Adoption from Vietnam
Created by a couple who adopted children from Vietnam and China, this website is a forum for the discussion such adoption experiences and provides basic information on Vietnamese adoption, requirements and procedures, agencies involved, U.S. State Department overviews, and country background information in addition to related links such as Families with Children from Vietnam and other websites by families who have adopted Vietnamese children.

Amerasian Network
Amerasian Network is a non-profit organization which operates in Vietnam to benefit Amerasians and other displaced young people. The website describe the current situation of Amerasians in Vietnam and the organization's rural school program, exchange programs between U.S. and Vietnamese universities and colleges, health programs at four Vietnamese hopitals, children's centers and a center for the mentally ill, and sponsorship program for orphans

Australian Veteran's Vietnam Reconstruction Group
This group of Australian Vietnam War veterans are assisting in the reconstruction of Vietnam in the province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. The website provides information on ongoing projects, maps of the area, and a newsletter.

The Burning Bush Clinics of Vietnam
The Burning Bush clinics are free clinics run by Vietnamese doctors and volunteers. Their website, which includes photographs, describes their work and seeks support for their efforts.

CARE--Vietnam
CARE Vietnam's website provides statistical background information on Vietnam and describes projects undertaken in the country by the organization in the areas of small economic development, environment, agriculture and community development, general health, and maternal and child health.

Friends of the Central Highlands
The Friends of the Central Highlands (FOCH) organization was organized to assist the Montagnard people of Vietnam. The organization provides educational scholarships, agricultural grants and training, and is involved in other projects designed to provide Central Highlands Montagnards with economic stability, pride in their culture and heritage, and a higher standard of living. Their website includes information on the history and purpose of the organization, facts about Vietnam, a biography of the organizers, and links to Vietnam-related sites.

Mennonite Central Committee
The Mennonite Central Committee, one of the major NGOs working in Vietnam, uses their website to report on the status of ongoing projects in Vietnam as well as providing a format for articles and discussions relating to Vietnam today.

NGO's in Vietnam
VietGate provides a list of the non-governmental agencies and organizations currently working in Vietnam.

PeaceTrees Vietnam
The PeaceTrees project, operated by the Earthstewards Network, is dedicated to reducing the danger of landmines in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam and to beginning reforestation of the area. The website features useful links to other landmine sites and resources related to children and youth, computers and technology, environment, and housing and homelessness.

Social Assistance Program for Vietnam
SAP-VN's website describes its current programs in Vietnam which include cleft-palate/lip surgery, orthopedic surgery, free health care, education, medical supply including wheelchairs, and emergency relief.

Tinh Thuong
Tinh Thuong is a charitable program of the Society of the Divine Word helping the handicapped, the orphaned, and the poor in vietnam regardless of religion or ethnic origin.

U.S.- Indochina Reconciliation Project
USIRP is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which,since 1985, has worked for normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The organizations primary post-normalization focus is on educational and cultural exchange and serves the not-for-profit community active in the region as an information center and conference organizer and assists private and corporate philanthropies interested in supporting NGOs and university programs. The organization's website includes its newsletter, Indochina Interchange, and information regarding its annual conference.

Vets with a Mission
Vets with a Mission is a non-profit charitable organization founded by Vietnam War veterans to help heal the suffering of Vietnam and of the Vietnam experience. Their well-designed and organized site explains the various projects, many of them medical and dental, being undertaken in Vietnam by the group, provides statistics on the effects of the war, and links to related pages. Of particular interest is the Orphan & Street Children Sponsorhsip Program. Also included on the site are contemporary and wartime photographs of the people of Vietnam, maps, information on the children of Vietnam, war history, and a section on war memorabilia.

The Viet Nam Friendship Village Project
The Viet Nam Friendship Village project is a multinational project to build a new, small village in Vietnam for the elderly, handicapped, orphans, and students. The website describes the project and includes photographs, related links, and a travellog.

The Vietnamese-American Peace Park Project
The Madison, Wisconsin Quakers are involved with several projects designed assist the Vietnamese. Among the projects are renovation of a hospital, the construction of a primary school, the expansion of a revolving loan fund, and, most recently, work on a Peace Park to help the people of My Lai. The website describes these projects, provides photographs of ongoing work, and links to information about the My Lai massacre and other vet-organized projects in Vietnam.

Vietnamese in Public Health
Vietnamese-American public health students and professionals at the John Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health are working to improve health care in general, but specifically health care in Vietnam. Their site provides a clearinghouse for the exchange of information on health care access and delivery for the Vietnamese community in the U. S. and abroad. A discussion on the state of health care in Vietnam is available at the site. See also, HIV Educational Exchange for Health Care Workers in Vietnam.

