From 22 - 26 September 2007, PEN-International hosted a visit by a ten-person delegation from Vietnam, including government representatives from the Ministry of Education and Training, Institute for Strategic Planning and Education and the National School for Higher Education, and several Vice-Chairpersons of Peoples Committees in various provinces. Mr. Yasunobu Ishii of the Nippon Foundation of Japan and Mr. James Woodward of the Deaf Cultural Studies Program in Dong Nai, Vietnam, were also members of the delegation. The group visited Rochester as part of a multi-city tour, which included stops at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, the U.S. Department of Education, the Maryland School for the Deaf, and the state of Maryland Department of Education.

The purpose of their visit here was to get an overview of NTID/RIT and the various support and access services provided to deaf and hard of hearing students cross registered at RIT. Ms. Desiree Duda, a consultant with the Northeast Technical Center (a PEPNet program), met with the delegation to discuss provision of support and access services within smaller postsecondary education programs. Finally, there was a visit to a local college, Monroe Community College, to gain an understanding of the various models of service delivery to deaf and hard of hearing students in postsecondary education.