/7/05]
Immigrants Fuel Housing Boom
An unprecedented influx of affluent, well-educated immigrants, drawn to Massachusetts' universities, medical institutions, and technology and finance industries, has helped fuel the state's booming housing market in recent years.
[Posted 10/6/05]
Clinton: No Politics in Relief
Former President Clinton visited Alabama's storm-battered bayou Wednesday and promised that distribution of $100 million in privately raised hurricane relief on the Gulf Coast will not be tied to politics.
[Posted 10/6/05]
Seatleite Named Leader of Change by Ford Foundation
Today, the Ford Foundation in New York City will name Narasaki one of 17 national winners of its Leadership for a Changing America awards. She will receive $100,000 for Asian Counseling and Referral Service, the non-profit Seattle agency that she has led for 10 years.
[Posted 10/6/05]
City's Vietnamese Seniors Speak Out at Graduation
Public speaking may be the nation's No. 1 fear, but a couple of dozen older Vietnamese-Americans managed to pull it off Wednesday after a four-week course in civic engagement called Senior University.
[Posted 10/5/05]
Vietnamese Immigrant Prospers the American Way - Fixing Cars
Thao Phan is living the American dream.
[Posted 10/2/05]

Gallery

Asian Pacific American Legislative Reception
APA Legislative Reception
 Community members with Virginia Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine


18th Annual Convention
 Members take group photo with Ms. Senior Citizen of Virginia


VAYLC 2004 "Celebrating Freedom"
Some participants tour the U.S. Capitol Building


VAYLC 2004 "Celebrating Freedom"
Participants and Prof. Viet Dinh


Vietnamese American National Gala
Pre-Gala Reception with notable Vietnamese Americans


VAYLC 2003 Gala
A view of the banquet room


 Rock & Vote Concert '02
Attendees enjoying themselves
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