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       The International Development Exchange presents:
                   "AN EVENING IN VIETNAM"

                  *** Dinner and speakers ***
                  ===========================


Please join us on the evening of February 20th, 1992 for two enlightening
presentations on social and economic development in Vietnam.  In addition
to a talk and slide show, the event will include a Vietnamese buffet.

This event is sponsored by IDEX, a non-profit organization that funds
small-scale projects in the Third World while giving Americans an avenue
for understanding and action.  Proceeds directly help Third World people
who are uniting to meet basic needs such as food, clean and safe water,
and education.


About the event:

Our guest speakers will be Paul Strasburg, and Diane Fox.  The first part
of their presentation will be devoted to a brief review of recent
economic and political history in Vietnam, focusing on the nation's efforts
to shift from a Marxist to a free market economy, and to gain recognition
and support from the international community. They will discuss Vietnam's
attitude toward the United States and the prospects for improved relations
between the two countries.

They will devote the second part of their presentation to the work of
Volunteers In Asia (VIA) in Vietnam.  VIA is currently one of only two
American organizations sending volunteers to Vietnam, and its six teachers
comprise the largest group of Americans in Vietnam.


About the speakers:

Paul Strasburg is currently Chair of VIA's Board Of Directors and was, for
six years, its executive director.  Between 1989 and 1991, he organized and
oversaw the development of VIA's program in Vietnam.  He is a former program
officer at the Ford Foundation and served for four years as New York City's
Commissioner of Juvenile Justice. In addition to his work with VIA, Paul is a
member of the board of directors of the International Development exchange
(IDEX) and the Overseas Development Network (ODN).

Diane Fox is currently director of VIA's volunteer programs in China and
Vietnam. She recently returned to California from Vietnam, where she was a
volunteer English teacher at the Hanoi Foreign Language College.  She has
a master's degree in teaching English as a second language and, has taught
abroad in Hong Kong and Algeria, in addition to Vietnam.  Her career also
includes work as a journalist, and as a manager of a cooperative.


Important Details:

    DATE:  Thursday, February 20th, 1992 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    VENUE:  Stanford Conference Room
        Sun Microsystems Inc. Building 6,
        2750 Garcia Ave., Mountain View

    DONATION:  $10.00 (includes Vietnamese buffet.)
        Note:  $5.00 of your donation is tax-deductible.

    RSVP Required for dinner.  Contact:  Noel Gaskell (408) 276-5264
        (Please RSVP by Monday, 2/17.)
 
    Directions:  Hwy. 101 to San Antonio Road North; right on Casey;
        first right on Marine Way; first left on Coast; go to the end
        of Coast; 2750 Garcia is a one-story building to the right.