How do I write Vietnamese in emails and word documents?
What’s Unicode? Why should I use Unicode when I want to write Vietnamese?
Why do all my i’s become capitalized once I use VPSKeys?
Why do capital letters with Vietnamese signs show up as big boxes?
Someone sent me this file and I can’t read anything in it. What should I do?
If you have asked yourself these questions before, then the Vietnamese Professionals Society - Southern California chapter has a FREE workshop for you.
Abstract: Geared towards the everyday computer user, this workshops covers software and concepts related to using Vietnamese signs on the computer. We will cover the software used to write Vietnamese in documents and emails as well as describe Vietnamese computer formats such as VNI, VPS and Unicode. After this workshop, you will be able to use actual Vietnamese signs in your documents and emails and convert between different Vietnamese legacy formats. Other than Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Word, no further technical skills are necessary. This 2-3 hour workshop will be conducted primarily in Vietnamese.
Speaker: Minh T. Nguyen has been a long-time, active member of the Vietnamese Professionals Society, where he regularly gives workshops in Unicode, Internet technologies and Microsoft .NET. As a past co-host of the VPS TV show "Diễn Đàn Khoa Học" on SBTN, he also brings technical and scientific topics to general Vietnamese community. He published his first book "Visual Studio .NET Tips and Tricks" in 2004 and currently resides in San Jose, where he works as a Software Design Engineer for Microsoft.
Vietnamese Professionals Society in VietACT's Walk Against Trafficking
The Vietnamese Professionals Society of Southern California invite everyone to join us in the fight against human trafficking.
On May 13th, 2006 VPS Southern California will join with VietACT and the Union of Vietnamese Student
Association of Southern California in a relay to raise over $35,000 for the victims
of human trafficking in Asia.
As part of a national relay, this walk will take place in Little Saigon along Bolsa Avenue. Registration is $20 and will
include a Walk Against Human Trafficking t-shirt and goodie bag.
Hope to see everyone out on Bolsa on the 13th. Headquarters for the WALK AGAINST
TRAFFICKING will begin at Nguoi Viet Daily News Community Room, 14771 Moran Street,
Westminster, California.
VPS Southern California
1st VPS Southern California 2006 Cultural Dinner
Date: Saturday, March 4, 2006
Time: 6:00 PM to 11 PM.
Location: Ms. Hien Pham's House
Theme: Effective Ways to Help Vietnamese People in Vietnam
Please come and join us in this event. Share your thoughts and values in
our search for effective ways in helping our people and understanding our
culture. Mr. Dung Tran and
Ms. Xuan Vu will be moderators for the night. Each of us will have an opportunity to present
our ideas and suggestions.
Our great cuisine for the night originates from the great Central Land of Miền Trung.
The menu consists of the following: 1) Bánh Bèo,
2) Bún Bò Huế, 3) Bánh Bột Lọc and 4) Nghêu Xúc Bánh Tráng. For refreshment, we have soda, beer and wine. For dessert, we will have
Bánh Chuối.
Status: Completed. For the summary of the event, please click on Cultural Dinner.
VPS Southern California 2006 Wine Tasting Event
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006
Meeting Time: 9:00am
Meeting Place: Furiwa Restaurant (NE Corner of Brookhurst and Westminster)
Address: 13826 Brookhurst Ave.
VPS will have an all day trip visit to the Wine Country of Temecula. Come and learn how wine is made and enjoy a wide selection from various California wine makers. For more information please click on the flyer.
Please reserve ASAP @ qhlotus21@msn.com so there can be a head count. Transporation is self-provided or by carpooling with other members.
Status: Complete. Please click on details to find complete information such as flyer, itinary, links to map and contents of various wineries plus the history of the City Temecula.
VPS First Annual Benefit Gala
on Saturday, October 8, 2005at the Doubletree Hotel in Orange
We’re proud to introduce our First Annual Benefit Gala, a black-tie fundraising evening that pays tribute to the accomplishments of our young community, while at the same time supporting a worthwhile cause – the assistance of victims of human trafficking and labor exploitations. Please join us.
Time: Saturday, August 20th, 2005, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Citibank, 12221 Brookhurst Street, 2nd floor, Garden Grove, CA (corner of Chapman)
Fee: NO COST
Abstract:
If you are in the market to purchase your own home and are a first time buyer, this workshop will help you to better understand the current real estate market and ways in which you may qualify for financing without putting down 20%, paying PMI (private mortgage insurance) or FICO score requirement. There are also programs in which you might qualify for grants and/or subsidies for down payment assistance and/or closing costs. Citibank has these programs in partnership with local non-profit organizations.
To qualify for these programs, you must be:
A first time homebuyer
Have documented income below $94,625
Speaker: Phillip Nguyen, Vice President of Business Development for Citibank
Seating is limited to 35 people. You must RSVP to south_ca@hcgvn.org.
Vietnamese Mental Health Professionals Speak on Family Emotional Challenges.
Do you know the number of Vietnamese in the United States having poor mental health stemming from the inability to recognize and deal with emotional issues in their families?
Don’t be a part of this statistics. Learn how to help yourself and your family. Come to our FREE Speaker Panel to learn about Family Emotional Challenges and how to make the necessary changes to improve your emotional and physical well-being.
