Amcham Vietnam

2008 USA Independence Day Family Picnic (Members, Family, and Guests)

When: Sat, Jun 28th 2008 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Where: Riverside Apartments, An Phu, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City

4th of July Join AmCham members, friends and family to enjoy our traditional American holiday and cultural event that is celebrated all across the USA, in big cities and small towns.

America’s Independence Day celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4, 1776. It was a unanimous Declaration of the thirteen “United States of America.” We invite you to read a transcription of the complete text of the Declaration of Independence. [Source: The U.S. National Archives] By the way, did you know that the American Declaration of Independence was one of the sources for Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence by President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi on National Foundation Day, 2 Sep 1945?

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Schedule for the event

10:00am Guests arrival

10:00am – 1:45pm Food Courts Open

Scrumptious Food All you can eat, including:

Penne Pasta, Espresso Tiramisu (Park Hyatt Saigon)
American Hot Dogs, Texas Chili, Baked Potatoes (New World Hotel Saigon)
Chili Cheeseburger, Jeff’s Chicken Wings, Sweet Corn, Chips, Salsa & Gaucamole (Dalat Palace & Ocean Dunes Golf Club)
BBQ Beef Briskets; NEM BBQ Pork Ribs; Smoke Sausage on Stick or bun; Hand Roll Charbroiled Pork Patties; Hand Rolled Charbroiled Beef Skewer; Pork parts Delicacies (NEM – CUA Restaurant & METRO)
BBQ Shrimp; New Orleans Gumbo – Choice of Sausage, Shrimp or Alligators; Shrimp Etouffee; Hurricane
Fermented Pork Rolls with Herbs; Honey BBQ Pork Ribs (Bourbon Street Restaurant)
Banana spring rolls, Pork and Shrimp spring rolls, Rice-paper rolls with pork and shrimp, and Diep leaf with pork and shrimp (Bong Sen Hotel)
Pizza (Alfresco’s)
Fried Chicken (KFC)
Wide ranges of salads (Veggy’s)
Brownie, Apple Pie, and Fruit (Hotel Equatorial)
Birthday Cake (Windsor Plaza Hotel)

Refreshing cold beverages, including Coke, Sprite, Fanta & Joy, Milky US, Yo-US, Aloe Bito Peaches juice, Budweiser beer, New Zealand Ice Cream, Fine wine: Gracia de Chile Reserva Chardonnay; Gracia de Chile Reserva Pinot Noir; Paul Masson White Zinfandel donated by METRO