An intergovernmental agreement between the GDR and the SR Vietnam of 11 April 1980 was the basis for the stay of some 2,000 Vietnamese contract workers by the end of the eighties in Rostock and for their employment in large firms. They were mainly employed as unskilled workers, especially in Rostock harbor area, but also on the railways, in the shipyards and the VEB youth fashion "Shanty," and lived in isolation from the German population in dormitories. About. three-quarters of Vietnamese as well as most contract workers from other countries left the country shortly after the turn. Of those who remained, many lost as a result of mass layoffs from large companies work. In the former residence of the Vietnamese seaport working in Lichtenhagen, the "Sunflower House", is set up so a counseling center.
Of 22 to 24 August 1992 gathered in front of the central reception center for asylum seekers (interest income tax), in the immediate vicinity of the dormitory residents, including many young people to demonstrate against the refugees. The protest ends in violence: The three-day attacks on the houses and their inhabitants, arriving in the course of right-wing extremists from all over the country will be accompanied by the applause of many residents. The security forces on the ground are not in a position to bring the situation under control. The asylum seekers have now been evacuated - - On the third day the situation gets out: The "Sunflower House" is set on fire, the Vietnamese people and a group of Germans, including the Commissioner for Foreigners of the Hanseatic city of Rostock can just put in time on the roof to safety .
Of the racial riots affected Vietnamese found in October 1992 the club Diên Hông-eV together under one roof in order to influence their own future and to actively seek above all contact with the inhabitants of Rostock. The singer-songwriter Konstantin Wecker is on 09 September 1993 Honorary Member of the Association. The Vietnamese-German meeting of the association is opened in 1994. The staff provide cultural and educational activities and offer advice on general welfare of their fellow countrymen. On 13 May 1994, the association honored for his commitment, along with two other initiatives at a ceremony in the German Bundestag with the medal of the "International Council of Christians and Jews." The award takes the President of the Bundestag, Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth before.
From June 1994 to December 1997, the Association shall be commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMA) successfully model project "for the professional and social integration of former East German contract workers and to improve relations between Germans and foreigners as well as to combat xenophobia" by .
The General Assembly of Diên Hông Association decided in July 1997, the opening of the association in relation to the project work for immigrants of all nationalities and countries of origin. By the European Union and the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern funded project "work-related advice and support for migrants working in the district of Rostock" begins in early 1998. They come in the pilot project experience and results benefit all immigrants now. The Women and Equality Officer of the state government of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania granted the same year a project "to promote professional and social integration of migrants in the region of Rostock through vocational counseling, job-related care and education world." In this project, limited until the end of 1999, the special problems and needs of immigrant women are at the center.
Also in 1998 the Youth Office of the Hanseatic city of Rostock financed the first time a part-time position for a youth worker in the field of child and youth work of the association. This should open the existing services for children and young people and new continuous improvement activities are made possible. As of May 2000, the meeting will be the work of a supervisor who is employed in an ABM-based, open on weekends. In January 1999, will be opened by Rostock's social and youth thank Senator Dr. the presence of 50 children and adults a small repair shop. Under professional guidance during the week can craft skills in welding, drilling, soldering and sewing will be tested and learned.
In September 1999 refers Diên Hông eV to a new home: Together with other clubs, the club's facilities and offices in WaldemarHof now in the city center. A wide range found in the Intercultural Center: the Advisory Council of the Hanseatic city of Rostock (since 2010 Migrantenrat), the African Citizens' Initiative (since 2010 Daraja eV - German-African friends), TALIDE Association and the Friends of the Russian language. All offers of this association are continued and expanded continuously.
In April 2000, granted the pension office in Rostock, a new project funded by the European Union and the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern "counseling and education for migrant labor in the district of Rostock. MIGRA. "Through a combination of language courses, retraining and further training and discussions will be living in the Rostock region of migrants over two years in support of qualification for the labor market.
In September 2000 are Federal President Johannes Rau, Michael Hugo, who works as a project coordinator and volunteer Director of Dien Hong, "in recognition of outstanding achievements in the social sphere ..." from the Federal Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. A year later, the manager is to "... be full-time and volunteer work for the interests of foreign citizens ..." award in Berlin, Gustav-Heinemann-Citizens Award in 2001.
