October 2010

All of the below events are open for the public. We would like you to plan carefully before registering with us so that we have enough seats for participants. If you register for our events but change your plan, kindly notify us by email to irchanoi@gmail.com. Please click here to register for event(s) you want to attend.

If you would like to be an American Center member, please register. Our office is located on the 1st Floor of the Rose Garden Tower at 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi. You can leave your vehicle at VKO Supermarket's vehicle keeping area. Remember to take your ID with you.

Speaker Program: Mid-term Elections in the U.S.

 Time: Friday, October 1, 9:30 – 10:30 am
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi

Did you know that the U.S. is gearing up for mid-term elections? Wonder what the hot topics are?  Will the Democrats or Republicans be the winners or losers in November? And what about the Tea Party? Join Peter Velasco, from the U.S. State Department Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, at the American Center as he takes a look at the current political environment in the U.S.

Webchat: Let’s Talk about Visas

Time: Friday, October 1, 3:00-4:00
Venue: Your PC

Consular Section of U.S. Embassy Hanoi would like to welcome prospective visa applicants to attend our first “Let’s Talk About Visas” event, where we will directly answer your online questions about non-immigrant visas (student visas, business, tourist visa etc.). We will handle questions in either English or Vietnamese.

VEF University Application Orientation

Time: Wednesday, October 6, 8:30 – 10:30 am
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi

The Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) will hold an orientation for nominees of the 2011 VEF Fellowship, potential candidates and the general public on how to apply to U.S. universities. The UAO will provide helpful advice on how to prepare an outstanding graduate school application package to submit to U.S. universities. This session will include an overview of how to apply to U.S. universities, how to write a good Statement of Purpose (SOP), the contents of good recommendation letters, and strategies for a successful graduate degree program applications.  VEF is a U.S. independent Federal Government agency, whose mission is to enhance the bilateral relationship between the United States and Vietnam through educational exchange activities in science, engineering, mathematics, technology, and medicine, including public health.

Speaker Program: Living and Studying in the U.S.: One Immigrant's Perspective

Thursday, October 7, 10:00-11:00 am
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi

Originally from Brazil, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) staff member, Humberto Carvalho moved to the U.S. to study and later became a U.S. citizen.  In this presentation, Mr. Carvalho shares his impressions of what it's like to be an foreigner living and studying in the U.S.. Join us!

English Conversation: Life as a High School Student in the U.S.

Thursday, October 14, 3:00-4:30 am
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi

Please join us for a conversation about life as a high school student in the United States.  A group of high school students from all over the United States from the east coast to the west coast and from all different types of backgrounds will be here to describe and answer questions about their experience and daily life.

Film Show: Real Women Have Curves (2002)

Time: Friday, October 15, 2010, 2:00-4:00
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh St., Hanoi

Real Women Have Curves
Set in East Los Angeles, this is the story of Ana, a Mexican-American teenager struggling to break free from the responsibilities and expectations of her mother, Carmen, and sister, Estela. Ana wants to attend college so she can better herself (she's received a scholarship to Columbia University), but she's needed in Estela's sewing sweatshop, where women labor to make dresses that are then sold for many times what the shop is paid to make them.

Film Show: Ghostbusters II 

Time: Friday, October 22, 2010, 2:00-4:00
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh St., Hanoi

Ghostbusters II
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists (Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis) goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist (Sigourney Weaver) hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
In director Ivan Reitman's sequel, after waging a war on slime that cost New York City millions, the Ghostbusters --Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray (Dan Aykroyd), Egon (Harold Ramis) and Winston (Ernie Hudson) -- find themselves out of business. With new careers, the group reunites when an ancient tyrant preparing to return to the earthly domain targets the baby of Venkman's ex-girlfriend (Sigourney Weaver) as the new home for its soul.

American Center Halloween Party Games

Time: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 10:00-12:00
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh St., Hanoi

Come join us to learn and have fun at a party celebrating Halloween! Featured activities and games include Halloween songs and history, Halloween Word Scramble, Spooky Walk, Pumpkin Bean Bag Toss Relay, Trick or Treat Game, Bobbing for Apples and the Mummy Returns!  Light refreshments served.