In 1979, a group of Vietnamese refugees who had settled in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district founded the Vietnamese Youth Development Center (VYDC) to provide neighborhood youth with urgently needed support and practical assistance as they adjusted to their new lives in America. Over two decades, VYDC has built a community of encouragement and empowerment for thousands of Southeast Asian youth in the Tenderloin and throughout the Bay Area.
The mission of the agency is two-fold:
1. to provide immediate assistance to immigrant youth in their adjustment to American life, and
2. to encourage and empower youth to participate actively in the development of their community.
