Books
For children, baby to preK

• David McKee, Elmer's Colours (Vietnamese- English)

For children, 4-8 years

• Sherry Garland, Tatsuro Kuuchi (illus.), The Lotus Seed
• Sherry Garland, Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam
• Jeanne M. Lee, Toad Is the Uncle of Heaven : A Vietnamese Folktale
• Pegi Deitz Shear and Cynthia Weil, To Ngoc Trang (illus), Ten Mice for Tét
• Truong Tran, Ann Phong (illus.), Going Home, Coming Home/Vế Nhà, Thăm Quê Hu’o’ng
  (bilingual, English/Vietnamese)

For children, 8-12

• Felice Blanc, I Am Vietnamese American (Our American Family)
• Bobbie Kalman, Vietnam: The Culture

For adults

• Andrew Pham, Catfish and Mandala
• Ngoc Dung Tran, To Swim in Our Own Pond: Ta Ve Ta Tam Ao Ta: A Book of Vietnamese Proverbs
• Iowa Asian Alliance, Iowa Asian Resource Directory, 2005-2006

Films

• Tran Anh Hung’s “The Scent of Green Papaya” “A moving and undeniably brilliant film by the talented Vietnamese-exile filmmaker Tran Anh Hung, set in 1951 and centered on a young woman who becomes a servant for a turbulent family. The film follows in exquisitely lyrical detail the quiet beauty and stoically accepted hardships of her life as, ten years later, she starts a love affair with her next employer. Shot entirely on a Paris soundstage, this, says critic Roger Ebert, "is a film to cherish." Videocassette and DVD in Vietnamese with English subtitles; Vietnam/France, 1993, 104 mins.
  
• Tran Anh Hung’s “Cyclo” “Directed by Tran Anh Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya), this gritty tale of innocence lost in the urban jungle of Vietnam fuses the neorealist style of The Bicycle Thief with the kinetic energy of Taxi Driver. In the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, a young cyclo (pedicab driver) transports passengers through the streets, trying to eke out a meager living for his two sisters and elderly grandfather. When his bicycle is stolen by a local gang, he descends into a crime ring led by the charismatic Poet (Tony Leung, Chung King Express, Happy Together), and his older sister turns to prostitution. Vietnamese with English subtitles; Vietnam, 1996, 123 mins.”
  
• Tran Anh Hung’s “The Vertical Ray of the Sun” “The director of The Scent of Green Papaya and Cyclo weaves together the stories of three sisters in Hanoi, their relationships, romances, happiness and heartbreak. Patient and lovingly filmed, one of the film's many virtues is a vision of Vietnamese life rarely seen in America. "...a gently knowing look at tradition, ritual, loyalty, and gender roles in contemporary Vietnamese society...The director's attention to detail and gesture is mesmerizing" (Jason Wood, BBC Online). Vietnamese with English subtitles; Vietnam/France/Germany, 2000, 112 mins.”
  
• Viet Linh’s 2002 “Me Thao thoi vang bong” (The glorious time in Me Thao Hamlet), “based on a story by Nguyen Tuan, won critical acclaim at the Deauville film festival before going on to win the Golden Rose at the 2003 Bergamo festival.”
• Le Hoang’s “Ai xuoi van ly” (The long journey) “won the second prize in 1998 at Bergamo.”
• Films from and about Vietnam today
  
• Films about the Vietnam war
  
• Iris Brooks, “Vietnamese Music: Spanning the Cultural Spectrum”
  

Music

• Phong Thuyet Nguyen, Patricia Shehan Campbell, From Rice Paddies and Temple Yards:
  Traditional Music of Vietnam (book & cd)
• The Vietnamese National Song and Dance Ensemble, “Songs and Dances of Vietnam” (cd)
• Tét Viêt Nam: 1996-2004 “Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới” (2 cds)
• Pham Duy, “Folk Songs of Vietnam”
• “From Saigon to Hanoi, Traditional Songs & Music of Vietnam”
• Pham Duc Thanh, “Vietnamese Traditional Dan Bau Music”
• Various Artists, “Music from North and South Vietnam:
  Sung Poetry of the North, Theatre Music of the South”
• Various Artists, “Music of Vietnam”
• Vietnamese National Song and Dance Ensemble, “Songs and Dances of Vietnam”
• “The Music of Vietnam” 3 CD Boxed Set ~ Music Of Vietnam (Series)
• Various Artists, “Ho-Vietnam Roady Music”
• Khac Chi Ensemble, “Moonlight in Vietnam”
• Perfume River Ensemble, “Music from Lost Kingdom: Hue Vietnam”
• Nguyen Vinh Bao, “Vietnam”
• Various Artists, “Phases of The Moon: Traditional Chinese Music”

• Interview with Vinh Nguyen, Iowa Roots
  
• Vietnam and Vietnamese Culture with articles on Tét (great site with lots of information on Tét)
  
• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program: Welcome to the Vietnamese American Heritage Project
• Vietnamese traditional instruments
  
• Iowa Asian Alliance
• My Hero
• VN Help
• Indochina
• Culture for Kids
• 2006 Tét Program
• World of Difference