This report takes stock of our results, achievements and progress over 2023. It clearly illustrates the progress made over the years. To achieve and improve them, we first had to identify, quantify and compare them. That’s what you’ll find in these pages.
However, what gives me the greatest satisfaction is not this accounting. It comes from elsewhere, and cannot be quantified.
It comes from the pride I see in young people of Vietnamese origin who are rediscovering the language and culture of their elders, enabling them to renew a dialogue lost over time.
It comes from the happiness felt by adults, Vietnamese at heart, who appropriate the language and culture of their partner so as to be able to dialogue and share with their loved ones.
That, for me, is the outcome of our Vietnamese lessons.
It is also the result of the pleasure expressed by an audience that has come to discover artists from different cultural horizons who exchange, share and dialogue to offer us vibrant and inspiring creations:
- an opera written by Caroline Vu with music by Amichai Ben Shalev ;
- a traditional music concert featuring the groups Phượng Ca from Montreal, Tre Việt from Toronto, the duo Amir Amiri, Sarah Pagé and the duo Chih-Lin Chou, Yin Yin Wei ;
- an exhibition of portraits of black Lolo people living in the deep valleys of the Dong Van, Meo Vac and Bao Lac mountain districts, painted by Renée duRocher.
This is the fruit of our Cultural Weeks.
It is the result of the enthusiasm generated by the project to mark our presence on this territory since 1975, by building our home, the one where we will welcome our families, friends, colleagues and neighbors.
To our partners, I express my gratitude for their commitment, generosity and trust.
To our members and friends, I express my gratitude for their support, friendship and loyalty.
I wish you an excellent Year of the Dragon, a symbol of growth, creativity and renewal.
Nguyen Kim Phuong,
Founder and President