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	Vietnamese American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vietnamese American businesses are ubiquitous in Little Saigon, located in Westminster and Garden Grove, where they constitute 30.7% and 21.4% of the population, respectively.
		Vietnamese Americans regularly stage protests against the Vietnamese government, its human rights policy and those whom they perceive to be sympathetic to it.
		Several Vietnamese Americans serve or served in the city councils of Westminster and Garden Grove; the mayor pro tempore of Westminster is a Vietnamese American.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vietnamese-American (2649 words)

	Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History - - Vietnamese American Women
		Many Vietnamese American women felt that U.S. society impinged on their rights as parents, and they were ambivalent about the protection from domestic violence offered to them by the U.S. legal system.
		Besides a decline in their authority as mothers, Vietnamese American women also associated migration to the United States with a general deterioration in the quality of family life and relations.
		One arena in which Vietnamese American women collectively and actively used the resources that they had gained in the migration process was in situations of domestic violence against women.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/women/html/wh_037900_vietnameseam.htm (926 words)

	The New Migrants from Asia: Vietnamese in the United States Asian American History OAH Magazine of History
		Finally, elderly Vietnamese Americans are disappointed at not being able to contribute to the welfare and well being of their families in the way they had done in Viet Nam.
		Those Vietnamese Americans who have spent most of their lives in the United States are coming of age and beginning to exert some of their influence.
		At the end of the war, the American public was hostile toward the Vietnamese refugees.
	www.oah.org /pubs/magazine/asianamerican/do.html (2972 words)

	Vietnamese American National Gala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vietnamese American National Gala (VANG),is a national annual celebration of Vietnamese heritage and pride, which is held in conjunction with the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a month-long celebration in May of each year, which honors the achievements of Asian Pacific Americans and recognizes their contributions to America.
		It provides an opportunity for other Vietnamese Americans, as well as non-Vietnamese Americans, who may not be familiar with the Vietnamese American community on a national level to become more aware of how active and organized we are.
		For me, the VANG Golden Torch Award is a great honor that reminds me to carry the Vietnamese American torch with great pride in academic medicine and to pass the torch on to the next generation of Vietnamese American academicians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vietnamese_American_National_Gala (930 words)

	Vietnamese Health
		This means that many Vietnamese in this country will rarely be confrontational with their American counterparts; in disagreement, a "face-saving" measure of avoidance or superficial acceptance is preferred to questioning or defiance, especially of those in positions of superiority, such as doctors and teachers.
		In addition, many Vietnamese refugees also suffer mental health problems like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a result not only of the horrors they experienced as refugees but also due to the adjustment difficulties in attempting to retain their traditional values in the face of the dominant American culture.
		Vietnamese traditionally do not have a concept of mental illness as discrete from somatic illness, and hence are very unlikely to utilize Western-based psychological and psychiatric services.
	www3.baylor.edu /~Charles_Kemp/vietnamese_&_health.html (1794 words)

	Vietnamese Freedom and Heritage Flag
		The recognition of the Vietnamese Heritage flag is a recognition of the voice of the Vietnamese American community in voicing their opinions on how they choose to be represented when a flag is flown to represent our contribution to the United States of America.
		Vietnamese Americans are your residents, taxpayers and constituents.
		Vietnamese Americans believe that the current Vietnamese Communist Government does not have a say or a right to tell how Vietnamese Americans should be represented.
	www.vpac-usa.org /flag/flag_index.htm (631 words)

	Vietnamese American Heritage Project
		Vietnamese becoming Americans is a story of challenge, sacrifice and change – an ongoing journey that is changing the face of America.
		The Vietnamese American Heritage Project is an historic effort to commemorate the thirty years of mass Vietnamese migration to the United States.
		Most of the 1.2 million Vietnamese Americans in the United States came as refugees after the Vietnam War, and in the past thirty years, the community has shifted dramatically.
	www.vietam.org (172 words)