VNhelp
Founded in 1991, VNhelp is a non-profit, non-governmental organization assisting children, families, and communities in Viet Nam in education and health care and promotes cultural exchanges between Vietnam and the United States. The organization's website describes ongoing projects.

See also, Adoption from Cambodia and Friends Without a Border, a non-profit organization building the Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia.

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Access Asia's Vietnam
Access Asia provides business and cultural links for the countries of Asia. Vietnam's page includes links to information on culture, development, geography, government, the Internet, maps, news, and tourism.

CIA Fact Book--Vietnam
The Central Intelligence Agency's fact book on Vietnam provides good background information on Vietnam's geography, history, economic picture, culture, politics, government, and society. This particular version of the factbook dates from 1996. See also the country study on Vietnam from the Library of Congress.

FreeViet
This Vietnamese-American website, which flies the old South Vietnamese flag, focuses on news from Vietnam and discussions of Vietnamese culture and the human rights situation in Vietnam today. Photographs and links are provided.

Hmong Electronic Resources Project/Hmong Studies Journal
Students and researchers interested in the Hmong and Hmong issues will find an extensive collection of full-text documents, reference citations, issues of the Hmong Studies Journal, and links to related Web sources at this site.

Hashing in Hanoi
The Hanoi Hash House Harriers and Harriettes are running clubs in Hanoi. Their website lists upcoming events and pictures of previous events.

NamViet Forum
NamViet Forum is a nicely organized site that provides information on the arts and culture of Vietnam, travel, cuisine, weather, a slide show, and current news from English and Vietnamese sources.

Shadows and Wind: A View of Modern Vietnam
Robert Templar's book Shadows and Wind: A View of Modern Vietnam, to be published by Abacus in England in October, 1999, covers the religion, food, arts and literature, architecture, city life, and the changing political and social environment of Vietnam in addition to a discussion of the Vietnamese Diaspora. This website provides readers with one chapter from the book.

Vietnam: An Introduction
Interknowledge Corporation provides a good introduction to Vietnam on this website, providing information on the country's location.geography, climate, history, culture and people. A second page, Exploring Vietnam, discusses parks, activities, and the major cities.

The Viet File
This large site provides annotated links to Vietnam in the following categories: general information, geography and ecology, culture, people, history, economy, technology, government, groups and organizations, and news and current topics.

Viet-Gallery
Viet-Gallery's impressive collection of links includes information on Vietnamese landmarks, monuments, cities (Hué, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Dalat, and Nha Trang, and Vung Tau), travel, present day issues, community services and organizations for Vietnamese-Americans, including help in finding missing relatives, cultural and social issues, non-governmental and humanitarian organizations working in Vietnam, human rights, and legislation affecting Vietnamese. Links to sites to download Vietnamese software are also provided as some linked sites require Vietnamese fonts to view.

VietGate
Called the "Yahoo of the Vietnamese online comunity," VietGate currently includes 90,000 links, providing access to all things Vietnamese on the web, including culture, history, music, recipes, charitable foundations, and a search engine.

Vietnam: A Children's Guide
Mrs. Taverna's second grade students at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York have created a well-designed, useful site that provides information about Vietnam, teacher resources, Web sources, a children's book list, professional materials, a list of Vietnam photo sites on the Web, and information about schools in Vietnam.

Vietnam Information
SunSITE Singapore's Southeast Asia links include a page on Vietnam that provides general information on the country's geography, people, government, economy, and communications.

Vietnam--My Homeland
Cuong Nguyen, a system adminstrator for the National Instutite of Health, remembers his homeland with a website that provides a large selection of links to Vietnamese maps, cities, publications, and aspects of Vietnamese culture. See also University of Illinois student Nguyen Vu's homepage Vietnam.

Vietnam Online
Vietnam's first public website, published in Hanoi, provides information about business, travel, culture, and current events in Vietnam. Updates to the Vietnam Investment Review are also available.

Vietnam's Knowledge Base
Tan Le's website provides a useful Brief History of Vietnam and photographs of the country.

Viet-Net
Viet-Net is the official home page of soc.culture.vietnamese and provides links to sites relating to Vietnamese culture and non-profit Vietnamese organizations

Viet's World
Finland's Loc Nguyen's website features useful links to business, computers, education, entertainment, government, and news relating to Vietnam.

Vietspace
Vietspace is a valuable resource for current events relating to Vietnam. Interesting articles, live radio webcasts, and interviews are featured. Also included is information on art, music, literature, film, business, organizations, and links to related sites such as Vietnamese newspapers and magazines

Viettouch.com
Viettouch.com is one of the most effective designed websites devoted to Vietnamese culture. Links are provided to art, architecture, history, literature, music, numismatics, and philately.

Welcome to the Country of Flying Dragons
The "flying dragons" site, presented in English, German, and Vietnamese, provides links to Vietnam's history, culture, people, landscape, economy, tourism, and a list of Vietnamese homepages.

