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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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Fidelity National Title Group's Chicago Title Insurance Division Launches Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese Web Sites to Increase Homeownership
Chicago Title Insurance has launched
three Web sites in traditional Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese. (Vietnamese)
[Posted 05/30/06 - PR Newswire]
A Place in the Sun
Fleeing America's colder cities, Vietnamese Americans are finding the comforts of home in Broward.
[Posted 05/28/06 - Miami Herald]
APIASF Awards $400,000 in National Scholarships
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF), the primary and largest national organizations solely devoted to providing scholarships for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIAs), announced today the recipients of its 2006 scholarship program and awarded $400,000 in scholarships to 200 students.
[Posted 05/22/06 - Press Release]
Asian Americans to Lead Future Homeownership Growth According to UCLA Study
New in-depth study entitled, “A New Path to Homeownership for Asian American Home Buyers,” provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of demographic trends within the fast-growing minority market – the Asian American market.
[Posted 05/19/06 - RISMedia]
Little Saigon Business Owners Fear New 'Mega-Development' Encroaches on 'Way of Life'
Quang Nguyen, executive director of the Vietnamese American Economic Development Association (VAEDA), sent out e-mails marked “URGENT” to members of Seattle’s Little Saigon and International District communities.
[Posted 05/17/06 - International Examiner]
Asian-Owned Firms in U.S. Took in $326 Billion in '02
Asian American-owned businesses generated more than $326 billion in revenue in 2002 and the number of firms led by Asian Americans grew 24 percent from 1997 to 2002, a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau showed.
[Posted 05/17/06 - San Francisco Chronicle]
Asian Vote a Hot Commodity
In a Democratic primary that could be decided by a slender margin, the leading candidates are openly wooing what could be a pivotal voting bloc come June 6 -- Asian-Americans, who make up as much as 10 percent of the electorate.
[Posted 05/17/06 - Mercury News]
More Asian Immigrants Become U.S. Citizens
Revenues for Asian-owned firms surpass $326 billion, number of businesses up 24 percent.
[Posted 05/16/06 - U.S. Bureau of Census]
U.S. Trade Deal Key to Get WTO Status
Vietnam and the United States plan to sign a trade pact to reduce tariffs and normalize trade between the two former war enemies.
[Posted 05/16/06 - Miami Herald]
More Asian Immigrants Become U.S. Citizens
While a raucous public debate swirls around the estimated 12 million, largely Hispanic, illegal immigrants living in the United States, little attention is paid to the nearly equal number of foreign-born residents who are naturalized U.S. citizens.
[Posted 05/15/06 - Quad-City Times]
UTA: If One Flag Goes, They All Go
Pressure from state lawmakers to withhold future funding may have contributed to the decision to remove 123 international flags on display at the University of Texas at Arlington.
[Posted 05/10/06 - Dallas Morning News]
A New Landfill in New Orleans Sets Off a Battle
Block after block, neighborhood after neighborhood, tens of thousands of hurricane-ravaged houses here rot in the sun, still waiting to be gutted or bulldozed.
[Posted 05/08/06 - New York Times]
Commission Cites Five Asian Nations for Lack of Religious Freedom
Burma, North Korea, China, Vietnam, Indonesia violate "universal rights" (USCIRF Report)
[Posted 05/04/06 - U.S. Department of State]
Virginia Principal Issues Apology for Remarks
The outgoing principal of Fairfax County's elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology has apologized to students, parents and teachers for linking ethnicity to stealing and cheating by some students.
[Posted 05/03/06 - Washington Post]
Bich Thinks Big
Nguyen Ngoc Bich, chairman of the Board of National Congress of the Vietnamese Americans, didn’t waste any time catching Dennis Hastert before his visit to Vietnam.
[Posted 05/01/06 - Asian Fortune]
Event Marks Fall of Saigon
Thanh Nga limped to the lectern on a leg crippled by a beating she took as a political prisoner in Vietnam.
[Posted 05/01/06 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

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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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