About Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau

Welcome to a Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau, an initiative aimed at building a community that explores our generational identity as Canadian children of immigrants, through shared stories, experiences, and events that connect the Vietnamese diaspora.

Connect with us (and your identity!) online or in-person

We’re hosting community events, sharing education and relatable Vietnamese culture content, and finding ways to bring the Vietnamese diaspora together.

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Join the Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau community. It’s free! Be the first to learn about upcoming events and more opportunities online and in-person that connect Vietnamese-Canadians with our culture, heritage, and each other.

What is the meaning of the name?

Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau translates to “We are together” in Vietnamese.

Pronounced "Joom th-ah, goom nyow"

Our name reflects a vision of unity: to bring together adult children of Vietnamese immigrants—and the broader Vietnamese diaspora—by creating spaces, both in-person and digital, where we can connect more deeply with our heritage. It speaks to the shared stories, struggles, and identities that bind us, no matter where we are. Through Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau, we hope to give our community a place to reflect, to rediscover pride in our culture, and to build stronger connections between younger and older generations. At its heart, the name is both a reminder and a commitment: that we are preserving the past, celebrating the present, and shaping a shared future—together.

Meet the co-founders

Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau is led by Vietnamese children of immigrants Linda Hoang and Jessica Truong, who—through this initiative—hope to help preserve the past, celebrate the present, and shape a shared future, together.

  • Co-founder

    Jessica Truong (she/her/hers), is an Edmonton-based, second generation Vietnamese-Canadian whose passion for food began when she was little, helping her mom prep ingredients for their family meals. Her curiosity for all things food has since evolved into sharing stories and creating online food content in honour of her late father at @aspoonfordad.

    Jessica is a co-producer of the docuseries EATING EDMONTON, which uses food, the people who make it, and experience as a second-generation immigrant to tell richer stories about Edmonton communities.

    She has shared publicly about her Vietnamese-immigrant family experiences online. Her research background drives curiosity and interest of how events and programs impact the aging community and how stories of diaspora can change and impact Canadian identity.

    Follow Jessica on Instagram!

What is the meaning of the logo?

The boat has always been a huge symbol of how our parents left their country to find hope and life elsewhere. In our logo, the folded paper boat represents how easily those who fled could have met many different fates, but were fortunate to find land. The sun and moon reflect the passage of time and the shared horizon that connects us across generations. The same sun and moon that guided our families as they risked everything crossing the South China Sea, or flying across the sky to find their new home and build a new life, continue to shine over us today. They remind us that though our journeys are different, we are bound together by the same sky. Together, the boat and the sun/moon capture the essence of Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau: remembering the courage of those who came before us, reflecting on the legacy we’ve inherited, and carrying their light forward into the generations to come, together.

Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau (“We are Together”) is a Vietnamese-Canadian grassroots initiative dedicated to creating in-person and digital spaces where adult children of immigrants can reflect on, reclaim, and reconnect with their cultural heritage.

Through storytelling, art, education, and community events, we honour the journeys of our parents, explore our shared generational identity, and build bridges across the Vietnamese diaspora—preserving the past, celebrating the present, and shaping a shared future together.

Our Mission

We envision a future where adult children of Vietnamese immigrants across Canada feel deeply connected to their cultural heritage, to one another, and to their communities. Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau has the potential to become a national movement with local chapters across cities, creating accessible spaces—both in-person and digital—that foster belonging, preserve stories, and celebrate Vietnamese identity in all its evolving forms.

Through community events, storytelling, art, language initiatives, and intergenerational exchanges, we see a future where Vietnamese-Canadian voices are amplified, where our parents’ journeys are honoured, and where our children inherit a proud, living connection to their roots.

Our Values

Our Values

  • Community & Belonging: We believe in building inclusive, supportive spaces where Vietnamese-Canadians feel seen, heard, and connected—across generations, cities, and digital platforms.

  • Heritage & Preservation: We are committed to preserving Vietnamese culture, language, and traditions, while also recognizing how these evolve within the diaspora.

  • Storytelling & Memory: Through oral history, art, photography, food, events and shared experiences, we use storytelling as a tool to honour our parents’ sacrifices and to carry forward their legacies.

  • Integrity & Authenticity: We prioritize Vietnamese voices, perspectives, and partnerships in everything we do, ensuring our work reflects the lived experiences of our community.

  • Intergenerational Bridges: We honour the frozen memories of the past held by our parents’ generation, while helping new generations engage with Vietnam as it exists today, and as it lives in them.

  • Shared Humanity & Connection: While our focus is Vietnamese heritage, we recognize that themes of sacrifice, resilience, and growing up between cultures resonate across many immigrant and diasporic communities. We foster empathy, understanding, and solidarity with others whose stories may be different, but whose journeys echo our own.

  • Collaboration & Growth: We are a volunteer-led, grassroots movement that sees itself as part of a growing national effort to strengthen and connect Vietnamese diasporic voices.

  • Resilience & Hope: Inspired by the symbolism of the boat, the sun and the moon, we carry forward the courage of our parents’ journeys, while building communities of hope, identity, and future possibility.

In five to ten years, we aim to:

  • Establish Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau as a registered national non-profit with active chapters across Canada.

  • Build a digital archive of Vietnamese-Canadian stories, oral histories, and cultural materials.

  • Create recurring cultural programs—such as language learning, ao dài exchanges, intergenerational storytelling circles, and art installations—that strengthen heritage preservation and bring together the younger and older generation.

  • Partner with schools, libraries, and cultural institutions to integrate Vietnamese-Canadian experiences into Canada’s broader heritage narrative.

  • Be recognized as a trusted platform where Vietnamese diasporic communities reflect, heal, and thrive—together.

Our vision is to carry forward the courage and resilience of our parents’ journeys, while building a future where Vietnamese culture continues to flourish across generations, across Canada, and across the world.

Is Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau for you?

Our events and programs are designed for the Vietnamese diaspora—especially adult children of immigrants—because they speak directly to our shared cultural heritage, identity, and generational experiences.

That said, the themes we explore—family sacrifice, resilience, growing up between cultures, and the immigrant Canadian experience—resonate far beyond the Vietnamese community.

While it will feel most meaningful if you are Vietnamese or connected to the Vietnamese-Canadian experience, our spaces are ultimately open and welcoming to anyone who wishes to listen, learn, and reflect alongside us.

We believe that by centering Vietnamese voices, we also create opportunities for broader understanding, empathy, and connection across communities.

Thank you to our early sponsors!

We are deeply grateful to our early sponsors for believing in the vision of Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau and throwing support behind us as we bring this movement to life.

We encourage our community to support these incredible businesses and organizations—especially if you’re looking for local, Vietnamese and Asian-owned services and products. By choosing to support them, you’re also supporting the growth and vibrancy of our community, and reinforcing the spirit of cùng nhau—togetherness—that grounds everything we do.

How can you get involved?  

Attend an event.

We host several culturally-focused events throughout the year! We hope to see you there.

  • See upcoming events

Volunteer with us.

We’re donating our time to build community. We’d love if you helped us do that too!

  • Let us know you’re interested

Sponsor our organization.

Does Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau speak to you? Help fund our events and programming!

  • Reach out to see how we can work together

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