Vietnam Veterans of America Inc. (VVA) is a national non-profit corporation founded in 1978 that promotes the interests of United States military veterans of the Vietnam era. It is funded without any contribution from any branch of government.

VVA is the only such organization chartered by Congress and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam veterans and their families.

VVA aims to campaign on issues important to Vietnam veterans, to create a new identity for this generation of veterans, and to improve public perception of Vietnam veterans. The organization's main efforts concern

• Government Relations Advocacy on veterans' issues
• National Task Force for Homeless Veterans
• Health care for veterans, including disabled veterans
• Issues pertaining to women and minority veterans
• National scholarship fund
• Assisting veterans seeking benefits/services from the government

VVA has organizing councils in 43 states, 525 local chapters, and over 50,000 individual members.

Founding Principle

Never again shall one generation of veterans abandon another.

External link

VVA web site (http://www.vva.org/)