Vietnamese Student Festival II - 2008

* Time :

- From 2pm to 8pm. Friday 3 October, 2008


* Venue:

Queensland College of Art, Griffith University , 226 Grey Street, South Bank.


* Activities:

1. Photo and items exhibition:

- From 2.00pm – 5.00pm

- Venue: Grass area.

- Content:

+ Photo exhibition named: "A moment of Ao Dai in Queensland " and photo about Vietnam 's beauty.

+ Displaying Dong Ho painting, Ha Dong silk and Vietnamese traditional musical instruments.



2. Movie show:

- From 2.00pm – 5.00pm

- Venue: Lecture Theature S05.

- Content:

+ Documentary films about Vietnam tourist.

+ The Rebel - A Vietnamese film.



3. Cultural exchanges.

- From 2.00pm – 5.00pm

- Venue: Grass area.

- Content:

+ Taking photograph.

+ Answer quiz about Vietnam (for international students)



4. Cuisine:

- From: 3.30pm – 5.00pm

- Venue: Lecture Theature S05.

- Content:

+ Tasting some Vietnamese traditional meals.



5. Music performance:

- From 5.00pm – 8.00pm

- Venue: Lecture Theature S05 (invitation required) and Grass area outside (live broadcasting)

- Content: Singing and dancing about beauty of country and people of Vietnam (live broadcasting is available, invitation is needed for Theature entry).

* Thong tin ve Festival tren mot so phuong tien thong tin cong cong:



1. UQ News:

http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=15943


2. Griffith News Now:

http://app.griffith.edu.au/03/griffith-news-now/?p=1821


3. Ourbrisbane.com:

http://www.ourbrisbane.com/whats-on/festivals/1427180.vietnamese-student-festival-2008


4. Danang city official website

http://www.danang.gov.vn/home/view.asp?id=83&ID_tin=17308

Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's Visit to UQ!

It was a beautiful day on 5 May, 2005 in the University of Queensland. Everyone was so thrilled by PM's visit. We had a chance to visit key figures in the Government. It was a one-in-a-million chance.

Vietnamese Student Festival I (VSF I) - An unforgettable memory!

VSF I was held in 2005 in the University of Queensland. More than 600 people turned up. In this festival, Vietnamese and international friends enjoyed different dishes and music across the beautiful country of Vietnam. Below are some pictures taken in the festival.

Nguyen Nguyen - Thao (Souls of the Music night)

Bamboo Dancing Practice

Hat Show Rehearsal

Music Rehearsal

Get Ready!!!

Ao Dai Show!!!

Speech!!!

Vietnam - My country



Trong Com



Bamboo Dancing.

Out-of-this-world Performances!!!

Mail Moderation!

This message is important so please read it carefully.

At the moment we are using two emails

1) vnsclub2004@yahoo.com

a) It is used for registration of new members.
b) It is used for personal issues.

2) vnsclub2004@yahoogroups.com

a) It is used to contact everyone in the Club.
b) It is NOT used for the email exchange of one or two persons. Linkers will not approve such emails. If you want to contact him/ her, pls contact directly.

ALL YOUR EMAILS WILL BE CHECKED BY LINKERS BEFORE SENDING TO OTHER MEMBERS IN THE CLUB.

Important: If you think you recieve too many emails from VN Club, pls let us know. We can solve your problem.

Cheers,

Khoa Anh Viet

Linker 1.

VN CLUB Regulations!

VN CLUB

Email address: vnsclub2004@yahoogroups.com


Foundation date

26 March, 2004.

MEMBERS

400

VN CLub Linkers

Linker 1 (Active, Founder): general management and in charge of personnel. (vnsclub2004@yahoo.com)
Linker 2: (Inactive) Phan Hong Thu
Linker 3: (Inactive) Nguyen Huynh
Linker 4: (Inactive) Phan Anh Vu
Linker 5: (Active) Approve emails, in charge of contacting the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia.(vnsclub_linker5@yahoo.com)
Linker 6: (Inactive) Nguyen Lien
Linker 7: (Inactive) Nguyen Ngoc Khanh
Linker 8: (Active) In charge of contacts with the University of Queensland
Linker 9: (Active) In charge of VN Club Website
Linker 10: (Active) Approve emails, in charge of contacts with Griffith University (vnsclub.linker10@yahoo.com)
Linker 11: (Active) Approve emails, in charge of social activities
(vnsclub.linker11@yahoo.com)
Linker 12: (Active) In charge of fund-raising (vnsclub.linker12@yahoo.com)

CONDITIONS TO JOIN VN CLUB

All old, new, and would-be students in colleges and universities in Queensland enjoy the rights to join.

In order to be accepted as a VN Club member, you have to fill in the given form correctly and truly. VN Club members will process your information and decide on your participation. All the registration will be done at vnsclub2004@yahoo.com.

VN Club Motto

Operating on the motto "One for all, and all for one", every member is equal in terms of rights and obligations when joining VN Club. All members can have their own initiatives to contribute to VN Club activities. Their initiatives have to be specified (detailed content), supported and joined by VN Club member.

