Campaign 2015

Vn Representatives

Name Organization Location An Ho University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh city Kim Anh Foreign Trade University Hanoi Anh Vu University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi Chau Nguyen University of National Economics Hanoi Hien Trieu * Ho Chi Minh city Huong Duong University of Economics and Law Ho Chi Minh city Huong Nguyen * Hanoi Huyen Ngoc * Hanoi Huyen Tram * Hanoi Lieu Tran Oregon State University USA Thuy Nguyen Banking Academy Hanoi * Volunteers do not wish to disclose information....

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2015 New US Representatives

We acknowledge the following volunteers who have registered as our US Representative in 2015 Campaign. The list is as of August 2015. Name Organization Chau Hoang Texas A&M at Corpus Christi Ha Pham University of Illinois at Chicago Hao Vo University of Arizona Huong Nguyen Texas A&M at Corpus Christi Huong Nguyen Iowa State University Kien Ta UT Arlington Ly Huynh Townson Michael Tran Viet Nam Medical Assistance Program Minh Pham Texas A&M at Corpus Christi Nga Bui Auburn University Ngoc Luong Texas A&M at Corpus Christi Oanh Le University of North Texas Phuc...

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2015 Book Contributors

We are thankful to the following book donors and representatives for Campaign 2015: Donors Institution Quantity Collected by Prof. Thomas H. Cormen Prof. Devin Balkcom Prof. Robert Drysdale Dartmouth 74 Du Tran Anonymous UC San Diego 13 Tu Nguyen Book Day at TAMUCC Library TAMU Corpus Christi 289 TAMUCC VSA Erin Abel Professors and Students U of Arizona 81 Hao Vo Anonymous Penn State 244 Quang Trieu Tiep Vu Tara Van Toai UMD College Park 27 Huong Vu Dr. Say Kee Ong Uyen Tran Yuki Kojima Anonymous College of Business Dept. of Mathematics Steven Ways Iowa State 105 Huong Nguyen Hien...

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Annual Book Day 2015

We are thrilled to announced that over 1,600 books have been shipped to Duy Tan University (Da Nang) and RUBIC cooperative (Hanoi) from Austin, Texas on August 10, 2015. Thanks to our US Representatives, books were initially sorted before sending to Annual Book Day (ABD). You helped us improve the quality of books, save shipping cost and time!!! Unsorted books were processed at ABD with great help from our volunteers. Books seemed to be more interesting than bánh mì. Everybody kept packing box to box no matter how savory the lunch was. We finally took lunch break. ABD, as usual, is always...

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RUBIC club

The RUBIC club, founded in 2013, is a volunteer group which is committed to supporting Vietnamese children with special behavioral, mental and cognitive needs. Our past projects have included translation of English materials into Vietnamese, free skill training sessions for parents and volunteers, summer camps for children with special needs. What we have learned from the past two years is that  low level of community awareness and resources devoted to the health care and education of children with special needs is one of the biggest barriers to improving the quantity and quality of services for the children...

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Vietnam Book Drive at PennMoves 2015

Dear all, In May 2015, the Vietnam Book Drive project held a meaningful event of book collection at The University of Pennsylvania. It was the first collaborative activity of The Vietnam Book Drive with PennMoves, the University of Pennsylvania's Move-Out collection and donation program coordinated by the staff and students at Residential Services. Within a month of PennMoves, VnBookDrive received a total of 1,871 donated books. This was a considerably large number of books that were given a brand-new and meaningful mission: to contribute to the path of knowledge expansion for the students in Vietnam. Below...

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GUIDELINES FOR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES

By becoming a local representative, you join the team that drives this project. The energy you put in this project will decide how far this project can go and make impacts. Below are some guidelines to help us work together as a team. Every year, we launch couples of campaigns to call for book donations. Please join the effort to bring the campaign to your campus! Distribute the campaign posters and send out "call for donations" emails. You will receive all emails from potential book contributors via team mailing list. Based on the email addresses, you may be the person to initiate...

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Core team 2015

Vu Nguyen (Nguyễn Đăng Vũ) Leader University of Minnesota, 2012 PhD student in Mechanical Engineering Minh Tran (Trần Anh Minh) Vice leader UC Santa Barbara, 2013 PhD student in Electrical & Computer Engineering Thu Duong (Dương Thị Thư) Vietnam Relation University of Pennsylvania, 2011 PhD student in Cell and Molecular Biology Huong Ha (Hà Thị Thanh Hương) Stanford University, 2012 PhD student in Neuroscience Huong Nguyen (Nguyễn Xuân Hương) US Relation Iowa State University, 2014 PhD Student in Sustainable Agriculture Huong Vu (Vũ Thúy Hường) US...

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Document

Flyer   MoU with University of Information Technology, HCM City was not finalized in timely manner so all the books collected in 2015 Campaign went to Duy Tan University in Da Nang.

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Kickoff Campaign 2015

Dear friends, Vietnam Book Drive team is very happy to announce the Kickoff of Campaign 2015! If you want to give a hand on a meaningful community project to improve the academic environment in Vietnam as well as broaden your network and interact with people, please join Campaign 2015 of VnBookDrive project. Traditionally, VnBookDrive team collects textbooks from professors and friends in the universities all over the US and ship them to universities in Vietnam every year. Founded in 2007 by Vietnam Education Foundation Scholars and Fellows Association (VEFFA), VnBookDrive has shipped roughly 19,000...

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