	Ameredia: Vietnamese American Market Demographics
		Westminster is considered the main cultural center of Vietnamese Americans with several in-language media outlets originating from this and adjacent areas.
		Orange County has the largest concentration of Vietnamese Americans and is the largest Vietnamese population concentration outside of Vietnam.
		Vietnamese American businesses are generally located in Little Saigons and Chinatowns.
	www.ameredia.com /demographics/vietnamese.html (233 words)

	Vietnamese American Elder Cohorts
		"Compared with older Americans from most other ethnic backgrounds, those from Vietnamese backgrounds have come to the U.S. much more recently.
		"The reaction of the American people to the immigration of the waves of Vietnamese refugees was at times very negative.
		Since many Vietnamese elders and their families have been found to have a great deal of difficulty using nursing home or even non-family home health service, a particularly critical policy issue will be providing culturally appropriate long term care services for Vietnamese elders as more become older and more frail" (Yeo, et al, 1999, pg.
	www.gasi.org /diversity/cohort/vietnamese_am_cohort.htm (714 words)

	Vietnamese American Panel
		There is a certain hierarchy that is addressed through language.” Through the interviews, Tranguyen found that many Vietnamese Americans are trying to find right path to form a community in America.
		“Vietnamese Americans: A People Looking Forward,” is an oral history of Vietnamese Americans.
		Another cultural clash for Vietnamese Americans is child rearing.
	coph.fullerton.edu /Vietnamese_American_talk_on_on_Campus.htm (554 words)

	Anonymous Vietnamese American
		It explains that the upside-down American flag is an internationally recognized 'signal of distress on the high seas.' Had you taken the time to read that text, you would have understood that message.
		And that cost is responsibility to educate the American people of the nature of the beast from which you and your family fled.
		His father, who flew fighters as a lieutenant colonel in the South Vietnamese Air Force, was forced to remain in North Vietnamese labor camps for 13 years before finally rejoining his family in the United States...['Anonymous'] attributes much of his success to his early mastery of communications skills.
	www.newtotalitarians.com /AnonymousVietnameseAmerican.html (2564 words)

	Asian-Nation : Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues :: The Vietnamese American Community
		It is an interesting overview of how the Vietnamese American community has developed and flourished in the 30 years since the end of the Viet Nam War.
		But, among Asian groups in California, Vietnamese have the lowest rates of English language proficiency, according to a recent report by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, and this means many have minimal communication with public officials.
		There are only a handful of Vietnamese American elected officials nationwide, including Van Tran, a California state assemblyman recently elected to represent Orange County.
	www.asian-nation.org /vietnamese-community.shtml (1473 words)

	National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies
		Vietnamese Americans should have a role in the rebuilding of their homes and communities,â said Hung Nguyen, president and CEO of the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans.
		The three groups are the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans (NCVA), Boat People SOS, and the National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies (NAVASA).
		Founded in 1986, the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans is a
	www.navasa.org (3490 words)

	Vietnam Yesterday & Today: Vietnamese Abroad
		The philosophy of the journal is an appreciation of the heritage of Vietnamese culture without restricting its readers to the definitions of the Vietnamese American role.
		In 1975, with the end of the war in Vietnam imminent, Mai Thi Kim, a poor, young Vietnamese woman, sent her seven-year-old daughter to America as part of a controversial evacuation program known as Operation Babylift.
		Two Vietnamese refugees have created this important site that enables other Vietnamese "boatpeople" to share their exeriences and perhaps even locate relatives.
	servercc.oakton.edu /~wittman/abroad.htm (726 words)

	Vietnamese-American Ministry New Church Development
		The Vietnamese National caucus and the Arlington District of the Northern Virginia Annual Conference, together with the General Board of Global Ministries, have put in place a plan to develop ministries with and to the Vietnamese community in the Northern Virginia area.
		As is true for many immigrants, the Vietnamese community in the United States suffers from barriers imposed by a different language, culture, people, and a new way of life.
		Since the collapse of the former South Vietnamese government, tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees have poured onto the shores of the United States.
	gbgm-umc.org /usa/vietnew.html (305 words)

