Press Releases

• 07/16/03 Vietnam Human Rights Act Passes House
• 06/16/03 VAYLC Prepares to Host Attendees for Three Days in the Nation's Capital
• 06/13/03 Vietnamese Benefactor Tran Dinh Truong to be honored at NAVASA Recognition Banquet
• 05/14/03 Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh to Step Down
• 05/13/03 HHS Expands Online Health Information for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
• 04/03/03 Smith Introduces Vietnam Human Rights Act
• 04/02/03 Shiner to be Nominated as New Deputy USTR, as Ambassador Huntsman Resigns to Return Home to Utah
• 3/17/03 Mr. Kien Pham to Lead Vietnam Education Foundation
• 2/7/03 NAVASA Holds Community Roundtable in Orange County
• 1/31/03 A Vote for Freedom: Virginia House Passes HB 2829
• 1/9/03 Congressman David Wu Introduces Legislation to Improve Higher Education for APA Students
• 12/20/02 Vietnam Escalates Crackdown on Democracy Advocates
• 12/20/02 Using the Internet in Vietnam is considered "espionage"
• 11/22/02 Harry S. Truman Scholarship
• 11/18/02 Gates Millennium Scholarship Nomination Materials Now Available
• 11/14/02 APAICS Announces the Releases of the 2003 Summer Internship and Fellowships Applications
• 11/12/02 Vietnam: Dissident writer Le Chi Quang sentenced to four years' imprisonment
• 11/12/02 APAICS Launches New Website

News

• 08/15/03 Vietnam Gets $134 Million From World Bank
• 08/13/03 U.N.: New Standards for Corporations and Human Rights
• 08/13/03 A fight for Viet flag
• 08/12/03 Official taken off cop probe
• 08/11/03 New York Life Awards VND 800 Million to Vietnam Family Medicine Development Project
• 08/10/03 Community Activism: A Silent Majority Speaks Up
• 08/9/03 Man Is Charged in Vietnam Jail Torture
• 08/8/03 Family files claim against San Jose in cop shooting
• 08/7/03 Vietnam reforms "too slow"
• 07/24/03 Foreign Lawyers Disallowed From Defending Clients in Vietnamese Courts
• 07/16/03 More than 100 people march in protest of S.J. shooting
• 07/16/03 S.J. police defend officer's action
• 07/16/03 Large peeler common in Vietnamese homes
• 06/20/03 Trial in Vietnam Shows Dangers for Dissidents
• 06/18/03 Vietnam steamed over catfish tax
• 05/23/03 Vietnamese activists push for old flag
• 04/02/03 Vietnam Lets Foreign Co Provide Global Telecoms Links
• 03/21/03 Vietnamese, U.S. Companies Sign MOU on Internet Cooperation
• 03/21/03 Vietnamese-Briton charged in priest's murder in Vietnam
• 03/21/03 Vietnamese dissident arrested for publishing underground newspaper
• 03/20/03 From Danang to Hollywood
• 03/20/03 Vietnam confirms the arrest of the dissident rights advocate
• 03/20/03 US has forgotten the Vietnam War, says Vietnamese press
• 03/18/03 National Assembly Standing Committee Passes Prostitution Ordinance, Injustice Compensation Resolution
• 03/17/03 Vietnamese police bust virgin-trafficking ring
• 03/17/03 Flash Clash: Flying in the Face of Unity
• 03/17/03 Foreign envoys meet Vietnam's top dissident Buddhist
• 03/16/03 Vietnam sentences 5 Montagnards for illegal border crossings
• 03/13/03 Vietnam terms US bill "interference" into internal affairs
• 03/13/03 Good Morning, Vietnam: Investors Are Again Hopeful, if Impatient
• 03/12/03 Garden Grove flag vote cheered
• 02/12/03 Vietnam's Deputy PM Discusses World Trade Complexities
• 02/17/03 Va. Bill Promoting S. Vietnam Flag Dies
• 02/17/03 Russian-U.S. Panel Identifies U.S. POWs
• 02/10/03 U.S. Launches HIV Education Program in Vietnam
• 02/9/03 Virginians Rally to an Old Flag: South Vietnam's
• 01/31/03 Va. Legislature in Vietnam Flag Flap
• 01/31/03 Vote on Vietnam Flag Ignites Deep Passions
• 01/31/03 House passes bill requiring flag of defeated South Vietnam
• 01/29/03 Woman Who Tried to Burn Herself Sentenced
• 01/27/03 U.S. says Vietnam 'dumping' catfish in its market
• 01/26/03 Asians welcome INS shift in policy
• 01/25/03 First stage of China-Vietnam boundary finished
• 01/24/03 Vietnam tightens grip on religion
• 01/23/03 Detained Buddhist patriarch smuggles message from Vietnam
• 01/22/03 Vietnam crime scandal reaches Politburo
• 01/21/03 Vietnam Fails to Use Internet Says Minister
• 01/21/03 Vietnam 'repressing minorities'
• 01/13/03 Vietnam to tighten protest rules
• 01/12/03 Latino-Vietnamese Coalition Produces Winning Results
• 01/3/03 McCain Reflects on U.S.-Vietnam Relations
• 01/2/03 Vietnamese Youth Want to Wipe Out Corruption, Have More Democracy
• 01/2/03 Vietnam Detains Four North Koreans
• 01/1/03 Vietnam reports growth of 7% in 2002

