We are happy to have this opportunity to introduce ourselves to you. Because there is considerable gay discrimination in Vietnam and because groups like ours are not considered legal, we work very quietly. They also provide moral, technical and organizational support, carry information and materials, and raise money.
Homosexuals here are socially and politically invisible.
Most foreign non-government organizations here include AIDS with womens health programs. Although AIDS is still a small problem among Vietnam's gays and can be stopped completely, foreign sex tourism is on the rise. Many visitors leave behind everything they know about safe sex when they come to Viet Nam. Unfortunately, we have learned that one third of Vietnamese men who have sex with foreigners do not use a condom, and may have never used a condom before. The Vietnamese government has few resources, which leaves the responsibility to a grassroots organization like ours.