	Vietnamese-American Peace Park
		American Veteran, Mike Boehm, and Vietnamese veteran, Nguyen Nhu Nga, break ground together for the tree planting at the Peace Park in Ha Bac Province, Vietnam, May 11, 1995.
		Vietnamese and Americans examining plans for the Peace Park in Ha Bac Province, Vietnam.
		On the left is Nguyen Ngoc Hung, a North Vietnamese veteran who, in 1990, was so moved during his visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park near Neillsville, Wisconsin, that he lit an incense stick and said a prayer for his brother who had been missing in action for over 20 years.
	grunt.space.swri.edu /vnpeace.htm (369 words)

	Vietnamese Americans mostly ignore 'war hero' Kerry, support Bush
		Another reason Vietnamese Americans are reluctant to vote for Kerry, who spent four months in South Vietnam, is that he blocked legislation intended to force the current communist government in Vietnam to stop human rights abuses.
		"Obviously most Vietnamese Americans who lost their homeland to the communists do not like Senator Kerry because he was antiwar and he denigrated the cause of the South," said Dan Hoang, representative of an advocacy group promoting awareness among Vietnamese American voters.
		The yellow-red flag represented South Vietnam before the nation fell into enemy hands but Vietnamese American leaders say it is a symbol of resilience and freedom deeply rooted in the cultural heritage of the community.
	archive.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=30908 (853 words)

	Vietnamese-american Legislator - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		In Little Saigon, a community of more than 100,000 Vietnamese Americans, Tran is a trailblazer and a symbol of the personal and political transformation of its residents.
		He said his parents feared the communists because the family had connections to the Americans, and his uncle was a three-star general in the South Vietnamese military.
		Thousands of Vietnamese Americans protested for weeks outside the store because its owner was displaying a Vietnamese flag and a photo of former communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=4993 (1284 words)

	Vietnamese-American Peace Park Project
		Vietnamese, inspired by the hope the Vietnamese-American Peace Park represents, have
		His prayer had a profound impact on the American veterans there that
		but the man who caught the heart of the American people was a professor of
	www.mylaipeacepark.org /vapeacepk.html (619 words)

	VIETNAMESE AMERICAN HISTORY
		Moreover, they will have knowledge of the perspectives of Vietnamese Americans; of war and its aftermath, of emigration and settlement issues; of acculturation and assimilation; the social and cultural productions/achievements; of the changing identity and role of Vietnamese women.
		You are aksed to research a topic of your interest relating to the history of Vietnamese Americans.
		We will focus on the perspectives of and by Vietnamese Americans as means to explore Vietnamese and Vietnamese American experiences, and their influences on mainstream
	www.uh.edu /~lsle/3397syllabusfall05.html (781 words)

	Amazon.com: Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose: Books: Barbara Tran,Monique T. D. Truong,Luu Truong Khoi,Truong Khoi Luu
		Vietnamese American writers Tran, who has published in such journals as Amerasia and Antioch Review, and her coeditors present a volume rich in the voices of people made to straddle two cultures.
		While other anthologies of Vietnamese literature focus on the experience of the Vietnam War, this book focuses mostly on first- or second-generation Vietnamese Americans as they maneuver through American culture.
		Not to be missed are Andrew Lam's two stories "Grandma's Tales," an unexpectedly droll flight of fancy about the death of a Vietnamese grandmother, and "Show and Tell," the moving portrayal of the introduction of a Vietnamese refugee boy into an eighth-grade American class.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1889876046?v=glance (771 words)

	Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference - Speakers
		Uyen also served as the executive director and guest speaker for the Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference in 2001 and 2003.
		The National Congress of Vietnamese Americans is a certifying organization.
		Vietcare was started in 1998 by a small group of Vietnamese Americans who were former refugees.
	www.ncvaonline.org /vaylc/biographies2005.htm (6342 words)