On the initiative and with the professional preparation and support to start by the club in 2000 in Rostock and Güstrow language courses for elderly and handicapped professional migrants. This also immigrants on the labor market is no longer available will be offered assistance with integration. As of 2001, also in the districts of Bad Doberan and Nordvorpommern this ten-week classes offered and carried out by locally based educational institutions with support from the state pension office of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
In cooperation with the Department of Agroecology, University of Rostock is also being launched in 2000 as part of an investigation for ABM breeding and market analysis of Asian herbs and vegetables. With the present results after one year will be decided whether the operators active in the Rostock region of Asian restaurants and bistros, a rearing of the required food is reasonable and possible qualitative, quantitative and economic terms.
In March 2001, the association receives from the Ministry of Labour and Construction Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the certificate of recognition as a "nationally recognized institution of further education". On the basis of the training law of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is Diên Hông now entitled to these additional well in the club name. As an educational institution worked Diên Hông from the beginning of 2002 also reinforced topics of political and general education, including in the context of language courses for senior and professional incompetent migrants, preparatory courses for the German-language tests for foreign students or events on intercultural issues, including for administrative staff .
Based in Neubrandenburg Epiphany Foundation awards the club chairman Nguyen Thinh, 22 Thurs February 2002 for "his efforts in bringing together different cultures and religions" with the social-Siemerling price. The prize is awarded, the only social price in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The speech will be the Federal Government Commissioner for Foreigners' Affairs, Marie Luise Beck (MP). In his official residence Bellevue palace stands Rau Diên Hông in the same year with the integration of the Federal President on price. More out of 1,300 clubs and initiatives from all over Germany who are involved in various ways for the integration of immigrants and the community, who participated in the competition. A distinguished jury selected ten exemplary initiatives, which include Diên Hông. For its projects on language learning in the age receives the first Diên Hông Award of the Ministry of Education and Research and was awarded the European Language Label 2002nd
The Rostock work Diên Hông Office commissioned in 2001, for unemployed migrants as agents (according to § 37 SGB III) to act. In addition to various services, the integration into the labor market a top priority. The contract is initially for nine months.
Two new projects will start on 1 October 2002: to reduce xenophobia, especially in the workplace, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the European Social Fund under the XENOS program the project "Towards intercultural understanding and mutual respect - intercultural training opportunities and meeting in Rostock." This project is primarily aimed at employees of public administration, police, border police, the judiciary, as well as to teachers and professional students. The association also receives from the Social Ministry of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the allocation decision to build a specialist integration service migration. The tasks include individual career counseling of immigrants and to identify the testing and analysis of existing services with the goal of integration-inhibiting factors and structures and to develop proposals for their removal. The IFDM is located at the end of 2007 Diên Hông and expanding its offers over the years.
Of 21 to 25 October 2002 held a series of events to mark the tenth anniversary of the association. Among other things, an exhibition featuring exhibits a bi-continental Malprojektes with exhibits of students from Rostock and Hanoi will be opened on the 24th Mayor of Rostock receives October 2002, the members, friends and supporters of Dien Hông eV in the town hall and the club chairman Nguyen Thinh Thurs carries over into the book of honor of the city. Songwriter Konstantin Wecker and Bundestag President Wolfgang Thierse give 25 October 2002 on the occasion of ten years Diên Hông a political dinner in the College of Music and Theatre in Rostock.
The Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) granted in November 2002, a six-month preliminary phase of planning a regional cooperation network for the vocational training of immigrants. To 01 January 2004 starts the subsequent project for the construction of a regional cooperation network for the vocational training of young migrants (BQN) in the working district of Rostock. The project has a duration of two and a half years and is funded by the BMBF and the European Social Fund (ESF).
On behalf of the Hanseatic city of Rostock leads Diên Hong of May to December 2004, the project assessment, training and employment for women with an immigrant background sozialhilfebeziehende (AQUA) by. AQUA is to enhance the employability of women and the integration into the labor market.
At the Annual General Meeting of the Association on 27 June 2003 a new board elected. New chairman and successor to the original founding member and club chairman Nguyen Thinh Thurs, Mr. Ta Minh Tuan.
Early 2005, is commissioned by the Diên Hông Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) as a course provider with the implementation of the immigration bill offered by the integration courses. To optimize the integration of courses, the association has concluded with the Community College of the Hanseatic city of Rostock and the district of Bad Doberan, the Institute for Data Processing and Business Research (Rostock) and the International Federation (Rostock / Bad Doberan) to a course provider community together.
