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INDOCHINA RESOURCES


Note: I originally prepared this web page while working for the Indochina Center of the University of California at Berkeley. I left the job in March 2002 due to its difficult funding situation, and now work full time at the main library of U.C. Berkeley. Below is a description of the Indochina Center holdings. - Stephen Denney

The Indochina Center of the University of California, Berkeley, contains one of the largest collections in the world of English-language materials on Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The heart of the collection comprises approximately 225 file cabinet drawers (525 linear feet) of government documents, press clippings, and private papers stored in vertical files and organized by subject.

The collection was founded and developed by Douglas Pike from the time he was a U.S. Foreign Service officer in Vietnam, and continued to develop under his direction after he came to Berkeley in 1981 until 1997 when he moved to the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University, as the university here could no longer support the collection and his work as head of the UCB Indochina Studies Project. At the time, Mr. Pike had intended to take all the files with him to Texas Tech, but was prevented from doing so by the university here. So he left behind about half of the files, dealing with post-1975 conditions in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, along with many files on North and South Vietnam during the war, and microfiche of most of the Vietnam war files which went to Texas Tech.

Mr. Pike passed away on May 13, 2002 and his presence will be deeply missed. Click here for a tribute to him by the TTU Vietnam Center. The TTU Vietnam Center has placed many of his donated files online at its virtual archive (see links below).

The Indochina Center also includes a recently expanded collection of contemporary serials from Vietnam, now the largest collection in the San Francisco Bay Area, and about three file cabinets of materials from the former Indochina Resource/Southeast Asia Resource Center, a major antiwar research organization from the 1970s and 1980s.

The Indochina Center is now under the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Use of the collection is free and open to the public. However, because it is presently closed, one must contact the Center for Southeast Asia Studies in order to use the facility.



LINKS


Academic Sites and General Information

  • Guide to Vietnam electronic and library resources

  • Virtual Vietnam Archive Large online archive of materials, sponsored by the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University.

  • The Vietnam Virtual Library of Australian National University Comprehensive web source on Vietnam

  • The Cambodian Virtual Library Comprehensive web source on Cambodia

  • Laos Virtual Library Comprehensive web source on Laos.

  • International Institute for Asian Studies. International academic association, with links to institutes, research projects, academic activity and news sources on Asia.

  • Southeast Asia Electronic Resources Extensive links, compiled by the South and Southeast Asia Library of U.C. Berkeleey
  • Vietnamese Economic Network A network of academics and others with a professional interest in Vietnam's economy.

  • Beauty and Darkness: Cambodia, the Odyssey of the Cambodian People. Site maintained by Bruce Sharp with many links.

  • The Mekong Network. A volunteer project providing information on Southeast Asia, maintained by Bruce Sharp.

  • Lao Study Review Web academic journal on Laos

  • SEAsite. Recently established web site of the NIU Center for Southeast Asian Studies, providing online courses in various Southeast Asian languages.

  • East Asia Center The East Asia Center of the University of Virginia, with an excellent annotated list of links for East and Southeast Asia.

  • The Vietnam War Declassification Project. Description of holdings at Gerald R. Ford Library, with sample documents.


  • Government Sources

  • U.S. Embassy in Hanoi

  • U.S. State Department

  • Embassy of Vietnam, Washington, DC

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam. Vietnam's Foreign Ministry, includes press releases and other statements.

  • Ministry of Finance, Vietnam. Includes various legal documents and basic foreign investment information.

  • Embassy of Laos

  • Embassy of Cambodia

  • Vietnamese Law Documents A selection of legal documents from Vietnam, in Vietnamese and English translation. Many of them are on forestry and wildlife protection.

    International Organizations

  • The United Nations Development Project in Hanoi

  • The World Bank in Vietnam

  • Vietnamese Catholic Bishops Conference. In Vietnamese.

  • Xunhasaba. Official distributor of publications from Vietnam.

  • Law Library of Congress guide to Vietnam.

  • News Sources

  • LexisNexis. The most comprehensive database of current news reports. For U.C. Berkeley student, faculty and staff only.

  • Thanh Nien News. Newspaper of the Vietnam Youth Association, from Ho Chi Minh City.

  • Vietnam News Journal. My summary of recent Vietnam news reports, focusing on human rights issues.

  • Vientiane Times. The official english daily from Vientiane. Also includes a Laos legal database.

  • Archive of the Vientiane Times. Highlights of past issues, maintained at the Lao Embassy web site.

  • "Vientiane Times". The title is misleading. This is not the online version of the official english daily from Vientiane (see above). It appears to be maintained by Lao refugees. But has much useful current news and links on Laos.

  • Saigon Times Weekly.

  • Vietnam News Agency. More news from Hanoi.

  • Voice of Vietnam. Radio webcasts in English of news from Hanoi.

  • Nhan Dan newspaper. The online version of the official party daily of Vietnam, in English and Vietnamese.

  • Vietnam Investment Review. Vietnam's leading international business newspaper.

  • Vietnam Economic Times Economic news from Vietnam. Also includes links to various Vietnam legal documents.

  • Vietnam News Headlines. Very handy online source of Vietnam news.

  • World News Connection The web site which hosts the U.S. Government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. This is fee-based.

  • Far Eastern Economic Review. The major newsweekly on Asian events.

  • SaigonBao.Com. Many links to Vietnam newspapers and other news sources.

  • One World. Reports on contemporary global affairs from this coalition of 120 global justice organizations, with a searchable database.

  • Indochina Chronology. Edited by the late Douglas Pike, published from 1997-2001 by the Vietnam Center of Texas Tech University.

  • Things Asian. Human interest stories on Vietnam.

