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UPCOMING EVENTS
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2025 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon for the Vietnamese diaspora and VBP is hosting a storytelling series leading up to Our Journeys, a traveling exhibition debuting in NYC September 2025. This shared calendar highlights our hosted events as well as programs, and initiatives happening throughout the world by the Vietnamese community. If you have an event you'd like to contribute, enter it here.
VBP-HOSTED EVENTS
April 23, 2025
Boat Baby, A Book Talk
6:30 PM ET
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 7th Floor
455 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10016
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People and New York Public Libarary
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April 4, 2025
TOGETHER, film screening and Director Q&A
6:00 PM ET
Residency Unlimited
360 Court Street Unit #4, Brooklyn NY 11231
Presented by Brooklyn Arts Council, City Living NY, Residency Unlimited, and Vietnamese Boat People
March 30, 2025
NEW WAVE, film screening and Director Q&A
4:30 PM ET
The Claridge Theater
486 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair NJ 07042
Presented by Vietnamese Boat People and AAPI New Jersey
Co-Sponsored by New Jersey Council for the Humanities
WORLDWIDE 50th EVENTS
July 12 - 13, 2025
Sabaidee Fest
Gloria Molina Grand Park
200 N. Grand Ave, Los Angeles CA 90012
Presented by Sabaidee Fest and Unity Eleven
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May 2, 2025
Enduring Spirit of Vietnam
3:00 PM ET
The Forum at Columbia University
601 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027
Presented by Vietnam Society and Columbia University
April 30, 2025
50 Years of Vietnamese Contributions to Oregon
6:00 - 8:00 PM PT
Oregon Historical Society 1
200 SW Park Ave, Portland Oregon 97205
Presented by Vietnamese Cultural Arts Alliance, Oregon Historical Society, and Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community
This is part of a 3 event series! Full event sequence here.
April 30, 2025
50th Annual Black April Commemoration | Tưởng Niệm Tháng Tư Đen 2025
4:30 - 7:00 PM PT
San Jose City Hall Rotunda
200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose CA 95113
Presented by Vietnamese American Roundtable
April 30, 2025
Prelude to “Our Journeys: 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon”
6:30 PM ET
Ware Center
42 N. Prince St., Lancaster PA 17603
Presented by The Arts at Millersville
April 28, 2025
Evening Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Vietnamese Boat People
7:00 PM ET
George Mason University, Merten Hall
4441 George Mason Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22030
Presented by Make Us Visible Virginia
April 26, 2025
Remembering Black April: 50 Years of Vietnamese Diaspora
3:00 - 7:00 PM ET
Boston College High School
150 Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester, MA 02125
Presented by 1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Commemoration Initiative
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April 26, 2025
Still We Rise: 50 Years After the Vietnam War
6:00 - 9:00 PM PT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Presented by Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network
April 18, 2025
The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse Book Release
7:00 PM ET
Porter Square Books: Boston Edition
50 Liberty Drive., Boston, MA 02210
Presented by Porter Square Books
April 4 - June 30, 2025
"Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives: A Story of Refuge and Resilience of Mississippi Gulf Coast Vietnamese" Exhibition
Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum
115 E 1st St, Biloxi, MS 39530
Presented by Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives and Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum
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April 2, 2025
Operation New Life Symposium (Hybrid)
1:15 - 5:30 PM PDT
101 Gateway
Irvine, CA 92627
Presented by UCI Libraries' Orange County and Southeast Asian Archive Center and UCLA Asian American Studies
March 29, 2025
Vietnam War Veterans Day
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET
Victims of Communism Museum
900 15th St NW, Washington DC 20005
Presented by Museum of Victims of Communism, VAUSA, Make Us Visible VA, Vietnamese Americans Celebrating Freedom, CAPAVA, Vietnamese American Foundation
March 1, 2025
"The Accidental Getaway Driver" Free Screening
AMC 34th Street
14 - 312 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001
Presented by Yao King and The Sống Collective
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Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2025
"Operation Babylift: New Perspectives" Exhibition
Regis University, Dayton Memorial Library
3333 Regis Blvd, Denver, CO 80221
Presented by Operation Babylift