Wants Viet Nam, including improving the dialogue between indigenous and immigrant populations from Vietnam and help preparing the ground for business ideas between German and Vietnamese - published in March 2005, the first bilingual information service Rostock. The editorial work on the quarterly 24-page booklet takes an active volunteer editorial team. Funding for the operating expenses comes from the Small Projects Program Local action for social purposes. In the years 2006 and 2007 is the information service of Rostock - Viet Nam an award from the Federal Ministry of the Interior settled Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance. The Alliance had classified the published since 2005, bilingual information service to be exemplary and awarded a cash prize of 1,000 €. 2007, the club will receive a prize for the brochure as a regional winner of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Federal Competition participation and integration of migrants through civic engagement, which the Citizens for Citizens Foundation (Berlin) invites tenders annually.
The Hanseatic city of Rostock eV Hông Diên commissioned in 2005 with the establishment of three skilled in Rostock active social counseling services for immigrants (FSM). The settled in at specialist service has Diên Hông counseling especially in the Rostock city center living migrants to content.
Following a decision of the Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is set up at the integration service migration specialists set point for the integration of immigrants with medical nursing and social work qualifications. The aim is to minimize the shortage of doctors and nurses in MV and the activation of existing structures in the country organizer for harnessing the skills of immigrants already living in the country in the above professions. The Social Ministry of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is promoting this temporary post until the end of 2005.
As part of the EQUAL program of the European Union, the association began in 2005 with the implementation of project-specific migration advice to companies. Focuses in particular the technical skills of entrepreneurs with a migration background as well as raising awareness of German entrepreneurs from the region of Rostock for the use of the skills of immigrants. The project will run until the end of 2007 and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour and the European Social Fund.
As part of the EQUAL program, the club also begins with the implementation of the subproject advice of immigrants in the Rostock region. The activities of the specialist integration service migration will result in better quality and new forms of cross-cultural counseling and qualified to be tested. The project will run until the end of 2007 and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour and the European Social Fund.
Diên Hông heard in 2006 were selected for the nationwide total of 19 carriers, "Promoting Skills" by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research to participate in the transfer phase of the program. In the project, with a maturity of one year are examples of concepts and instruments of action for professional integration of young of immigrants - developed by the vocational training network for immigrants (BQN) Rostock - common in the eastern states.
In September 2006, starting at nine locations in the country Mecklenburg-Vorpommern measures to improve opportunities for the integration of immigrant women in the labor market. The integration service migration was involved in developing and supporting the exporting carrier Bilse Institute and Academy of Engineering in the districts of Bad Doberan and Güstrow and in the Hanseatic city of Rostock in the successful implementation of a total of 300 migrants. The promotion of lasting until the end of 2007 initiatives carried out by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and from the European Social Fund (labor market and structural development program).
The Board of the Association receives on 27 February 2007 in Berlin, from the hands of Ambassador Tran Duc Mau high award from the Vietnamese government. From the hands of the Board received an undoped award. It states the following: "Through his dedication and his many contacts in the majority society Diên Hông an important mediator for the Vietnamese compatriots in Germany."
The club members elect Mr. Do Van Bao, longtime board member, in 2007 the chairman of their club.
From October 2007 to September 2008 runs at Diên Hông another project in the Xenos program of the Federal Government: "Diversity, participation and active promotion of regional integration through vocational training and civic participation of immigrants in the region of Central Mecklenburg". Measures of the project include professional training courses and community-oriented social studies for immigrants and intercultural training for administrative staff.
As of November 2009 in the framework of the Federal Interior Ministry sponsored project "Open yourself - to find a compromise. Learning for acceptance and participation of immigrants' various measures implemented in Rostock. This six-week courses include "virtually Germany" that address the issues of integration and orientation courses and continue. Also, bring immigrants into the work of free and local radio LOHRO.
The Annual Meeting of the Board, in September 2010, an additional provision: Diên Hông stands next to the old club purposes and development education, and the enforcement of development projects especially on Vietnam to the destination. Thus the prospects for greater cooperation with initiatives in Vietnam will open. Initial activities in this area are the exhibitions' face to face "in the Rostock Town Hall and" Vietnam - a country of contrasts "in the state parliament in Schwerin.