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Vietnamese Literary and Artistic Club – Washington D.C.
The Vietnamese Literary and Artistic Club (VLAC) of the Washington area is a non-profit organization founded by a group of writers and artists in 2000.

VLAC embraces all writers and artists (authors, poets, translators, painters, photographers, etc.) and everybody who loves arts and who pursues the same goal and objectives:

- To preserve and promote our heritage and culture.

- To help our fellow members.

To attain our goal, VLAC participates in cultural activities, such as:

- Organizing art shows for Painting and Photography, lectures on Arts and Literature, musical shows for Dances and Songs.

- Publishing members’ literary works as well as famous writings from non-member authors.

- Publishing the monthly magazine KY NGUYEN MOI (New Era) and maintaining the Web site www.VNLAC.org to disseminate news on literature and arts, information on the Vietnamese community life in the Washington area.

- Long stories, short stories, poems, songs, essays will be published on KY NGUYEN MOI and the web site www.VNLAC.org. They will be our means of communication with literature and arts lovers. They will also serve as documentation and references for the next generation.