2014-01-13T07:02:20-00:00 2013-06-30 Roy D Carson CPA LLC 776 Sonne Drive Annapolis MD 21401 990EZ 2012-07-01 010905269 Vietnam Foundation VIET 2023342787 500 Fifth Street NW Room 570 Washington DC 20001 H Ray Gamble 2014-01-13 true Roy D Carson CPA 4105735558 2014-01-13 X 2012 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z X www.vnfoundation.org X 94705 X 94482 223 94705 29137 47668 1164 14692 21964 114625 -19920 95052 -10053 65079 X 95052 75079 95052 75079 0 10000 95052 65079 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. 59634 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. 8220 Provided assistance to handicapped students in local universities, and provided gifts to primary schools and orphanages. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail. 29137 X 37856 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. 8220 113930 Kien Pham 010.00 0 H Ray Gamble 002.00 0 Julie Parker 001.00 0 Asha Davis 001.00 0 false false false false false false true 10000 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 50000 102850 101792 142743 94482 491867 50000 102850 101792 142743 94482 491867 491867 23 319 517 223 1082 492949 0.99780 0.99780 X 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Kien Pham President Advance to allow foundation to pay scholarships based on grant receivable from TPG Global X 10000 10000 false true false 10000 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 0, Program service expenses 8,220 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10, Grants Paid Activity Donate 16 laptops for blind college students in Ho Chi Minh City, Grantee Various Various Vietnam, Cash Grant 5,377, Relationship Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10, Grants Paid Activity Grant 75 scholarships for blind college students in Ho chi Minh City, Grantee Various Various Vietnam, Cash Grant 18,003, Relationship Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Travel, lodging, and meals 9,972 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Equipment 1,132 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Vonage phone fees 432 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Conference fees 4,804 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Office expense 3,037 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Techcombank card expenses 2,278 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Bank fees 229 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses Taxes paid 80 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20, Net Assets Loan from Kien Pham -10,000 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20, Net Assets Foreign exchange loss -53 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 0, End of year 10,000 Form 990-EZ Part III Line 28 Program 1, line 28 Open Educational Resource OER Program In 2012 and 2013, we devoted a major amount of time and resources to building an educational platform for Vietnamese users to contribute to and to download teaching and learning materials free of charge. The goal was to help solve the lack of educational content in Vietnam. The Vietnam Open Educational Resource VOER--www.voer.edu.vn is the only comprehensive OER platform in the country of Vietnam. It has more than 20,000 knowledge modules and attracts more than 30,000 unique visitors per day. We also provide print-on-demand service which is free of charge to support several universities and individual lecturers/learners using VOER content in their teaching and learning. We printed about 50 selected topics 10 to 20 copies each topic. Form 990-EZ Part III Line 28 Program 1, line 28 contd In 2012, recognizing the demanding needs of the Vietnamese users, VNF has built up a definitely new platform. Its advantages are modern interface and technical tools, faster responses, user-orientation, facilitating search work. It acts as a milestone in the development of VOER. The content provided by Vietnamese educational and research institutions, universities, and well-known professors has been moving to the new platform under trial period. Form 990-EZ Part III Line 28 Program 1, line 28 contd As an active member in OER worldwide movement, VNF has developed a strong network at international, regional and national levels. We have participated in UNESCO meetings on OER to exchange knowledge and practical experiences of developing OER in Vietnam. We worked closely with Wawasan University in Malaysia to promote the development of OER Asia. VNF representatives have contributed experiences and guidelines related to OER application and development in several in-country seminars and conferences. Form 990-EZ Part III Line 29 Program 2, line 29 Institutional Linkage Program In 2012 and 2013, we continued to maintain and strengthen ties between US universities and Vietnamese institutions. We provided assistance to a significant number of faculty from U.S. universities including Rice University, Stanford University, the University of California in Irvine, the University of California in San Diego, the University of Iowa to establish contacts and exchanges with suitable educational entities in Vietnam. From these efforts, U.S. schools were able to establish programs in Vietnam. As a case in point, the University of California in Irvine now has a regular program to bring qualified Vietnamese students into their undergraduate schools. Form 990-EZ Part III Line 30 Program 3, line 30 We also provided assistance to handicapped students in local universities, helped Vietnamese non-profit groups organize their operations, supported developing a website of online books and materials for the blind http//sachnoionline.com/, and provided gifts to primary schools and orphanages. The annual scholarship program for the blind students named Sunflower Scholarship program has brought positive effects for the last 4 years. Up to now, 300 students have been granted scholarships by VNF. The number of scholarships have steadily increased through the years. Many students have graduated and continued Master program. During the year 2012-2013, we granted 75 scholarships each costs USD 240 and 16 laptops each costs 336 USD to outstanding blind college students. Understanding the difficulties of pupils in Yen Bai province, VNF contributed USD 4,798 to help build a primary school and grant scholarships to pupils. We also donated USD 958 to help the lepers in Buon Me Thuot province. Form 990-EZ Part III Line 31 Program 4, line 31 Educational Advisory Program In 2012 and 2013, 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 regular local forums to provide knowledge.