; Whereas Vietnamese Americans are the fourth-largest Asian-American population in the United States; Whereas first- and second-generation Vietnamese Americans have overcome tremendous socioeconomic challenges, including discrimination, language and cultural barriers, and poverty, to emerge as significant contributors to American society; and Whereas Vietnamese Americans contribute to American society through their work in business, education, science and technology, engineering, mathematics, literature and the arts, gastronomy, the Armed Forces, and public service at every level of government: Now, therefore, be it