Archives

• News 2002

• News 2001

• News 2000

Perspectives

• Report: Study on Asian American voter registration in Massachusetts (August 2002)
• Report: RSF: Vietnam annual report 2002 (July 2002)
• Report: Nightly Business Report: Vision of a New Vietnam (May 2002)
• Documentary: New Documentary: "VIETNAM PASSAGE: Journeys from War to Peace" (May 2002)
• Interview: How the Vatican Views Meeting of U.N. Rights Panel (3/19/02)
• Report: Census 2000 Report on AAPIs (March 2002)
• Report: Quality of Health Care for Asian Americans (March 2002)
• Interview: U.S. Has Plan to Combat Traffic in Human Beings (3/1/02)
• Report: Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000 (2/7/02)
• Report: Five-Year Strategic Plan for Reducing Health Disparities (February 2002)
• Report: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Era of Devolution: A Persistent Challenge to Welfare Reform (February 2002)
• Interview: Cardinal Van Thuan Looks Ahead to Day of Prayer in Assisi (1/22/02)
• Report: World Values Survey in Vietnam (January 2002)
• Op-Ed: Redistricting is unfair to valley's Asian Americans (10/3/01)
• Interview: Trafficking in Humans is on Rise (8/03)
• Report: Religious Freedom Still Elusive in Asia & Africa (7/14/01)
• Interview: Young Vietnamese Heads White House Initiative on AAPI (7/01)
• Op-Ed: The Keys to Humanize Globalization (6/17/01)
• Op-Ed: Urging Financial Pressure to Promote Religious Freedom (5/5/01)
• Op-Ed: When Free Trade Is Too Much of a Good Thing (5/5/01)
• Interview: The Real Threat Behind Globalization? (4/30/01)
• Interview: Is Globalization an Opportunity or a Threat? (4/23/01)
• Op-Ed: Executive Salaries Are Still Flying High (4/21/01)
• Report: Finding Common Ground: Racial & Ethnic Attitudes in CA (4/5/01)
• Op-Ed: The Decline of Labor Unions (3/31/01)
• Op-Ed: Buddhas' Destruction Offended Some Afghans (3/31/01)
• Interview: Report to Outline Violations of Religious Liberty (3/28/01)
• Op-Ed: Why South Asia Is Missing 79 Million Women (3/24/01)
• Op-Ed: Privately Managed Public Schools Make the Grade? (3/24/01)
• Speech: President Bush's Address at Dedication of John Paul II Center (3/23/01)
• Interview: Regarding "Parent Document" of Modern Human Rights (3/19/01)
• Op-Ed: Work & Motherhood: Still a Hard Balance (3/17/01)
• Op-Ed: AIDS Drugs & Africa: Profits vs. People (3/17/01)
• Op-Ed: How Far Can Personal Freedom Go? (3/10/01)
• Speech: Ambassador Peterson's Remarks to the Asia Society (3/9/01)
• Report: U.S. Judges Friends and Foes on Human Rights & Drugs (3/9/01)
• Report: Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey (3/1/01)
• Report: AAPI to the President: A People Looking Forward (1/01)
• Report: Immigrant & Refugee Study - Fairfax County (December 2000)
• Op-Ed: How We Won in Vietnam
• Henry Kissinger - 25th Anniversary Retrospect
• Speech: President Clinton's Address at Vietnam's National University (11/17/00)
• Speech: Loyal Opposition Within the VCP

Documents

• Document: Human Rights Watch Report (April 2002)
• Document: U.S. State Dept 2001 Human Rights Report: Vietnam (March 2002)
• Document: HR 2368: Vietnam Human Rights Act (6/28/01)
• Document: H. Con. Res 178: Persecution of Montagnard Peoples in Vietnam (6/28/01)
• Document: Hmong Veteran's Naturalization Act of 2000
• Document: Congressional Hearing on US - Vietnam Trade Relations (6/17/99)
• Document: Universal Declaration of Human Rights