About

Vietnamese Community of Louisville

The Vietnamese Community of Louisville is a public non-profit organization registered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its purpose is to provide mutual assistance to Vietnamese Americans in the Greater Louisville, Kentucky area, to preserve Vietnamese cultural heritage, and to promote friendship and cultural understanding among all people in Louisville.

The regular activities of the Vietnamese Community of Louisville include organizing annual Tết events, tutoring school children in math and reading, participating in community events such as World Fest, Veterans Day Parades, street cleanups, and other charitable activities. The Vietnamese Community of Louisville initiated the Tri Ân project in 2011 and played an important role in the completion of the Tri Ân Monument at the Jeffersontown Veterans Memorial Park twelve years later.

The Vietnamese Community of Louisville is governed by a Board of Directors, currently composed of Yung Nguyen, Van Tran, The Tran, Hung Le, Thao Tran, Tam Duong, Uyen Nguyen, Khanhdung Nguyen, and Tam Do.

Family engaging in traditional Tet New Year celebrations in Hanoi, showcasing cultural traditions.

Moving Voices

Moving Voices is an award-winning oral history project that brings attention to the experiences of Vietnamese Americans in and around Louisville, Kentucky. The mission of Moving Voices is to collect, preserve, and share the Vietnamese American perspective through storytelling for the benefit of the public, academia, and future generations.

Moving Voices started in 2009 as an idea of Ms. Van Tran, a Louisville businesswoman and Vietnamese refugee. With the help of Crane House-Asia Institute, several young Vietnamese Americans, and a grant from Metro Louisville Government, Moving Voices became the first oral history project focused exclusively on an Asian community in Kentucky. In 2011, the Kentucky Historical Society recognized Moving Voices with the coveted Kentucky History Award. In 2014, Moving Voices began its current partnership with the Vietnamese Community of Louisville.