Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one CD containing materials documenting the activities of the Vietnamese Professionals Society Australian Capital Territory chapter (VPS/ACT) and a 2-disc DVD set consisting of a VPS/ACT poetry presentation project.

Biographical / Historical

The Vietnamese Professionals Society (VPS; Vietnamese: Hội Chuyên gia Việt Nam) is a non-profit worldwide membership organization of Vietnamese professionals of various technical, economic, medical, and legal fields. Its mission is to increase knowledge and understanding of the social and economic conditions in Vietnam and to promote the welfare of the Vietnamese people. VPS is most famous for its Vietnamese accent marks software VPSKeys. VPS was founded in 1990 and now has more than 25 chapters worldwide. VPS regularly organizes regional conferences in each continent, gathering Vietnamese as well as non-Vietnamese experts to present their latest research and/or conduct workshops for the Vietnamese community.