2017-02-14T04:41:27-00:00 2016-06-30 Roy D Carson CPA LLC 776 Sonne Drive Annapolis MD 21401 990 2015-07-01 010905269 Vietnam Foundation VIET 2023342787 500 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20001 H Ray Gamble Chairman 2017-02-14 true Roy D Carson 4105735558 2017-02-14 X 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Kien Pham Ste 1B 5th Fl 105 Ton Dat Tien St Phu My Hung Dist 7 Ho Chi Minh City HO CHI MINH CITY VM 0000 273224 false X www.vnfoundation.org X 2008 DC Conduct educational activities with the goal of improving the lives of the Vietnamese people. 3 3 0 0 111182 273206 0 344 18 0 111526 273224 24021 203401 0 49089 39329 0 0 15954 14955 89064 257685 22462 15539 149481 165080 0 149481 165080 X The Vietnam Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of the Vietnamese people through education by supporting educational training programs and integrating technology innovation. The Vietnam Foundation, working with the U.S. National Academies, brings the expertise of the U.S. academic community to assist Vietnam in the field of education. false false 37277 Open Educational Resource OER Program Continues to be a resounding success. Unique users who contribute research and download materials at http//voer.edu.vn is 50,000 to 80,000 per day 25-100 increase over 2014. In peak period, this can reach 100,000 users. To accommodate the increase, we are developing more user functions for our Hanoi Spring software and maintaining strong hardware with 5 servers at our data center. To accelerate the growth of both active users/contributors and qualified content, we collaborated with the Vietnam Northern Academic Library Association, the Vietnam Southern Academic Library Association and the Center for Research and Development on Open Technology under the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology to organize a series of OER workshops and training sessions at four universities across Vietnam, attracting 180 participants who were university leaders, managers of libraries, librarians and faculty members. They were the key people to directly contribute their materials to our OER website and spread our call for qualified materials. 5366 Institutional Linkage Program We continued to maintain and strengthen ties between US universities and Vietnamese institutions. We provided assistance to a significant number of faculties from U.S. universities including Stanford University, the University of California in Irvine, the University of California in San Diego, to establish contacts and exchanges with suitable educational entities in Vietnam. 209249 203401 Assistance to handicapped, especially blind students in local universities and schools. First, supporting The Talking Books Library for the Blind. VNF contributed USD 135000 to complete a new community ctr in Ho Chi Minh City to house their library and other NGO organizations. There will be 6 professional recording studios to produce audio books available online for free so blind children and the elderly and also sighted people can have easy access to books. Second, Sun Flower scholarship for blind college students - 465 scholarships to date, 61 this year. Many recipients have graduated and become successful in their work and are mentors to other young blind students. Our scholarship program has become motivation and inspiration for many generations of blind students. Third, laptop award for blind students 122 to date, 17 this year. Last, Light of Lotus scholarship for blind kids who are studying at the special boarding school for the blind, many with inborn multiple disabilities and from poor families. This year VNF granted 50 scholarships to these children. 5366 257258 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 0 false true VM false false false false false false false false false false false X 3 3 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true false false false false false X X H Ray Gamble 2023342787 500 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20001 X Kien Pham President 010.00 X X 0 0 0 H Ray Gamble Chairman 002.00 X X 0 0 0 Mr Robert Schiffer Director 001.00 X 0 0 0 Julie Parker Treasurer 001.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 273206 273206 18 273224 0 0 203401 203401 0 0 0 39329 39329 0 0 0 0 0 1245 818 427 0 0 758 758 0 596 596 0 0 9018 9018 1046 1046 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bank and Paypal fees 1047 1047 Equipment 921 921 Miscellaneous paid by credit card 324 324 0 257685 257258 427 0 149481 164644 22186 21750 436 149481 165080 0 0 X 149481 165080 149481 165080 149481 165080 X 15539 436 -376 X false false false X 142743 94482 168970 111182 273206 790583 142743 94482 168970 111182 273206 790583 790583 517 223 103 344 18 1205 791788 0.99850 0.99760 X 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false 17262 17041 221 4924 4709 215 436 Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes true East Asia and the Pacific 1 6 Program services and grants Open Educational Resource, Institutional Linkage, assistance to handicapped students, and 255655 1 6 1 6 255655 255655 East Asia and the Pacific Donate to the construction of the Talking Books Library for the Blind 169334 wire transfer 1 Laptops to blind college students East Asia and the Pacific 17 5717 laptop computers FMV Scholarships to blind college students East Asia and the Pacific 161 19288 paid tuition scholarships FMV true false false false false false Part I Line 2 The foundation strictly maintains a record of all applicants, their written scholarship applications and the final selection decisions. We also maintain a record of the amount of money each scholarship recipient received. The foundation requests and receives an official record of school performance by our scholarship recipients each year. Re-grant decisions are made based on actual school performance results. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 5,366, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Educational Advisory Program We assisted numerous Vietnamese students in large and small groups in their efforts to understand the U.S. educational system and search for a suitable school. We participated in local forums and seminars to provide knowledge. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Foreign exchange loss Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8a The board held periodic discussions via emails and phone calls regarding program activities during the 2015-2016 tax year. Each monthly and quarterly expenditure budget was reviewed and approved by the majority of the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b There are no committees of the foundation. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11a Form 990 reviewed by the President and Chairman, following preparation by our accountant. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c By regular review of compliance with the organizational conflict of Interest policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization did not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public during the tax year, as it was not aware of this requirement.