forensic laboratory report of identification of Nguyen Chi Thien, author of Hoa Dia Nguc, from the photo given to the British Embassy with his manuscript in 1979. He was refused asylum and arrested outside the gate and imprisoned at Hoa Lo (Hanoi Hilton)

scholar Nguyen Huu Hieu, poets Nguyen Chi Thien and Phung Cung in Hanoi, 1994

Master Cambinh Nguyen of Vovinam martial arts school in San Jose with performers of the updated Trung Sisters pageant on March 25, 2007. photo by Jean Libby, Viet-Am Review

Vietnamese American Authors Book Fair at San Jose City College October 18, 2007 Tech Center Auditorium

The Vietnam Wars: A Panel Discussion on Wed., April 30 at the Engineering Auditorium, San Jose State University, 6:30 - 9 p.m.

Amerasian Fellowship Association Conference in San Jose May 4, 2008. email giadinhmyviet@comcast.net

The publication of Hoa Dia Nguc in 1984 attained world attention with the winning of the Rotterdam International Poetry Prize. The author and famous translator met in New Haven in 2005.

Hoi Tet San Jose with renowned Vietnam photographer Nguyen Ngoc Hanh and Viet Nam Nationalist Party leader Huynh Khue. Inauguration ceremony at 3 p.m. Saturday January 17.

New books inauguration on January 17 - 18 at South Hall, 435 S. Market St. San Jose 95113. Graphic created by Tran Trung Ngoc, graphics and Vietnamese language editor of Hai Truyen Tu -- Two Prison Life Stories.