On Sunday evening, January 28, 2007, supporters of the Boat People Museum Project under way in Ottawa, Canada, gathered at the Grand Fortune Seafood Restaurant in San Jose to hear plans from Dr. Can D. Le, a former president of the Vietnamese Canadian Federation. Photos of Dr. Ngai X. Nguyen of San Jose, Councilwoman Madison Nguyen of San Jose, Dr. Can D. Le and his wife Mrs. Vivien Le, and the Most Venerable Thich Giac Luong are posted with the article on the VietAm Review blog by Jean Libby, editor, and Diem Truong of San Jose.   more »

After many long journeys in the thirty years since Vietnamese people began immigration in substantial numbers to the USA, the heritage and culture of Vietnamese Americans is celebrated in a Heritage Project exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution opening on January 19, 2007. Check it out on www.vietam.org.   more »