Description:The Midlands Vietnamese Community Association (MVCA) is the principal Vietnamese community organisation in Birmingham. Throughout its 18-year existence it has sought to promote and advance the interests of the Vietnamese community as a whole, and to provide personal advice and assistance in areas such as language interpretation and translation, housing and settlement, welfare benefits, employment, education and training.
Outside London, Birmingham has the largest settlement of Vietnamese in the UK, estimated currently at around 3,500 persons. Compared with some ethnic communities, the Birmingham Vietnamese are quite geographically concentrated, with over half living in just five of the City's 39 Wards - Handsworth, Soho, Aston, Sandwell, and Ladywood.
The three galleries of images here were supplied by the MVCA. This introduction is taken from their website at www.mvca.org.uk