Additional information on Vietnamese culture may be found at:

Ao Dai--Traditional Vietnamese Dress
Business Culture Fine Arts of Vietnam
Focus on Ethnic Cuisine: Vietnam
Traditional Vietnamese Music
Vietnam Art Gallery
Vietconnection
Vietnamese Literature
Voices of Vietnam
Welcome to Vietnam

Websites relating to Vietnam's history include:

Brief History of Vietnam: 1950-1975
Chronology of U.S.-Vietnam Relations
Clickable Map of Vietnam
General Physical Features of Vietnam
A Look at Viet Nam History
Some Collective Facts About Ho Chi Minh
The Tay Son Resource Page
Vietnam: History and Politics (University of Michigan)
Vietnam Leaders
The Vietnam War
Vietnam's Turbulent History

Other sources of background information on Vietnam and Indochina (Cambodia, Laos) include:

Vietnam

Agent Orange Blights Vietnam (BBC)
Asiaco: The Asian Search Engine
Biodiversity Profile of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
The South China Sea WWW Virtual Library
Southeast Asia Diary
Usenet Web: soc.culture.vietnamese
Vietnam
Vietnam Country Information
Vietnam: History and Politics (University of Michigan)
Yahoo! Countries:Vietnam

Cambodia
Beauty and Darkness: Cambodia, The Odyssey of the Khmer People
The Cambodian Artists Assistance Project
Cambodian Information Center
Cambodia Ban Land Mines Association
Cambodian Law Archives
Cambodia: Photography by Darren Whiteside
The CIA World Factbook on Cambodia
Post-Coup Cambodia: Relaxation or Further Repression? The Sam Rainsy Party
From Sideshow to Genocide: Stories of the Cambodian Holocaust
Vietnam Today: Cambodia

Laos
Adventure Into Laos
Country Study - Laos
Embassy of Laos in Washington D.C.
Genocide in Cambodia and Laos
Internet Travel Guide: Laos
Laos Infosite
Vientiane Times

For additional information, see Journeys to Vietnam or Travel to Vietnam.

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Lynch-Thanh Cong International
Lynch-Thanh Cong International is a U.S.-Vietnam trading company. This site provides a wealth of information for the investor, businessperson, or anyone interested in Vietnam today and includes information about Vietnam's economy, exports, imports, products and services, principle players, travel, culture, people, and related Internet sites.

Vietnam Business Journal
The useful online version of the New York and Hanoi-based Vietnam Business Journal provides viewpoints and discussions relating to Vietnamese and Asian business news, an events calendar, classifieds, and an archive of back issues.

Vietnam Business News
Links are provided to headline business news and opinions relating to Vietnam.

Vietnamese Economics Network (VECON)
VECON works to advance communication among economists doing research on Vietnam's economy.

Vietnam Online
Not to be confused with Vietnam Online (http://www.vietnamonline.net) from Hanoi, this site promotes tourism and trade with Vietnam and is based in California. Provided at the site are a yellow pages section listing businesses in Vietnam, information on employment in Vietnam, a list of recruiters and business publications, and a wide array of useful travel information from the visa application process to specific travel sites.

For additional information on businesses in Vietnam, see:

Conroy International
General Information Service Company
Lovell, White, Durrant
Vietnam Access
VTTECH
Window on Vietnam (Vannevar New Media, Inc.)

For other sources of Vietnam and Asian business news and information see:

ASEANWEB
ASEANWEB: Vietnam
AsiaBizTech
Asian and Global Business Crisis
ASID: ASEAN Supporting Industry Database
Asian Economies: Electronic Sources
Asia Online
Asia Pacific Management News
Asia Inc., Online
Asiawind
Baker & McKenzie Intellectual Property Guide--Vietnam
Business Culture
CARL
Clinton's Decision to Lift the Vietnam Embargo
Doing Business in Vetnam
ENTERWeb--Enterprise Development--Vietnam
Focus on Southeast Asia
IPS News from Asia and the Pacific
Import/Export Invest Vietnam
Far Eastern Economic Review
Journey to Vietnam
Search Dragon
South China Morning Post
Tradeport Trade Directory: Vietnam
Vietnam Economic Newsbriefs
Vietnam Economic Times
Vietnamese Economics Network (VECON)

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Amnesty International Publications and News Releases on Viet Nam
The website of Amnesty International, a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights, provides the latest news and information about on going situations, problems, and campaigns being undertaken by the organization. The Vietnam section of the website provides new releases and publications relating to Vietnam since 1996.

