The Executive Committee
Foreign Press Association
J. Tuyet Nguyen
J. Tuyet Nguyen has covered major stories in New York City and the United Nations for United Press International,
the German Press Agency dpa, Asia Times, Canadian Press and various newspapers. His reports focused mostly on
topics with international interests for readers worldwide.
He currently owns and edits the website: www.theunitednationscorrespondent.com
He was president of the United Nations Correspondents Association (2007 and 2008), an organization with more
than 300 journalists representing world media with influence over policy decision makers. He has chaired the
organization of the annual UNCA Awards, which seeks to reward journalists around the world who have done the
best broadcasts and written reports on the UN and its specialized agencies.
He has traveled the world to cover events and write stories, from politics to the environment as well cultures of
different regions. But his most important reporting work has been on the United Nations since the 1980s.
He was bureau chief of the United Press International office at the UN headquarters before joining dpa in 1997. Prior
to working at the UN, he was an editor on the International Desk of UPI World Headquarters in New York. He worked
in Los Angeles and covered the final months of war in Vietnam for UPI.
the German Press Agency dpa, Asia Times, Canadian Press and various newspapers. His reports focused mostly on
topics with international interests for readers worldwide.
He currently owns and edits the website: www.theunitednationscorrespondent.com
He was president of the United Nations Correspondents Association (2007 and 2008), an organization with more
than 300 journalists representing world media with influence over policy decision makers. He has chaired the
organization of the annual UNCA Awards, which seeks to reward journalists around the world who have done the
best broadcasts and written reports on the UN and its specialized agencies.
He has traveled the world to cover events and write stories, from politics to the environment as well cultures of
different regions. But his most important reporting work has been on the United Nations since the 1980s.
He was bureau chief of the United Press International office at the UN headquarters before joining dpa in 1997. Prior
to working at the UN, he was an editor on the International Desk of UPI World Headquarters in New York. He worked
in Los Angeles and covered the final months of war in Vietnam for UPI.