2016-01-15T10:45:02-00:00 2015-06-30 Roy D Carson CPA LLC 776 Sonne Drive Annapolis MD 21401 990EZ 2014-07-01 010905269 Vietnam Foundation VIET 2023342787 500 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20001 H Ray Gamble Chairman 2016-01-15 true Roy D Carson CPA 4105735558 2016-01-15 X 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z X www.vnfoundation.org X X 111526 X 111182 344 111526 24021 49089 1764 9018 1052 4120 89064 22462 117323 9696 149481 X 127323 149481 127323 149481 10000 117323 149481 X Conduct educational activities to improve the lives of the Vietnamese people. Open Educational Resource OER Program to provide online source of teaching and learning materials for Vietnamese users free of charge. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail. 46470 Institutional Linkage Program to establish contacts and exchanges between U. S. universities and educational entities in Vietnam. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail. 6015 Provided assistance to handicapped students in local universities, and provided gifts to primary schools and orphanages. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail. 30565 Educational Advisory Program 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. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail. X 6015 89065 Kien Pham President 010.00 0 H Ray Gamble Chairman 002.00 0 Julie Parker Treasurer 001.00 0 Ha Nguyen Operations Manager 040.00 8400 Minh Do OER Program Director 040.00 12000 Cuong Nguyen OER Technology Manager 040.00 8400 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false false H Ray Gamble 500 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20001 2023342787 true VM true VM false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 101792 142743 94482 168970 111182 619169 101792 142743 94482 168970 111182 619169 619169 319 517 223 103 344 1506 620675 0.99760 0.99810 X 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 31 Educational Advisory Program 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. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail.Grants and allocations, including foreign grants 0, Program service expenses 6,015 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10, Grants Paid Activity Award 50 scholarships for blind college students in HCMC, Grantee Various, Cash Grant 14,134, Relationship Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Travel, lodging, and meals 2,538 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Equipment 360 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Techcombank card expenses 922 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Bank fees 300 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20, Net Assets Foreign exchange loss -304 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20, Net Assets Loan from Kien Pham forgiven 10,000 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26, Liabilities Due to Kien Pham for advance to pay scholarships from TPG Global prior to receipt of cash Beginning of year 10,000, End of year 0 Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 28 Open Educational Resource OER Program In 2014 and 2015, after the successful launch of the new platform - Hanoi Spring, an advanced technology platform designed to allow the public to share teaching and learning materials and curriculum, we concentrated on maintaining and upgrading its technical functions to meet with higher demand of users, developing mobile app for Hanoi Spring, and building a module of QA bank www.pls.edu.vn. We also focused on expanding and developing community of users through our VOLT Alliance Vietnam Open Learning Technology and other channels like social networks. VOER has become a major portal for learners, students and teachers inside and outside of Vietnam. Every day, 30,000 to 50,000 visitors access VOER www.voer.edu.vn to contribute, research and download materials. 90 of them are domestic users and the rest are international visitors from the US, Germany, India, Russia, Japan, and other countries. The Vietnam Foundation and its technology team in Hanoi played a leading role in the development, technology and framework for global OER. Every year, Vietnamese OER experts have been invited to many international and local conferences and seminars to share experience and lessons when implementing OER. We assisted a project by the Ministry of Education and Training to develop a repository of open course ware for foreign languages training. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 29 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. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 30 We provided assistance to handicapped students especially blind students in local universities and schools. VNF scholarship program for blind college students named Sunflower Scholarship in Ho Chi Minh City HCMC became an annual, traditional and well-recognized scholarship program since its establishment in 2008. The scholarship program was established to financially support and award blind students in HCMC who were pursuing undergraduate and graduate study. In 2014, VNF had 60 blind scholars who were excelling in college. Each scholarship amounted to 5 million Vietnamese dong, equivalent to USD 236. Most of the scholarship recipients were from underprivileged families in central and Southern provinces, and some of their parents were dioxin-affected by the wars. However, they all shared a desire to purse higher education for a better future. Many of them chose to study pedagogy, psychological counseling, and music. Other awarding program is laptops for those who excel in schools. In 2014, 14 laptops were granted to the top scholars who met the requirement of GPA equal to or above 7.0. This support facilitated their study and research at school and improve their contact with the global community. Younger students at primary, secondary and high schools with blindness were also our targeted scholarship recipients. In 2014, VNF granted 50 scholarships to this group of students. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 31 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.