Danish Vietnamese Association
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Danish Vietnamese Association (DVA) - non-profit organization promoting Vietnamese-Danish cooperation and development projects in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

. Founded in 1976. By 2007, the Association had about 500 members.

DVA collects funds through such projects, as national collection "Hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 Equipment for Vietnam", "Integrated Management of Severe Childhood Illness Project", "Shelter Project" for rehabilitation of abused children in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...

, "Dengue-fever Project", development aid
Development aid
Development aid or development cooperation is aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social and political development of developing countries.It is distinguished...

 to Vietnam, issues the journal "Vietnam Ajour", holds public meetings about Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

.

The Association is a part of the project "Participatory Community Development" in partnership with CARE Denmark
CARE (relief)
CARE is a broad-spectrum secular relief, humanitarian, and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty. It is non-political, non-sectarian and operates annually in more than 70 countries across the globe.One of the organization’s primary focuses in its fight to eradicate...

 and the Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy.

The annual DVA budget for Vietnam projects was about US 290,000 in 2003 - 2004 and US 600,000 in 2005.

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