The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report

Annual Report 2011 Page 3
Dear VEF Board of Directors,
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
I am proud to present the eighth Annual Report, entitled The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report.
This Annual Report presents the significant activities and achievements of the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF)
for the one-year period from October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2011. Serving as an important historical record and
informative summary, this year's Report follows in a similar format as the previous Annual Reports, which are
available at the VEF website (www.vef.gov) and are entitled as follows, beginning with the first Annual Report,
which was the only report encompassing a two-year time period:
1. Annual Report: The Vietnam Education Foundation. Reporting Period: October 1, 2002, to September 30,
2004
2. Annual Report: The Vietnam Education Foundation. Reporting Period: October 1, 2004, to September 30,
2005
3. 2006 Annual Report: The Vietnam Education Foundation. Reporting Period: October 1, 2005, to September
30, 2006
4. 2007 Annual Report: The Vietnam Education Foundation. Reporting Period: October 1, 2006, to September
30, 2007
5. The Vietnam Education Foundation 2008 Annual Report to the Board of Directors. Reporting Period:
October 1, 2007, to September 30, 2008
6. The Vietnam Education Foundation 2009 Annual Report to the Board of Directors. Reporting Period:
October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2009
7. The Vietnam Education Foundation 2010 Annual Report to the Board of Directors. Reporting Period:
October 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010
As a note on procedure, the first four reports were prepared by VEF staff and presented to the VEF Board of
Directors, who provided the report, after their review, as the Annual Report to the President of the United States, the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the U.S. Senate, and the Committee on International Relations of the U.S. House
of Representatives, now known as the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives. VEF is
required to submit an annual report to the President and these congressional offices, as stipulated in the VEF
legislative act. Starting with the 2008 Annual Report, the Board of Directors requested that the Annual Report be
provided as a report to the Board from the Executive Director. Then, the Board of Directors would provide the
Annual Report to the President and to the congressional offices.
I wish to acknowledge the important contributions to the 2011 Annual Report of the VEF staff in Hanoi and in the
United States, who provided data and summary information within the text and within comprehensive tables and
select documents in the appendices. I am deeply grateful for their continuous assistance to me, for their constant
willingness to reply to my detailed queries, for their timely efforts, and for their never-ending patience as I edited
and finalized this document. The 2011 Annual Report could not have been completed without the VEF Team. Thank
you!
Sincerely,
Lynne A. McNamara, Ph.D.
Executive Director