VN Club purposes

VN Club was founded to serve the purpose of bridging Vietnamese students in Queensland - Australia and mutual assistance in study, work, and everyday life during the time living in Queensland and after graduation.

VN Club activities can be listed as follows:

1. Study: Exchange academic experiences (possibly within groups of same interests); exchange learning and research skills abroad; group discussion; assist new and would-be students to find teachers and schools, etc.

2. Spiritual life: Organize different activities of sports, music, travel, and other outdoors activities.

3. Physical life: Assist one another to find accommodation, jobs during study or after graduation, to provide information concerning travel and transportation; to buy and sell furniture necessary for living; to lend money (if conditions permit).

FORMS of Activities

1. Through VN Club Mail: When a member (or a group of members) send emails to the common email address, Linkers will check, and approve the mails. Other members who are interested in the given information can contact that member (or the group of members) directly or through the common email address.

2. Extra-curriculum activities will be organized for members to gather, meet, and help one another directly.
a. barbecue
b. cinema
c. travel
d. group discussion
e. sports
f. music
g. email, internet chat, phone chat.

NOTES:

1) All the personal information provided by members are restricted within the Club. A member must not give other members' information to non-VN Club member except for their permission.
2) In order to contact VN Club members, emails have to be send to the Club email address. After being content checked, emails will be approved and sent to every individual Club member.
3) Each day, no more than 5 emails under 1M can be sent to everyone.
4) Members have the responsibilities to create favorable conditions for the development of VN Club.
5) Any change in personal information should be informed to VN Club.
6) VN Club members are responsible for their emails sent to vnsclub2004@yahoogroups.com.
7) VN Club mail group is not forum but a place for sharing information. Members are required not to send sensitive information which can cause controversy and can be harmful to the internal relations of VN Club.
8) Linkers are those who check, approve members' emails, and take responsibility in contact with members.

Su thanh cong cua VN Club phu thuoc rat lon vao su dong gop cua moi nguoi.
Mot la thu cua ban moi tuan co the giup cho VN Club hoat dong duoc hai thang.

History of VN Club

Dear friends,

VN Club (or Vietnamese Student Club) was founded on 26 March, 2004 - just 1 year and three months old. It is a very young Club. 1 year and three months is the time of ups and downs. I still freshly remember the time before VN Club was founded. A group of Vietnamese overseas students including found it necessary to have a meeting place for us because we did not know many other Vietnamese students who were studying and living in Brisbane, Queensland. A thought of forming a Club flashed my mind. I got all my friends’ email addresses that I knew and created a Yahoo account (vnsclub2004@yahoo.com). We shared information with one another about accommodation, buying and selling, study, travel, etc. People started to get interested in doing so. I kept on making friends with other Vietnamese students and asked them if they wanted to join VN Club. Many Vietnamese students joined the Club after they were introduced.

Just by a simple action, VN Club now has 400 members from different universities around Queensland, namely the University of Queensland, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, James Cook University, and Central Queensland University. Now some of them have returned Vietnam to continue their work and still keep contact with us. In 3 years, VN Club has become a reliable place for old, new and would-be Vietnamese students in Queensland.

Through VN Club, Vietnamese students come together and have made significant and practical contributions. Last year, VN Club raised approximately $ 1,000 to help a needy family in Vietnam. At the moment, VN Club has raised more than $500 in order to help unfortunate fates in Vietnam. In 2007, VN Club also contributed more than 20,000,000 VND to the victims in Can Tho Bridge and flood-hit areas.

VN Club proudly had Vietnam Kids – a soccer team – which ranked the third place in 2005 and now was the runner-up of UQ Soccer Competition. We also had another soccer team called “W@W” playing side by side with Vietnam Kids. Other names of our soccer team are Water Buffalo, Red Bamboo (once the Champions of UQ soccer team in 2006), now VN-United.

The spirit of friendship and peace of the Vietnamese youth can be seen in VN Club. The Vietnamese Student Festival I is a vivid proof of this spirit. Hopefully, VN Club (http://www.vnsclub2004.blogspot.com/) will bring more benefits to the Vietnamese students who have been studying and living in Queensland. On behalf of VN Club, I would like to wish you good health and prosperity.

Thank you very much.

Yours sincerely,

Khoa Anh Viet

Join VN Club.

Hi,

Up to now, there are more than 400 members and it is expected to rise in very near future. In order to be accepted as a VN Club member, you have to fill in this information.

Full name: Vietnamese script (e.g. Hoangf):
Phone number in Australia:
Occupation in VN:
Address in Vietnam:
Phone number in Vietnam:
Field of study:
Future degree: of University:
Uni email address:
Other email address:
Your period of study (01/2004 - 07/2005):

Hopefully, we will have a long-term relation in Australia, and in Vietnam. Your roles are very important in this club.

Please read VN Club regulation carefully. Successful registration means that you have accepted it and abide by it.

Now copy the form and write to vnsclub2004@yahoo.com.

Cheers,

Khoa Anh Viet
Linker 1.