An Việt Archives (2025)

23/05/2025

Back in March, at our zine launch event we held a raffle to fundraise for three different charity/mutual aids. As you all know, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War; a catalyst for so many things, including one of the biggest refugee crisis of its time, scattering Vietnamese people across the world.

This raffle was therefore a chance for our community to give back and to show solidarity of the UK-Vietnamese communities with those across the world who are still fighting this struggle. In the end we raised £458! Thank you to everyone who donated and to all our volunteers who made it happen, and to those who generously donated our fabulous raffle prizes!

All proceeds from the raffle have gone to mutual aid efforts and charities in Palestine, Sudan, and Vietnam. We’ve split the donation evenly between:
❤️ Hoài Phương’s ‘One Year’ Phase 2 – a campaign for Mohammed and Maram (20/05 - 02/06)
❤️ Khartoum Kitchen Aid – community kitchen in Khartoum region in Sudan
❤️ Blue Dragon- charity working to prevent and rescue people from human trafficking

30/04/2025

“Occasionally we are offered a moment to remember, but most times all we can do is try hard not to forget. A moment to remember can take many forms such as a quiet pause for reflection or an urgent call to action. This year, 2025, is one that prompts us to remember. It marks the 50th anniversary of the end of what has become known as “The Vietnam War” or the end of the Second Indochina War. Now is the time for the Vietnamese diaspora and the wider world to gather and reflect on both the horror and the extraordinary resilience of our communities. We must focus on not only what we remember but how we remember too.”

Today of all days, we invite you to think of the ways you remember. We’re offering the introduction of our zine Archiving Community, Shapinf Futures as a prompt. This is our radical “anti-guide” to archiving. Available for free download, link in bio.

27/04/2025

📣 Join us for Vietnamese lunch and a deep dive into intergenerational info-sharing! 🫂✨⁣⁣
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How do we share information across generations? How can we develop trust in our communities? These workshops will dive into community stories, online literacy skills, and news-sharing. And of course, we will share a community lunch of Vietnamese food 💕🍲 Community members of ALL ages welcome! ⁣Accessible in both English and Vietnamese. ⁣
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Led by Sarah Nguyễn from the University of Washington, in partnership with Greenwich Vietnamese Women’s Group and
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✨Please RSVP in the links below!✨⁣
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𝗪𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 𝐎𝐍𝐄 — 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲 (𝟏-𝟒𝐩𝐦)⁣⁣
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📍 Woolwich Common Community Centre (17 Leslie Smith Square, London SE18 4DW)⁣⁣
🫂 In partnership with the Greenwich Vietnamese Women’s Group; facilitated by Sarah Nguyễn and
🔗 RSVP: https://forms.gle/yPswmrsRzhwuQg2Y8 (https://forms.gle/yPswmrsRzhwuQg2Y8)⁣⁣
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𝗪𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝗪𝐎 — 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟑 𝐌𝐚𝐲 (𝟏𝟐-𝟑𝐩𝐦)⁣⁣
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📍Evelyn Community Centre (9 Wotton Rd, London SE8 5TQ)⁣⁣
🫂 In partnership with ; facilitated by Sarah Nguyễn and
🔗 RSVP: https://forms.gle/AdQNvZxHDA8QPWrw6 (https://forms.gle/AdQNvZxHDA8QPWrw6)⁣⁣
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Poster featuring the painting “The Card Game” by Thang ⁣⁣
Trần Phềnh, 1950, from the Collection of National Heritage Board, Singapore.⁣
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14/04/2025

Thank you for visiting us in London !

Here are some snaps of our marathon weekend… who says archivists don’t have fun?

02/04/2025

📢 Unlock the Power of Storytelling Across Generations! 🎤✨
Join us for an inspiring workshop on capturing and preserving life stories—especially from refugee and vulnerable communities who have faced displacement and loss. Led by Dr. Thuy Vo Dang, an expert with 20+ years of experience, this session will explore the ethics of oral history, best practices for recording, and creative documentation strategies like photovoice and storytelling through recipes.
📅 Don’t miss this chance to learn how to build community-centered archives and ensure voices that are often left out of history books are heard and preserved.
📍 Places are very limited, so please only RSVP if you can attend. RSVP through link in bio
🍜 Some refreshments will be provided including Vietnamese Coffee and steamed rice rolls! Please join us for lunch after the workshop if you can make it.

Poster made by featuring the painting “Người Bà” by Mai Trung Thư, 1976, ink and color on silk.

01/04/2025

Thank you to all who came to our event, “Whatever Happened to us? 50 years of Southeast Asian Community Building”.

This year, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the end of what has become known as “The Vietnam War” or the end of the Second Indochina War.

It’s truly a privilege to be in a position where we can create space for our community to gather, pause and reflect on our histories of migration and diaspora organising.

We believe that archiving is a necessity - not only as a tool that we use to document our histories for future generations, but for its power to heal.

50 years on, there is still work to be done, our community still has a lot we can heal from together.

A huge thanks to all those who made it happen, the AVA team, our volunteers especially for managing the raffle, for organising catering, ’s mum for the delicious banh cuon, for her joyful Viet inspired music set, for the god vibes, & Etienne for the music tech, to for getting involved, to all the panellists , .pq, Quan Tran, Jack Shieh, Lili Ly, and for chairing.

18/03/2025

We are back with Session 3 (I think 😅)

🅰️ We invite you to join us in a workshop exploring the transformative power of translation within the Vietnamese diaspora. Co-hosted by the An Việt Archives, a radical archiving practice & community, we aim to foster a space where individuals can (re)connect with their heritage language & culture.

📜 For this workshop P.A (Phương Anh) Nguyễn will be collaborating with An Việt Archives to continue our translation sessions of the poem we have already worked on, under the theme of “Speculating the Past into the Future” to encourage encounters between Vietnamese literature & those in liminal spaces. For this workshop we will be translating the poem Biển Đợi / The Waiting Sea by Lê Xuân La taken from the An Việt Archives.

🔥 No prior knowledge of Vietnamese is required. We will provide an English translation to facilitate the translation process. All you need to bring is your passion for language, words, writing, reciting, & the pursuit of deeper understanding. We also welcome those who only speak Vietnamese, as there will be facilitators who are bilingual.

😋 The workshop will run from 10am & we hope to finish by 2pm. We will take a break at midday to join Centre 151’s lunch club, so if you do have any dietary restrictions please let us know.

🎫 Sod eventbrite & their laggy website. DM us if you wanna join us.

🦾 The facilitators:

Phương Anh Nguyễn is from Vietnam & translates authors & poets from Vietnam & its Francophone diaspora. They are currently doing a residency exploring the space between memory, archive & translation.

Cường Minh Bá Phạm (b. 1988, London, UK) works between / in / nearby / at the intersections of sound, community, & archives.

📷 Image from the An Việt Archives taken by the generous

🗓️ 22.03.25 ~ 10am-2pm.

l🗺️ Centre 151, Whiston Rd.

15/03/2025

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War; a catalyst for so many things, including one of the biggest refugee crisis of its time, scattering Vietnamese people across the world.

This anniversary will evoke different things to different people in our community. Nevertheless, we believe it is a meaningful opportunity for us to gather and reflect, even if only to acknowledge the sheer resilience of our community and how far we’ve come.

And we would not have got here if not for those across the world who rallied to support us, shared solidarity with us, and were there for us, from students to social workers, to activist groups like the Black Panthers, to people from other countries also fighting colonial repression.

At the time, the world said “never again”. But the news has shown us that violence has persisted, sometimes on an even larger scale.

This raffle is therefore a chance for our community to give back and to show solidarity of the UK-Vietnamese communities with those across the world who are still fighting this struggle. All proceeds from the raffle will be going to mutual aid efforts and charities in Palestine, Sudan, and Vietnam

Charities/ Mutual Aids:
Hoài Phương’s Ramadan fundraiser (she is collaborating with 8 Vietnamese female artists) 28/02-29/03
Khartoum Kitchen Aid- community kitchen in Khartoum region in Sudan
Blue Dragon- charity working to prevent and rescue people from human trafficking

15/03/2025

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War; a catalyst for so many things, including one of the biggest refugee crisis of its time, scattering Vietnamese people across the world.

This anniversary will evoke different things to different people in our community. Nevertheless, we believe it is a meaningful opportunity for us to gather and reflect, even if only to acknowledge the sheer resilience of our community and how far we’ve come.

And we would not have got here if not for those across the world who rallied to support us, shared solidarity with us, and were there for us, from students to social workers, to activist groups like the Black Panthers, to people from other countries also fighting colonial repression.

At the time, the world said “never again”. But the news has shown us that violence has persisted, sometimes on an even larger scale.

This raffle is therefore a chance for our community to give back and to show solidarity of the UK-Vietnamese communities with those across the world who are still fighting this struggle. All proceeds from the raffle will be going to mutual aid efforts and charities in Palestine, Sudan, and Vietnam

Charities/ Mutual Aids:
❤️ .art Ramadan fundraiser (she is collaborating with 8 Vietnamese female artists) 28/02-29/03
❤️ - community kitchen in Khartoum region in Sudan
❤️ - charity working to prevent and rescue people from human trafficking

15/03/2025

Take a peak at the treats we have on offer at our event today 👀

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⏰ 2 - 6pm

14/03/2025

We’re ready for tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing you at for our event celebrating the Vietnamese community!

📅 Here’s what you can expect on the day:
2pm - Doors Open
2:30 - Panel Discussion with Conmunity Elders
4pm - Music Performance from SECRET GUEST
5pm - Raffle winners announced

Mahjong and refreshments will be available throughout the day. There will be free Bánh cuốn from ’s mum, and dumplings and Vietnamese coffee available to purchase at !

We will also be selling copies of our Archive zine and raffle tickets on the day. Please support us!

🚆Just a heads up, the overground is closed tomorrow. You may need to make alternative travel routes.

26/04/2024

Join us to celebrate new works from artists in the UK, US and Vietnam, expanding the role of sound in archives and connecting to the past in transnational-Vietnamese contexts. Tender Gặp is one afternoon, a meeting place to fill in the gap in a shared diaspora, welcoming each unique perspective.

The works presented were made in collaboration with the , the largest archive of the Vietnamese migration in the UK. Each piece invites you to listen to what lies just out of reach of hearing, what has been systematically unheard, and what lies waiting in silence.

Programme includes:
🔊food from chef Phoebe Tran of .babykitcehn offering a menu in response to the works on view, with seasonal ingredients and methodical cooking practices—deepening our sensory experience
🔊An open discussion that expands on sound, communication, migration, accessibility and the importance of archiving
🔊Live DJ set from
🔊Community archiving activities

🔊 Artists exhibited:

📍May 4th at 166 7th St., Brooklyn from 12-4pm
In Conversation at 1-3pm with:

Joyce Hom

👌ASL Interpreters provided

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