Notice about services offered regularly
It’s tax time and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has resources to help people with their tax returns. The aim is to reach and help make tax time easier for as many people as possible. See more here.
Census night is 10 August 2021.
Every five years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics counts every person and home in Australia. This is called the Census. It asks questions about things like your age, country of birth, religion, ancestry, language used at home, work and education.
Everyone who is staying in your home on 10 August 2021 must be included. This includes international visitors and babies.
The Census helps us understand what we need now, and into the future.
Information from the Census helps governments, businesses and not for profit organisations across the country make informed decisions. The Census is also used by community groups to help plan local services for individuals, families and communities. For example:
Your personal information is protected by law. It isn’t shared with other government agencies or anyone else. You can’t be identified by the information you share about yourself or your family in your Census.
You can complete your Census online, by paper, or with help from us. You can start as soon as you get instructions, if you know who will be home on Census night.
The Census form is in English only. You can ask family or friends to help with your Census. There will also be Census staff who can show you how to fill in the form.
The Census is compulsory.* This means everyone in Australia except diplomats and their families must complete the Census wherever they are on Census night. This includes visa holders, tourists and international visitors like students studying at Australian universities.
There is support available if you need help to complete your Census.
PUBLIC MEETING
The Management Committee (MC) of the Vietnamese Community in Australia / SA warmly invites you to our quarterly Public Meeting to be held at:
In this meeting, the MC will report the progress over the last three months . This is also an opportunity for you to provide feedback as well as a Questions & Answers (Q&A) session. The Festival Director for Adelaide Tet Festival 2022 will be introduced in this meeting, too.
Please note that, in accordance with the SA Government’s official directives on COVID-19, please check in using the QR code displayed on the doors.
We would love to see you as this is a proper environment to collaborate to make our community stable and strong. However, if you cannot attend, all queries can be sent to the MC via postal mail at the above address or email to ykiendonghuong@sa.vnca.org.au.
Very respectful
Management Committee
Dear Members
We are pleased to announce that Terry White Cumberland Park Pharmacy has once again approached the MCCSA to provide free influenza (flu) vaccinations for people who are most in need i.e. temporary visa holders, international students, families of immigrants on visitors visa and those who are financially stressed. I am reaching out to you as community leaders to share this amongst your members.
The vaccinations will be administered by qualified and registered pharmacists. No referral or prescription required, all participants will receive Flu Vaccination Certificates.
The free flu vaccination sessions will be held at the following location and dates:
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL. Please contact June on (08) 8345 5266 to find out available time slots and to book your appointment.
IMPORTANT:
MCCSA would like to thank Terry White Cumberland Park Pharmacy for their very generous offer and we hope this free flu vaccination initiative will help protect the vulnerable members of our community as we head into the winter months.
Kind regards
Helena Kyriazopoulos
CEO
Multicultural Communities Council of SA
113 Gilbert Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Ph: 08 8345 5266
Email: mccsa@mccsa.org.au
Web: www.mccsa.org.au
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCCofSA
“…Theirs were the hands that saved us, their courage showed the way
Their lives they laid down for us, that we may live today…”
Ken Bunker
We commemorate over 4 decades since the fall of Saigon on 30th April 1975, marking the end of the Vietnam War and the beginning of a mass exodus in search of freedom.
Pain and hope are the two dominant emotions of this annual commemoration.
Please join us at the Black April Commemoration – Vietnamese Remembrance Day on Friday, 30th April 2021.
The two-part Memorial includes:
Part 1:
Time: Ceremony begins at 11:00 am and concludes at 12:00 pm
Location: Australian-Vietnamese War Memorial
Torrens Parade Ground, Victoria Drive, Adelaide SA 5000
Theme: Australian – Vietnamese Military Procession and Wreath tributes
Part 2:
Time: Commemoration begins at 6:30pm and concludes at 8:30pm
Location: Vietnamese Community Hall
62 Athol St, Athol Park SA 5012
Theme: Video footage, theatrical play and music program specific to Memorial Day, and Candlelight Vigil
Celebrated in Vietnam and other parts of Asia, “Tết Nguyên Đán”, otherwise known as “Tết”, is a traditional Vietnamese festival that honours the dawning of the Lunar New Year. The Adelaide Tết Festival will be held at Bonython Park – Adelaide, on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February 2020 and will seek to capture the happiness and spirit of the New Year by creating fun, happy memories, and celebrating Vietnamese culture and traditions.
The Adelaide Tết Festival is an annual event that enables Vietnamese South Australians to celebrate and share our traditional Lunar New Year custom that is rich in both cultural and spiritual values within the Vietnamese and broader Adelaide communities.
The Adelaide Tết Festival 2020 will involve a variety of activities that will bring together patrons from communities around our state of South Australia, interstate and overseas. The Festival will play host to many fun family activities, including sideshow games and rides, engage local businesses and food vendors to share their products and secret recipes, and facilitate a concert that will showcase multicultural performances from ethnic community groups, and traditional Vietnamese art and culture through song, dance and artistic expression.
This year we have upsized everything, including a larger, more centralised venue to accommodate more performances, more sideshow entertainment, more rides and amusements, and more deliciously authentic Vietnamese food options, for more patrons. This carefully considered approach is as a direct result of public consultation and our desire to share the most significant cultural celebration on our annual calendar with the South Australian public.
Dear Community Members,
The wild bush fires of NSW and QLD are still turbulent with conditions worsening. The tragedy has claimed 4 lives and scorched countless numbers of homes.
To show our love, appreciation and utmost gratitude to this country that opened her arms to accept tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees in our darkest hours, we encourage you to dig deep to help bush fire victims.
A fundraising event has been organised with the following details:
For every dollar donated to the Australian Red Cross between now and 29.12.2019, VCA/SA will to match dollar for dollar (up to $10 000.00 AUD). This means you can help the cause be twice as effective!
Here are ways you can donate:
We hope we can count on you to spread the word so that we can all support this significant cause.