	Vietnamese American Women Humanitarian Organization
		Vietnamese American Women Humanitarian Organization is non-political and non-discriminatory on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, or religious beliefs.
		The name of the corporation is Vietnamese American Women Humanitarian Organization (VAWHO)
		To promote physical development, learning, understanding and preservation of Vietnamese religious beliefs, culture, traditions, customs, rituals, history and society among all youths in USA particularly those who are Vietnamese-born or have Vietnamese ancestry.
	www.vawho.com /mission.html (165 words)

	Vietnamese-American culture celebrated
		A bunch of Vietnamese-American Students at USC gathered once a year for a night of informal discussion about Vietnamese history, Vietnamese-American culture and its possible future.
		Whatever you call it, Café Night, to members of the Vietnamese Students Association (VSA), is about having fun.
		Many in VSA have never been to Vietnam, so it is only natural that the students tell the stories of their culture from their point of view, Dao said in press release.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V142/N34/04-viet.34d.html (373 words)

	CELCEE - Vietnamese-American Entrepreneurship
		The largest concentration of Vietnamese individuals outside of Vietnam is found the cities comprising Little Saigon, the cities of Westminster and Garden Grove, California, where they constitute 30.7 percent and 21 percent of the population, respectively ("Vietnamese Americans," n.d.).
		Years later in 1999, adapting to changed attitudes, the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce modified its name to Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce, underscoring its revised mission to broaden its appeal to other groups and encourage other ethnicities to bring businesses by all ethnic groups in the area.
		Some Vietnamese-Americans entrepreneurs are proactively addressing this issue of growth within their businesses, leading to the emergence of the following trends.
	www.celcee.edu /publications/digest/Dig04-02.html (1546 words)

	MBEAW: Vietnamese American History, Life & Values
		Vietnamese American from San Jose revisits his wartime childhood and his father's long imprisionment during a tour of the country in the 90s.
		Vietnamese Americans: Diaspora and Dimensions (Los Angeles: UCLA Asian American Studies Centeer, 2003).
		Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the US (NY: Russell Sage, 1999).
	www.mbeaw.org /resources/history/vietnameseamerican.html (300 words)

	History of Vietnamese American Culture
		The Vietnamese people began to take education seriously, for it was the only way to move up the ladder in the American society.
		A whole new language to learn, a radical culture to adapt to, and the acceptance of the American people were some of the difficult challenges that the Vietnamese immigrants had to face.
		These Vietnamese people had no idea what their life would be like.
	www.bluedojo.com /papers/vietnamese (1096 words)

	VIET-AID, Inc. -- Vietnamese American Initiative for Development, Inc. -- Home
		That are the most realistic matters of residents that has 38% Vietnamese, 27% African American, 23% Latino/Hispanic and 12% other living in the same neighborhood.
		The Vietnamese residents in Boston, like the majority of Vietnamese in America, are refugees and immigrants who came to the United States because of the consequences of the war in Viet Nam.
		The United States have been a welcoming place and many Vietnamese want to be active citizens of their home away from home.
	www.vietaid.org (621 words)

	Vietnamese American Magazine - Tieng Magazine
		Our philosophy is that while we appreciate the heritage of Vietnamese culture, we do not need to restrict ourselves to the definitions of the Vietnamese American role.
		Sure, it’ll be awhile for Americans to start snapping up Vietnamese cars (the Nguyen Cheetah?), but that may be sooner than you think.
		"I wish they would be more Vietnamese and less American."
	www.tiengmag.com (602 words)

	Cancer - NBCCEDP - Cervical Cancer and Vietnamese American Women
		Factors associated with breast and cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese American women.
		Inreach efforts with Vietnamese physicians included asking them to distribute project materials to their patients by using project initiated screening reminder systems and by attending continuing medical education sessions to further their own knowledge of these issues.
		Further, research on the subject is limited, but future suggestions include examining the importance of sexual habits on cervical cancer in Vietnamese women, particularly the correlates of sexual behavior and acculturation.
	www.cdc.gov /cancer/nbccedp/cc-strategies/vietnamese.htm (992 words)

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