Press Release Contact: Cathy Lam [cathylam@va-ngo.org, 1-714-330-3589] Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Vietnamese American Non-Governmental Organization Network Awarded California Arts Council Artists in Communities Grant State funds support “MEKONG—The Water’s Tales,” a project highlighting the music and life along…
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Giving Tuesday: VANGO joins ConnectNGive to provide PPEs during the COVID-19 pandemic
VANGO Network is joining ConnectNGive.org this Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 for Giving Tuesday. Some nurses and doctors have been rationed down to 1 face mask a day due to COVID-19 related shortages. This challenges their work efficiency and safety, putting…
DCA partners with the Dim Sum Warriors to provide Vietnamese translation of kids COVID-19 quiz
We are so excited to share our partnership with Yum Cha Studios to provide the Vietnamese translation of their (free) Dim Sum Warriors COVID-19 quiz. Special thank you to Design Capital Asia HIPE coordinators Võ Thị Kiều Hân and…
COVID-19 Relief in USA and Vietnam
Thank you to everyone who has been supporting our VANGO COVID-19 relief efforts. Your donations have helped us to bring PPE supplies to health care workers and first responders every week since March locally and as far as New…
A message from Hue: Universal Caramelized Shrimp Dipping Sauce “Mắm ruốc rim” Recipe
Vietnam is in lockdown and most of USA is sheltering in place, so our very own HIPE PHE and RONG House intern Ni wanted to share her recipe for mắm ruốc rim (Vietnamese caramelized shrimp sauce) to help make…
“Love in the time of Coronavirus”
“It is life, more than death, that has no limits. Love becomes greater and nobler and mightier in calamity.“ — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Thank you for joining our efforts to address the shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in…
Community Responsibility: Thoughts from a new mother in self-quarantine due to COVID-19
By Võ Thị Kiều Hân, HIPE Coordinator and loving mother of two young children. Vietnamese below. We are currently under self-quarantine in our home–my 63 year old mother, my 17 day old baby Kai, my 30 month old baby Mint,…
HIPE Team in Hue receive coronavirus training
Training Update: Yesterday, we held an online video workshop about COVID-19 (aka. coronavirus) at Design Capital Asia – DCA‘s Huế office with members of our HIPE Team. The workshop was led by Hang Truong, Pharm.D, BCPS, from UMass Memorial Medical…
HIPE accepted for presentation at the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights
UPDATE: Due to the COVID-19 situation, the conference has been postponed to an unknown later date. We will update as we learn more. We are so proud of member organization Design Capital Asia’s Healthy Initiatives through Peer Education (HIPE) program…
OneHeart Newsletter Issue 4 – Autumn 2019, Special Issue
Below is a blog version of the latest newsletter. For the official version, please feel free to contact us at info@va-ngo.org. OneHeart, Issue 04 AUTUMN 2019 – SPECIAL ISSUE – CALL TO ACTION Be Good. By Cathy Lam, Treasurer (VANGO…