Time: Sunday, July 31st, 2005, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: Người Việt Community Center (14771 Moran Street, Westminster)
Fee: NO COST
Abstracts: Family emotional challenges can be difficult to identify and handle. Many of the emotional problems in the families are exacerbated by insufficient understanding of mental health. Mental health has been unaware, unspoken of, and many times forgotten in the families. The attendees will receive an overview of the significant roles mental health plays in parent-child and spousal relationships. Attendees will learn about the characteristics of an abusive relationship and signs of a potential abusive partner. Finally, the attendees will be informed of available community resources and services that can help improve the well being of family.
Main topics and the speakers:
Signs of abusive partners in relationships.
Ha-Tien Nguyen, MA, LMFT, Psychotherapist, Vietnamese American Human Service Association
Highlights of the affects of mental health in family relationships.
Hannah-Le Shroeder MS, LMFT, Pschotherapist, Aspiring Change Institute.
Taking care of your health (physical and emotional)
Tricia Nguyen, MPA, Excecutive Director, Nhan Hoa Medical Clinic
Please contact the VPS Southern California Chapter for more information or RSVP:
Dong Xuyen, MSW, LCSW at dxuyen@hotmail.com
Alternate Email: south_ca@hcgvn.org
Writing Vietnamese on Computer
Writing, reading and printing Vietnamese will no longer be an issue after this course…
When using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and many other applications
When using email or the internet
And much much more. . .
The VPS SoCal Chapter will provide you with the VPS Keys Software in addition to other related materials at the workshop.
Time: Sunday, March 6, 2005, at 1:00 PM Location: Người Việt Community Center (14771 Moran Street, Westminster) Fee: $5 (minimal fee to help us cover facility and other class costs)
RSVP (optional) or questions, please contact the
VPS Southern California Chapter at: south_ca@hcgvn.org
VPS North American Conference 2004
The Vietnamese Professionals Society is a worldwide non-profit organization composed of Vietnamese professionals from various fields. Some of the goals of VPS are to facilitate the exchange of professional information, provide the opportunity for students, professionals, and the public to learn about the current conditions in Vietnam and to contribute toward the advancement of the welfare of the Vietnamese people both in Vietnam as well as overseas. Since its inception in January 1990, VPS has grown to 25 chapters throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Besides the many local events that each chapter organizes, VPS as a whole also organizes regular conferences in North America, Europe and Australia. Previous North American Conferences were held in Hawaii, Southern California, Washington, Houston and Dallas. This year, the North American conference will return to heart of the Vietnamese community in Southern California.
The bilingual, 2-day conference will take place at the Doubletree Hotel Santa Ana/Orange County Airport on October 23rd and 24th 2004. The conference's theme is "Roles of Vietnamese Professionals - Global and Local Perspectives" and the conference program will include a number of well-known Vietnamese professionals, many workshops, discussions and sessions. More than 250 conference attendees from all of the United States and Canada are expected to participate in this event.
While VPS Southern California is honored to be the host of this event, this conference is organized by all North American chapters. We welcome ideas and suggestions and hope that you will not only attend the conference, but also take active part in shaping it.
The Vietnamese Professionals Society - Southern California is offering discounted introductionary lessons to professional dancing. For the next three weekends, VPS is teaming up with the Starball Dance Studio to provide basic lessons into Cha-Cha-Cha, Tango, Rumba, Waltz, Bebop and more. Geared towards young and old, these 90 minute sessions will allow you to learn about the basic steps and get to know these different dance styles.
The classes will be held at:
Starball Dance Studio
10931 Westminster Ave.
Garden Grove, CA 92843
714-530-8756
Corner of Westminster / Euclid
Sunday August 1
1 pm-2:30 pm
- Cha Cha Cha
Saturday August 7
1:30 pm-3:00 pm
- Tango
Saturday August 14
1:30 pm-3:00 pm
- TBD
The class fee is $10/person. No prior dancing skills are required.
Vietnamese Professional Society - Southern California
3114 S. Maddock, Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA, south_ca@vps.org
Please come and join us in this event. Share your thoughts and values in
our search for effective ways in helping our people and understanding our
culture. Mr. Dung Tran and
Ms. Xuan Vu will be moderators for the night. Each of us will have an opportunity to present
our ideas and suggestions. 
VPS will have an all day trip visit to the Wine Country of Temecula. Come and learn how wine is made and enjoy a wide selection from various California wine makers. For more information please click on the 
We’re proud to introduce our First Annual Benefit Gala, a black-tie fundraising evening that pays tribute to the accomplishments of our young community, while at the same time supporting a worthwhile cause – the assistance of victims of human trafficking and labor exploitations. Please join us.
The bilingual, 2-day conference will take place at the Doubletree Hotel Santa Ana/Orange County Airport on October 23rd and 24th 2004. The conference's theme is "Roles of Vietnamese Professionals - Global and Local Perspectives" and the conference program will include a number of well-known Vietnamese professionals, many workshops, discussions and sessions. More than 250 conference attendees from all of the United States and Canada are expected to participate in this event.