  • Eglises D'Asie Lists table of contents of this biweekly newsletter on Catholicism in Asia, usually includes at least a few stories on Vietnam. Published by the Missions Etrangeres de Paris.

  • Hiep Thong. Web site of the Vietnamese Catholic Bishops Conference, in Vietnamese. You will need to download Vietnamese font software in order to read this site.

  • Fides. News on the Catholic Church around the world, from International Fides Service of the Pontifical Mission Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

  • Vietnam: Economic Commentary and Analysis Web site and online newsletter on Vietnam's economy, maintained by Adam Fforde, a leading expert on Vietnam's economy.

  • Voice of America. The official overseas news broadcast agency of the U.S., usually includes three to six stories weekly on Cambodia or Vietnam.

  • Mekong Research. HCMC-based economic research organization, with a weekly news summary.

  • Nguyen Xuan Oanh Website of an economist who held prominent positions in both the former government of South Vietnam and the current government of Vietnam. Now he is an economic consultant based in Ho Chi Minh City.

  • The Mercury Center. Online version of the San Jose Mercury News. More reporting than most American papers on Vietnam and the Vietnamese community in San Jose. Mark MacDonald is their correspondent in Hanoi.

  • The New York Times It is necessary to register in order to use their service, but access to the current edition and the seven-day search database is gratis to registered users.

  • BBC Radio. Streaming audio webcasts.

  • C-Span. Radio and television archive.

  • Voice of America. Radio and television news.

  • The Washington Post

  • News Headlines from Yahoo. Top stories of the day from Reuters and AP.

  • Le Monde Diplomatique. English version of this prestigious weekly from France on international affairs.

  • BBC News - Asia Pacific. Daily news from the British Broadcasting Corporation on news in the Asia Pacific region.

  • Compuserve News on the Asia-Pacific region. Includes a searchable database.

  • CNN News on Southeast Asia. Online version of Cable News Network, Southeast Asia section.

  • The Straits Times. Online version of daily newspaper from Singapore.

  • Viet Nam Today Web site maintained by Sandra Wittman, librarian at Oakton Community college, with links to many news sources on Vietnam.

  • Interchange . Newsletter to promote favorable relations between the U.S. and the three countries of Indochina.

  • Vietnam Today Many links to various sites, maintained by a Vietnam veteran.

  • IDG Vietnam. Web site of International Data Group, Asia - Vietnam, with high tech news on Vietnam.

  • Books about Vietnam Recommended books, compiled by Swiss journalist Marcel Stoessel.

  • AP Photo Archive. Photos of the Associated Press, with a searchable database.

  • Online Newspapers, from the Internet Public Library. Extensive links to newspapers, arranged geographically.

  • Human Rights Resources

  • Vietnam Journal. Human rights newsletter, published by Stephen Denney, 1979-85, and 1988-95.

  • Banned books and other forms of censorship in Vietnam during 2002. A chronology of events, in honor of banned book week.

  • Vietnam Human Rights Network Organization established by a network of overseas Vietnamese focusing on the issue of human rights in Vietnam.

  • Voices of Conscience. Profiles of prominent dissidents in Vietnam, by a Vietnamese emigre organization.


  • Refugee Resources

  • NamViet.Net One of the major overseas Vietnamese websites, with many links.

  • Lao Net Links to various overseas Lao and academic sources on Laos.

  • Viet Quoc. Web site of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang, also known as the Vietnam Nationalist Party, founded in 1927. Includes a weekly news analysis.

  • Hmong home page. Run by Craig Rice. Extensive links on Hmong history, culture, language, and current events.<

  • Free Vietnam Alliance. Maintained by anti-communist Vietnamese, with much information on various dissident movements in Vietnam.

  • Viet World. Materials on human rights violations in Vietnam, and profiles of dissidents.

  • Library and Reference resources

  • World Time Zone map

  • Vietnam dissertations. A listing of Vietnam-related dissertions completed at University of California, Berkeley, with their call numbers.

  • Merriam-Webster Online. Dictionary, thesaurus and other language tools.

  • Columbia Encyclopedia. Sixth edition, with nearly 51,000 entries, searchable database.

  • Great Books Online. From Bartleby.com, the preminent publisher of books online, free of charge.

  • Library of Congress Classification Outline. A guide to this widely used method of library of classification, from the web site of the Library of Congress.

  • Cornell University Library Catalog.

  • University of California Library.

  • University of Michigan Library system catalog.

  • University of Washington Library catalog.

  • New York University Library.

  • Library Catalogs and Web sites. From the University of California, Berkeley library web page.

  • Home pages of American universities.

  • International college and universities listings. Compiled by Christina DeMello of MIT in 1995-96. Still useful.

  • Surf the Dewey Decimal Classification System. The other major method of library classification, not as popular as the Library of Congress system, but still used in smaller libraries and overseas.

  • School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University. One of the few universities in California accredited to grant Masters of Library Science degrees, with branches around the state.

  • Personal Links

  • Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. An Episcopalian website with streaming audio.

  • Fresh Air. The daily PBS radio show with Terry Gross.

  • Nug.net.A streaming audio radio and archive devoted to the Grateful Dead and similar bands.

  • Jerry radio. Music of Jerry Garcia, the late guitarist for the Grateful Dead, along with some other bands.

  • Grateful Dead radio.

  • Air America radio. Liberal alternative to Rush Limbaugh, on live stream.

  • KFAT radio. Eclectic mix of country and western and rock music from a now defunct radio station based in Gilroy, California.

  • Harry Shearer. Voice of the Simpsons, host of Le Show.

  • San Francisco bay area radio stations online.


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    Last Updated: March 24, 2006