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What they are saying in Vietnam about the Vietnam Children’s Fund

March 14 2013

Last year “Talk Vietnam” aired a show about VCF.  It was shown several times to great response. In early March the show was aired again on VTV4. Tien Phong newspaper printed two articles referencing the documentary about VCF. Here are the links:

Tienphong Online: Awakening Community
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VCF Welcomes the Honorable Linda “Toddy” Puller, State Senator, Virginia (D) to Advisory Board

December 04 2012

After serving in the Virginia House of Delegates for eight years, Toddy Puller was elected to the State Senate in 1999 where she continues to serve. She represents George Washington’s Mount Vernon area.

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Talk Vietnam Interview with Sam Russell

June 20 2012

The popular Vietnamese news show Talk Vietnam interviewed VCF In-Country Director Sam Russell in a two-minute segment focusing on the new school at Trước Đây.

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VTV4 Spotlights Yen Bai, VCF School

April 19 2012

Vietnam’s television station VTF4 ran a feature story in March 2012 spotlighting the latest Vietnam Children’s Fund school. Located in the remote, mountainous province of Yen Bai in northern Vietnam, the new two-story school has eight classrooms and will serve three hundred students.

One...

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Terry Anderson Featured in Leatherneck

April 16 2012

Terry Anderson writes in Leatherneck magazine about the history of the Vietnam Children’s Fund.

Early that Veterans Day morning, Scruggs and I moved slowly past the powerful black marble wall with its long list of names. There was already one man lean­ing against it, head bowed, touching...

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Kieu Chinh on OC Register’s Top 101 Celebrities of all Time

March 05 2012

93. Actress Kieu Chinh might not be a household name in large swaths of Orange County but in the worldwide Vietnamese community she’s a superstar, one of the biggest names in Vietnamese cinema. Since moving to the U.S. and settling in Garden Grove she’s been seen in movies such as “The Joy...

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Construction begins for Boeing-funded school

October 11 2011

Thanks to a generous grant from Boeing Company matched by longtime Vietnam Children’s Fund supporter and friend, Mr. H.L. Lenfest, an elementary school is being built in Tan Uyen, Lai Chau Province.  High in the northern mountains, the project is not far from the town of Sapa, which has...

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FedEx helps build a school

January 10 2011

A VCF school will be built in 2011 in Yen Bai Province thanks to a generous gift from FedEx.

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Thai Binh School Completed September 2010

September 02 2010

Thai Binh SchoolThanks to Citigroup and many generous individuals this school is serving over four hundred needy children in Thai Binh Province including those from an orphanage. Many thanks to all who contributed to this much-needed school.

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Danang School Completed April 2010

April 01 2010

Thanks to the generous contributions of The India Company 3rd Battalion 9th Marines and Friends of Danang, a badly needed school has been built in Danang. The India Company and Friends of Danang pledged $50,000 each and together with the matched pledge by VCF and donations from individual...

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Long An School Completed Semptember 2009

September 03 2009

Long An School In a wonderful gesture of corporate good citizenship, American Eagle Outfitters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Li and Fung (1906) Foundation Limited joined as funding partners to construct VCF’s 42nd school in Long An Province. Over 450 children are benefitting. The school accepted the...

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DÄ Yũ Tình Hoc Trò

July 25 2009

Event PosterOn Saturday July 25, 2009 longtime VCF supporter Winston Ninh and his friends in San Antonio Texas held a music filled event to support the Vietnam Children’s Fund. They raised over $1500 and we thank and acknowledge all those who make this such a success including:

Lexi, Linda, QChau:...

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Another interesting trip to down South of Vietnam visiting VCF’s school By Lan Vien

August 29 2006

29/8/2006
Left Hanoi at 5 pm for the evening flight to Ho Chi Minh City.

30/8/2006
Woke up at 4 am to catch the 6 am flight from Ho Chi Minh city to Ca Mau. Arrived at Ca Mau at 7 am. One hour after arriving we got in a taxi heading to Kien Giang to see new location for VCF’s school. It was...

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My VCF School Journal By Jeffy Angel

February 10 2005

Today was our first visit to one of the schools built by the Vietnam Children’s Fund, which is an NGO set up by American Veterans to build schools in rural Vietnam.

The effects of war had destroyed the educational infrastructure and the literacy rate of the country has dropped enormously...

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