Refugee Week Presentation at Preston High School
#RefugeeWeek in Australia marks a special time of reflection for our country’s thousands of refugees who call Australia home. The week is always held Sunday to Saturday in the week that includes 20 June, which is #WorldRefugeeDay.
The Voyage to Freedom
Trinh Ngoc Thu’s story “The search for freedom has cost many Vietnamese their lives. Their bodies perished under the immense seas. I almost died again and again on that fishing boat; I was so close to becoming one of those lost souls. My father was a well-known merchant and broke down in despair when our […]
A letter from 8-9 year old boy to his father
This letter was written by a Grade 3 boy to his dad, and he was locked in a re-education camp after the War. Phu Loc, 25 September 1979 Dear Daddy I wish you well. Grandparents are getting old. Mum has to work really hard in order to cover our schooling expenses. I am in grade […]
A Letter to Our Dad
A child’s letter written to their dad during Father’s Day 2021. Xin mời đọc tâm tình của những người con gửi cho cha của mình nhân ngày “Nhớ ơn Cha” – Father’s Day 2021. Chao Ba, It is nearly two long years since we were all together as a family; that holiday in Malaysia at […]
One brick donated by an Australian veteran
I met him one afternoon at Richmond Tet Festival this year. He was an Australian veteran who fought in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1969. A few months passed, I forgot his face, but I remember him as a tall and thin man. A couple of months ago, Albert forwarded an email from that […]
Lễ Tế Tổ nơi mảnh đất xây dựng Viện Bảo Tàng – Dedication ceremony at the Land of Hope
Tôi đang đứng trên mảnh đất hiện tại là bãi đậu xe sau lưng tiệm điện tử Tân Thanh. Đây không phải là mảnh đất bình thường. Viện Bảo Tàng của người Việt Úc Châu sẽ được xây cất trên mảnh đất này. Nơi đây ngoài VBT còn là trung tâm văn hóa, sinh […]
A Reflection for Father’s Day
As father’s day looms around the corner, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on some of the most important figures in our lives – Our Dads. Here is a poignant reflection from Thuy, a 2nd Generation Vietnamese Australian who likes to write to her father from time-to-time. Dear Dad, […]
