Beginning in 1990 and continuing throughout the decade Pact ran a small program in Vietnam to strengthen the management capacities of government-sponsored institutions, mass organizations, and newly emerging social organizations.

During these years Pact organized an annual dialogue between Vietnamese-American professionals and their Vietnamese counterparts to formulate joint projects in medicine and public health, environmental protection, education for the disadvantaged, and small enterprise development. Over 50 Vietnamese professionals participated. Pact also helped to place 11 Vietnamese-American professionals in Vietnamese public institutions and agencies to assist in rebuilding the human resource base in business, finance, health and education.

In addition Pact helped organize the first-ever corporate philanthropy conference in Ho Chi Minh City that included a presentation by the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum on partnerships between corporations, government and NGOs.

In 2000 with funding from Citicorp Foundation, Pact, Citibank and a local Vietnamese partner, Pact jointly implemented the Banking on Youth - Young Entrepreneurs and Small Business Development in Vietnam project, which aimed to provide badly needed working capital to the large number of educated and skilled youth in Vietnam. Through training, mentoring and financial services, young entrepreneurs had the opportunity to access capital to start new and expand existing small and medium-sized businesses and ultimately graduate to the formal banking sector.

The project also sought to strengthen the management capacity of the local Vietnamese implementing partner in order that it could eventually cover its own costs and provide sustainable, locally based lending services to a growing cadre of young entrepreneurs. When the program ended in 200, Pact closed its doors.

In October 2004 Pact re-established operations in Vietnam in order to provide grants, technical assistance and management support to Vietnamese and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving or slated to receive USAID funding allocations for work in a wide range of activity areas under the United States President?s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (The Emergency Plan). The overall goal of the program is to support comprehensive prevention, care, support and treatment interventions and the creation of a supportive social and policy environment.