[Vnbiz] Building the American-Vietnamese friendship and understanding

[Craig Stevenson]

Dear CACC:

I would help, have a background in fund raising, non-profit management, and
reporting.
Could teach those skills to others, guide others if desired.

One simple idea is something that advertised opportunities for within the
network.  Fulbrights, exchanges, etc...

Craig

On 6/10/07, Tran Dinh Hoanh <tdhoanh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
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>
> Dear CACC,
>
> I have been thinking about this issue for a while, but I am reluctant
> about writing this down, because every time I come up with an idea for
> action, I am afraid that I will have to run the project (I have tons of
> projects already on my hands).  Anyway, I have always felt that the US-VN
> understanding should be increased, especially from the US side.  The
> Vietnamese in general know the US well, but the American don't know Vietnam
> well.  Most of them, including the politicos in Washington, still think of
> Vietnam more as a war than as a beautiful country with a wonderful people.
>
> So how do we help improve the mutual understand between the two
> countries?  In this family alone, we have Vietnamese American, we have
> Vietnamese students in the US, we have many Vietnamese with superb English.
> Over the years, Vietnam has many US alumni, i.e. graduates of US
> universities. So can we come up with simple mechanism to do that?
>
> I know that there is government-run US-Vietnam Society (Hoi Viet My)  in
> Hanoi and its leaders (anh Vu Xuan Hong, anh Hoang Cong Thuy, anh Pham Khac
> Lam ,etc..) are actually my personal friends.  But I am talking about a
> people-based mechanism ( i.e., non-government).  And I don't like the idea
> of a typical 503(c) organization with all kinds of fund raising activities
> and reports, because you spend most of your daily life doing fundraising and
> writing reports!!!  (But if you like the idea of 503(c), fine with me!).  I
> am thinking about a network of friends focusing on things that make
> the American and the Vietnamese love each other more.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Hoanh
>
> --
> Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
> Washington DC
>
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