Vietnamese Professionals Society
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The Vietnamese Professionals Society (or VPS in short) is a non-profit worldwide membership organization of Vietnamese professionals of various technical, economic, medical, legal field. Its mission is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the social and economic conditions in Vietnam, to promote the welfare of the Vietnamese people. VPS is most famous for its Vietnamese accent marks software VPSKeys.
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[edit] History
VPS was founded in 1990 and now has more than 25 chapters worldwide.
[edit] Conferences
VPS regularly organizes regional conferences in each continent, gathering Vietnamese as well as non-Vietnamese experts to present their latest research and/or conduct workshops for the Vietnamese community.
[edit] TV Show
The Southern California chapter of VPS produced a short-lived technical TV show on SBTN named Diễn Đàn Khoa Học. The Vietnamese 30-minute show was hosted by VPS Southern California members Holly Ngo, Kenneth Dao and Minh T. Nguyen. The show aired in 2004 and concentrated on professional topics ranging from computer, law and health to economy, finance and many other professional topics that benefit the Vietnamese community. Due to time constraints by the co-hosts the show discontinued in 2004 after 20 episodes.
