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…
News & Updates
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…
Feelings about the tragedy in England: A reflection by HIPE’s newest staff member
By Trần Thị Như Hồng, former Peer Health Educator, recently hired on as full-time HIPE staff (BIG CONGRATULATIONS, HỒNG!) Vietnamese below. A few days ago, the public was made aware about the 39 people who died in a shipping container…
Let’s get down to business…and do some strategic planning!
This past week was one for the books. As we said earlier, Thien-Nhien Luong (Design Capital Asia) and Cathy Lam (Our1World) are in Hue to find a new property for DCA’s Rong Center. This week we were joined by Ha-Noi…