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Vietnam Immigration Experience Goes Digital With Recent Grant

The $144,000 grant will fund the digitization of the Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association Collection.

Vietnam Guest Lecture Series Set to Resume

The Vietnam Center and Archive hosts distinguished speakers from October 2011 to November 2012.

Red Raider Writes Book to Honor Vietnam Veteran

Co-author David Nelson recounts the life of fallen Vietnam veteran and close friend, Lee Roy Herron.

Vietnam Center and Archive Director Honored by Vietnamese Government

Director Stephen Maxner was awarded for nearly a decade of cooperative archival projects and exchanges.

Texas Tech Vietnam Center and Archive Director Honored by Vietnamese Government

Texas Tech Vietnam Center and Archive director Stephen Maxner received the Medal for Records Management and Archives Career of Vietnam for his contribution to the archives and relations between the archives institutions of both countries.

Center Commemorates Red Raiders Who Served in Vietnam

A website has been dedicated to honoring or remembering Texas Tech graduates who served in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Vietnam Center and Archive Commemorates Red Raiders Who Served in Vietnam

Anyone can nominate a veteran for this program. The only requirements are that they served in Vietnam from 1960 – 1975, and graduated from Texas Tech University, either before or after their service.

Texas Tech International Affairs Presents Global Vision Awards

One individual and one college are honored for supporting international programs.

The Girl in the Picture: Living Vietnam War Symbol to Share Story

Kim Phuc will speak in the Vietnam Center Lecture Series at 7 p.m. April 14.

Vietnam Center Hosts Film Festival

The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Film Festival will run from April 6-13.

Vietnam Center Hosts Seventh Triennial Symposium

The event will take place March 10-12 at the Overton Hotel and Conference Center.

Texas Tech Hosts Seventh Triennial Vietnam Symposium

Adrian Cronauer will serve as the keynote speaker of the symposium. Cronauer was an Air Force announcer during the Vietnam War and was portrayed by Robin Williams in the movie “Good Morning, Vietnam.”

'Good Morning, Vietnam!' Adrian Cronauer and Others Featured in 2011 Lecture Series

The Vietnam Center will be holding a lecture series throughout the spring semester.

Vietnam Center and Archive Commemorates 43rd Anniversary of Tet Offensive

To commemorate this series of battles and the Americans who served, the Vietnam Center and Archive has published an extensive online exhibit drawing on its vast resources on the war and the Tet Offensive.

Good Morning, Vietnam! Adrian Cronauer and others featured in 2011 Texas Tech University lecture series.

Guest lecturers include the famed wartime disc jockey, the little girl from the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of a Napalm attack, a former prisoner of war from the Hanoi Hilton, and others.

Vietnamese Documents Collection at Texas Tech Reuniting Friends, Changing Lives

The documents helped Tuyen Nguyen find his long-lost friend after being separated by events of the Vietnam War in 1968.

Vietnamese Documents Collection at Texas Tech Reuniting Friends, Changing Lives

Forty-two years ago, Tuyen Nguyen hoped one day he would see his friend again, but he couldn’t be sure. Nguyen, now a professor in Toronto, Canada, looked for his former classmate, Pham Quang Minh, since the two became separated by events of Vietnam War in 1968.

Understanding Modern Warfare: Colloquium Focuses on Challenges in Combating Global Terrorism

The academic colloquium will take place Sept. 15-16 at the Overton Hotel and Convention Center.

Colloquium to Focus on Counterterrorism Policy and Strategy

Event will address key issues for policymakers and military strategists in fighting global terrorism.

Vietnam Archive Receives Collection from Renowned Anthropologist

The collection includes textiles, smoking pipes, swords and wood carvings from Montagnard tribes that Gerald Hickey worked with in Vietnam from the 1950s-1970s.