Vietnamese Professionals Society
Encyclopedia
The Vietnamese Professionals Society (abbreviated VPS; ) 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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chapter of VPS produced a short-lived technical television show on Saigon Broadcasting Television Network
(SBTN) named Diễn Đàn Khoa Học (Science Forum). 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 computers, law and health to economy, finance and many other professional topics that relate to the Vietnamese community. Due to time constraints by the co-hosts, the show discontinued in 2004 after 20 episodes.
Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam...
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
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 –...
, to promote the welfare of the Vietnamese people. VPS is most famous for its Vietnamese accent marks
Diacritic
A diacritic is a glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph. The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός . Diacritic is both an adjective and a noun, whereas diacritical is only an adjective. Some diacritical marks, such as the acute and grave are often called accents...
software VPSKeys
VPSKeys
VPSKeys is a freeware input method editor developed and distributed by the Vietnamese Professionals Society . One of the first input method editors for Vietnamese, it allows users to add accent marks to Vietnamese text on computers running Microsoft Windows. The first version of VPSKeys, supporting...
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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.Television show
The Southern CaliforniaSouthern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
chapter of VPS produced a short-lived technical television show on Saigon Broadcasting Television Network
Saigon Broadcasting Television Network
Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, abbreviated SBTN, is the first 24-hour Vietnamese language channel geared towards the Vietnamese diaspora. It is currently available in the United States on many cable systems as well as through DirecTV. The channel provides children, arts, entertainment,...
(SBTN) named Diễn Đàn Khoa Học (Science Forum). 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 computers, law and health to economy, finance and many other professional topics that relate to the Vietnamese community. Due to time constraints by the co-hosts, the show discontinued in 2004 after 20 episodes.