Tran Dang: Please tell me what is the requirement to live in Lang Tre. It will be sold to individual per unit or rented or low income housing with government help paying a portion of rent. Thanks.

Nhut Tran: My name is Nhut Tran. Both my wife and myself are older than 60 y/o and are interested in buying an apartment in Lang Tre. What are the required qualifications? Could you please send us more infos?

We appreciate very much your assistance. Sincerely.

Note: Please excuse us for writing in English. We don't have the VNse software to write in Vnse.

Golden Bamboo Village (GBV) is a 60-unit apartment complex for seniors over the age of 62, who are low, very-low, and extremely low-income (maximum $25,000/ single person per year or $29,000/ couple per year).

The total project cost is $3,600,000, and GBV is required through a conditional commitment to obtain contribution matching funds of $360,000 from the community, foundations, and corporations. Once we obtain the matching funds, construction will begin and will be completed a year afterward. Please help us to meet the City’s requirement, click here for more details.

HUD and City of Houston will issue the guide line and application about 6 months before the Grand Opening.

Sydney Dao: Please allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Sydney Dao, Chloe Dao's sister.  Chloe and I are very interested in your project and would like to help you raise the much needed funds.

We understand that you want us to have a fashion show fundraiser.  Unfortunately, due to Chloe's hectic schedule this is out of the question.  What we had in mind is a shopping cocktail party at the boutique.  15% of the sales generated during the party will go to Bamboo Village.  We were thinking of partnering with the Asian American Bar Association. They are a very strong and active group in the community.  Yellow Magazine would also be a great partner for event to get exposure for your project. I will pitch the idea to both next week.

Lynn Huynh: I heard about the project and think it is a great idea for the Vietnamese senior community.  I am involved with a few Asian organizations.  We do a lot of fund raising and community works.  I would like to bounce a few ideas to our organizations and see if we can coordinate a fund raising event to help with your senior center.  I'll pass your information along to our group.  Thank you for the information and I will keep you posted about the upcoming fund raising events.

Johnathan Nguyen - Asia Houston Network: I will be mailing you a $1,000 check via US Postal Office to the address that you list on your web site. Please confirming that you receive the check when you receive it.

Thank you so much for your help and support. I look forward to hearing from you.

Cuong Nguyen:  I attended the Lang Tre Fundraising Dinner at Kim Son Restaurant and was very enthusiastic when seeing many of our Vietnamese people in the community showing up and contributing generously.  Please let us know if Lang Tre had been raising enough funds and when the construction would begin. Thank you.

Thank you very much for attending our Fundraising Dinner at Kim Son Bellaire on Sunday, March 04, 2007.  Your presence was a great encouragement for the Fundraising Committee and also a valuable contribution to the success of our Fundraising Dinner.  The number of attending guests exceeded 600 people, which was beyond the Fundraising Committee’s expectations, and almost $30,000 in donations was instantly contributed.  However, up until today (March 27, 2007), there have been 295 generous donors, raising the total amount of Donations up to $115,200 compared to the City assigned amount of $360,000.  From this promising outcome, City had approved us to have the Ceremony of The First Brick Installation on May 2007 with the requirement that we have to raise an extra $15,000 plus all of the promised amounts from the Foundations.  Therefore, we deeply appreciate your help, with your creditability, by asking for contributions from your relatives and friends in order for us to complete the Construction project by next spring.