Freedom House' Report on Vietnam
Freedom House is an advocate of the world's young democracies. It conducts an array of U.S. and overseas research, advocacy, education, and training initiatives that promote human rights, democracy, free market economics, the rule of law, independent media, and U.S. engagement in international affairs. In addition, Freedom House publishes Freedom in the World, an annual comparative assessment of the state of political rights and civil liberties in 191 countries. Vietnam was listed among the most repressive regimes of 1998.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report: Vietnam
Text of the 1997 State Department report on human rights practices in Vietnam. For the full report, see http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1997_hrp_report/97hrp_report_toc.html. Amnesty International also reports on Vietnam's human rights practices.

Vietnam Human Rights Network
The website of the Committee for Human Rights in Vietnam, written in English and Vietnamese, features information, articles, and papers related to human rights in Vietnam, a calendar of events, news and activities related to human rights in Vietnam, human rights newsletters, and links to other human rights organizations and webpages.

Vietworld
The authors of this website wish to provide information about the "Vietnamese Holocaust," the death and imprisonment of Vietnamese citizens in re-education camps following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 and the human rights violations going on in Vietnam today. Their mission also includes provicing a discussion forum for issues related to Vietnamese-American community, and in providing assistance to Vietnam's holocaust survivors and famillies.

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Cycle Vietnam
An account of Jay Rolls' bicycle trip from Hanoi to Saigon with pictures.

Hitchhiking Vietnam
This large site is a photojournal of a Karin Muller's trip to Vietnam, based on the PBS television program. Included are travel tips, sites and destinations, commentary on life and customs in Vietnam today, and photographs of the country. An account of Muller's journey was also published in Salon magazine.

Passage to Vietnam: Catherine Karnow
In the Fall, 1995 issue of Atlas Magazine, photographer Catherine Karnow, one of the photographers whose work was included in the book Passage to Vietnam, decribes her trip to Vietnam in 1994 and 1995, commenting on the changes she saw from her first trip in 1990. Photographs included.

Rec.travel Library
Provides travel information for and business opportunities in Vietnam as well as journals of recent travelers.

Viet Nam Picture Archive
A collection of photographs from Vietnam are provided at theis website, grouped into categories such as scenery, people, monuments and statues, history, and daily life. Other photographs may be found at:

Chaudoc, Vietnam Photographs
Children of Southeast Asia
Denise Rocco Photography
A Portrait of Viet Nam
Que Huong
Que Viet Gallery
Vietnam Interactive Portfolio
Wing Gang Photography

Voices of Vietnam
Musician/composer Philip Blackburn describes his journey to Vietnam, focusing on the music and the people of the country. Photographs and musical links are included.

Other accounts of trips to Vietnam and Southeast Asia may be found at:

Andy Brouwer's Travel Reports
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Travel Links
The Children of Southeast Asia: A Portrait Gallery Southeast Asia Diary: Tales of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand
Southeast Asia Journal: My Journey to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand
Our Trip to Vietnam
Vietnam (stories and photo essays)
Vietnam Visited and Revisited
A Virtual Visit to Vietnam

See also, Background Information on Vietnam or Travel to Vietnam.

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Saigon Times Daily
Ho Chi Minh City's English-language newspaper, the Saigon Times Daily is a fee-based site providing the latest news from Vietnam,

Vietnam Daily News
The Vietnam Daily News provides stories on business, economics, politics, social life, sports, and cultural events in Vietnam.

Viet Nam News
Viet Nam News, a national English language daily from the Vietnam News Agency in Ho Chi Minh City, is a good source of current news and events in Vietnam with features on politics, science and technology, business and economy, lifestyle, sports, and letters to the editors. The Talk Around Town column presents the thoughts and views of a wide cross section of Vietnamese citizens on Vietnamese society, while Dragon Tales takes a light hearted look at life in the Red River Delta. Business Beat offers incisive comments on commercial matters. Back issues are available. The Vietnamese News Agency also provides access to its other official daily newspapers in English, Vietnamese, and French

Vietnam Flash
Vietnam Flash is a synopsis of news stories from publicly available sources about Vietnam compiled by Swiss journalist Marcel Stoessel and updated monthly. Included are serious accounts of events in Vietnam as well as humorous stories--another useful way to keep up with what's going on in Vietnam. Also included is a bibliography of recommended books

Vietnam-Related General News
Daily headlines from Vietnam are provided at this useful, fee-based site in addition to links to Vietnamese business and media resources including The Saigon Times Weekly, Vietnam Investment Review, and other periodicals.

Vietnam Review
Publsihed in Hanoi, Vietnam Review provides information about Vietnam's land and people, politics and diplomacy, social life, economic conditions, and cultural life. The journal is published in several languages.

Current news from Vietnam and from Vietnamese communities abroad, written in Vietnamese, are also available. Vietnamese fonts, which can be downloaded at Vietinfo and Unibrowse are needed to access the following sites: