PAS Program Calendar
Events in May 2008
You can register to these events by email (irchanoi@gmail.com), phone (844-850 5000, ext. 6207, 6149) or fax (844-850 5120).
Our office is located at the Rose Garden Tower (RG), 170 Ngoc Khanh Street. You can leave your vehicle at VKO Supermarket's vehicle keeping area. Remember to take your ID with you.
Film showing: Dave
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, May 07, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an official luncheon, the Secret Service hires Dave to stand in for him. Unfortunately, Mitchell suffers a severe stroke whilst having sex with one of his aides, and Dave finds himself stuck in the role indefinitely. The corrupt and manipulative Chief of Staff, Bob Alexander, plans to use Dave to elevate himself to the White House - but unfortunately, he doesn't count on Dave enjoying himself in office, using his luck to make the country a better place, and falling in love with the beautiful First Lady...
Film showing: “The Last of The Mohicans”
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, May 16, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
An epic adventure and passionate romance unfold against the panorama of a frontier wilderness ravaged by war. Academy Award winner Daniel Day – Lewis (Best Actor in 1989 for My left food) stars as Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman, and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Maeleine Stowe is Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a proud British colonel. Their love, tested by fate, blaxes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the Friench and their Native American allies that engulfs the majestic mountains and cathedral-like forest of Colonial American.
Vietnamese Americans: Place Making in the American Mosaic
Time: 10:00 - 11:30, May 20, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
In making places for themselves, Vietnamese refugees have retained Vietnamese cultural ideals of the family such as “hieu” (filial piety) and of the community such as “nghia” (the obligation to participate rather than withdraw from societal affairs). These Vietnamese cultural ideals co-existed with views that the American way of life was modern, scientific, and progressive. Such integration is the foundation of Vietnamese becoming American which involves Vietnamese shaping America.
Film showing: “Snow Falling on Cedars”
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, May 23, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Ethan Hawke stars in this “riveting tale of mystery” (FOX-TV) based on the award-winning best selling novel. A murder trial has upset the quite community of San Piedro, and now this tranquil village has become the center of controversy. For Ishmael Chambers (Hawke) , a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emotional chord when he finds hix ex-lover is linked to case. As he clues that lead him to a shocking discovery.
American Blues Music
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, May 27, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Blues emerged in African-American communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues influenced later American and Western popular music, as it became the roots of jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, bluegrass, hip-hop, and other popular music forms. Blues is one of the most important musical as well as cultural American influences in the past one-hundred years. Come and enjoy Blues with speaker Matthew Frantz!
Information Session on Student Visa
Time: 14:00 - 15:15, May 28, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Already accepted to a U.S. school and feeling anxious about getting a visa?
Please join us!
Information Session on Applying for a Student Visa to the U.S.!
This is your chance to meet directly with a representative from the U.S. Embassy, receive the most accurate and impartial information on visa application procedures, and learn useful tips for your visa interview.
Vocabulary Acquisition for Academic Success
Time: 10:00 - 12:00, May 29, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
This workshop will start by exploring the implications and applications of memory research to vocabulary learning. Participants will gain a broader understanding of what it means to ‘know’ a word, to differentiate among different types of vocabulary, and to emphasize the importance and application of collocations. Methods for students to record and learn vocabulary will be discussed and the course textbook will be evaluated for its presentation of vocabulary items and the possible necessity for supplementation with appropriate vocabulary exercises.
US-Vietnam Relations
Events for the Public
