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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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Ethnic Media Filling the Gap
Three new Vietnamese-language newspapers and an online news outlet are vying to fill the void left by the closing of the Mercury News' Viet Mercury publication, underscoring the vibrancy of ethnic media even as mainstream newspapers face uncertain futures.
[Posted 03/29/06 - Mercury News]
2006 Seen As Possible "Watershed Year" for U.S.-Vietnam Relations
Vietnam is in the midst of an extraordinary transformation from an inward-looking command economy to a much more open society that seeks to engage with the wider world, says Eric John, deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
[Posted 03/29/06 - Washington File]
Unrest in the Homeland Awakens Thai American Community
The relentless protests threatening to topple Thailand's government have triggered public demonstrations by Thai Americans, a departure for a community that tends to avoid conflict and stay out of political affairs in their adopted homeland.
[Posted 03/29/06 - New American Media]
UCLA Research Focuses on Crime in Asian America
Amerasia Journal, the leading research journal on Asian Americans in the nation, announces the publication of "Deporting Our Souls and Defending Our Immigrants," a special issue on crime in Asian America that, for the first time, gathers together the perspectives of scholars, researchers and ex-prisoners.
[Posted 03/28/06 - Press Release]
Montagnard Refugee Aspires to Succeed in America
To achieve success, Tony Nie gave up his job, hobbies and even contact with his family.
[Posted 03/27/06 - News & Record]
Diabetes on the Rise Among Asians
Medical professionals working with Asians are becoming alarmed by the greater numbers of patients they see suffering from diabetes.
[Posted 03/25/06 - Nguoi Viet]
Documentary Sends Warning to Congress
When young Anh Duong fled war-torn Saigon in 1973, she never imagined she'd grow up one day to make bombs for the U.S. military.
[Posted 03/23/06 - MIami Herald]
To All the Girls I've Rejected
The fat acceptance envelope is simply more elusive for today's accomplished young women.
[Posted 03/23/06 - New York Times]
Dispute over Vietnamese Flag Prompts $700,000 Award to Business Owner
A dispute over the lowering of the South Vietnamese flag atop St. Paul's Vietnam Center led to a jury award on Wednesday of nearly $700,000 to a man who said his name was smeared during a torrent of protests over the incident.
[Posted 03/23/06 - Pioneer Press]
Hispanic Population Growing, Not Voting
A large, and growing, Hispanic population in Illinois might not be flexing the electoral muscle that many might have expected.
[Posted 03/20/06 - Medill News Service]
U.S. Home Prices Higher in APA Areas
The highest median home prices in the United States appear to match areas with high concentrations of Asian Americans, according to figures released by the National Association of Realtors.
[Posted 03/17/06 - AsianWeek]
The Long 'March' of Three Assemblywomen
The three Asian Americans legislators are terming out of office after the November 2006 election following six years in the State Assembly and holding the body’s major leadership positions.
[Posted 03/17/06 - AsianWeek]
Bill Would Expand Definition of 'Alien Smuggling'
Dozens of Bay Area religious leaders gathered to denounce proposed federal legislation that they claim threatens to make felons of millions of illegal immigrants and the clergy who help them.
[Posted 03/15/06 - Mercury News]
Southeast Asian youths at risk, study concludes
A newly released study on youth crime in Richmond shatters the so-called "model minority myth," by showing high crime rates among Southeast Asians.
[Posted 03/14/06 - Contra Costa Times]
Enclave Fears Identity Is on the Block
A Beverly Hills developer is buying part of San Francisco's Japantown. Residents want guarantees the area's character will be left intact.
[Posted 03/14/06 - Los Angeles Times]
Senators Landrieu, Vitter Hail Freddie Mac, LHFA's $36 Million Below Market Rate Mortgage Effort for Storm Victims
Officials announce nearly $36 million in new below market 30-year fixed rate mortgages and $1 million in downpayment and closing costs assistance to promote recovery in federally designated hurricane disaster areas and foster homeownership opportunities for police officers, teachers, and qualified low-income borrowers.
[Posted 03/13/06 - Press Release]
Faith Under Fire
Vietnamese Christians come to aid of U.S. businessman - even as Hanoi seeks WTO membership, religious persecution continues.
[Posted 03/12/06 - WorldNetDaily]
Child Sex Tourism Continues in Southeast Asia Despite Legal Efforts
Southeast Asia is one of the world's top destinations for people seeking sex with children, and signs of the trade are often evident.
[Posted 03/11/06 - Associated Press]
Voting Rights Issues Probed
Springfield is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for possible violations of the Voting Rights Act, the department has confirmed.
[Posted 03/10/06 - The Republican]
Local Designer Wins Fashion Reality Show
After weeks of anticipation, Houston designer and boutique owner Chloe Dao took the top prize of Bravo's fashion reality show, Project Runway, Wednesday night.
[Posted 03/09/06 - Houston Chronicle]
Briefing on The State Department's 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Our promotion of human rights and democracy is in keeping with America's most cherished principles and it helps to lay the foundation for lasting peace in the world.
[Posted 03/08/06 - U.S. Department of State]
Minnesota's Homeownership Gap Among Country's Highest
Minnesotans of color face both new and old challenges to receiving equal rental and homeownership opportunities.
[Posted 03/08/06 - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder]
Pioneer Chu Lin Set High Standard for Journalists
Irascible, abrasive, utterly professional and exhaustingly demanding, Sam Chu Lin would have been hard to duplicate. And now that he's gone -- too soon -- at age 67, that high challenge is nigh impossible.
[Posted 03/08/06 - Mercury News]
Asian Youths Cope with Studies - and a Myth
The teen shatters the stereotype that all Asian-American students belong to a problem-free population of high achievers.
[Posted 03/07/06 - Arizona Daily Star]
Minority Populations Leaving Large Cities
Minority populations shifted dramatically within the United States between 1990 and 2004 as Hispanics and Asians moved away from large metropolitan areas and blacks moved to the South, according to a new study.
[Posted 03/06/06 - Knoxville News Sentinel]
Seminary Shift
At a time when priesthood ranks in the United States have been shrinking -- down 26 percent from 57,317 in 1985 to 42,528 in 2005 -- the number of Asian-Americans in seminary schools is growing, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, or CARA, at Georgetown University.
[Posted 03/05/06 - Mercury News]
UW Minority Students Reap Benefits of Culture Center
Just next to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student union towers a castle-like red building – a foreboding presence in the center of campus.
[Posted 03/01/06 - Daily Nebraskan]
Tran Won't Run in State Senate Race
The Garden Grove Republican was urged to drop out, clearing the way for Daucher.
[Posted 03/01/06 - Los Angeles Times]

Gallery

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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