Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network

Night Operations I, from 29 Palms, 2003-2004, by An-My Lê

Still We Rise

50 Years After the Vietnam War

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, DVAN is hosting a landmark event in San Francisco on April 26, 2025. Join us for an unforgettable evening of reflections, poetry and music performances by renowned artists of the Vietnamese diaspora.

Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network
DVAN

We center the narratives of diasporic Vietnamese people through storytelling and solidarity.

The DVAN List

A curated selection of novels and short stories by Vietnamese writers that we recommend for screen adaptation. The 2024 DVAN List is available now!

DVAN is a
2024 Ruth Arts
Core Grantee

We are honored to receive support from the Ruth Foundation for the Arts.

We are a 2024 Ruth Arts Core Grants Recipient

Give and Engage

Your support is vital to our community. For nearly twenty years, DVAN’s many programs, events, and initiatives have nurtured and promoted writers and artists of the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora across the globe. Support our work with a tax deductible donation today!

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We Are Our Stories

Line Papin’s stunning English-language debut, The Girl Before Her offers a window onto the existential anguish of displacement. A coming-of-age tale of inherited trauma that makes peace with the generations of women who’ve come before.

Art by Bao Vuong

Empowered Voices

DVAN spotlights emerging and innovative writers in collaboration with independent and university presses.

Art by Ann Phong

Need for Visibility

We envision a world where the diversity, complexities, and nuances of the Vietnamese diaspora are understood and celebrated; and in which Vietnamese diasporic stories and artists can empower, heal, and connect individuals and communities. To implement our vision, we curate and create programs, collaborations, and publications for Vietnamese diasporic artists, their allies, and their audiences.

Our Programs

Public Events

Readings, panel discussions, and festivals

ÁCCENTED

Talk show and podcast hosted by Viet Thanh Nguyen & Philip Nguyen

diaCRITICS

The Online Publication of DVAN

Publishing

Books by DVAN

Residencies

Workshops

Latest from diaCRITICS, DVAN’s Online Magazine

Poetry: Homeland

Apr 9, 2025

In my Vietnam the slow drip of cà phê makes a deadlock of time.

In the Diaspora: March 2025

Apr 2, 2025

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