On January 11, 2025, members of Immigrant Resettlement & Cultural Center (IRCC) voted for a new board for the 2025 term as required by the nonprofit organization's bylaws.
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One of the action items of the board was to elect a new president and executive director to replace Loc Vu, who officially resigned after 48 years at the helm. ED Quinn Tran then met with San Jose Mayor and his Chief of Staff Jim Reed to reopen the Viet Museum after it was shut down by History San Jose at the request Hong Cao (the former ED of Viet Museum who was let go by Loc Vu due to insubordination detrimental to the operations of IRCC).
In December 2024, Tara Dang (community represenative for the Mayor's office) communicated with Michelle Duncan of History San Jose to only allow Hong Cao to access Viet Museum and not Loc Vu and his staff.
Loc Vu informed History of Museum (Bill Stroh and Michelle Duncan) that the contract is with IRCC and Hong Cao was only an employee of IRCC.
History San Jose decided then to close public access to Viet Museum due to conflicting information.
Worrying the dispute would become a political liability especially during upcoming 50th anniversity of Fall of Saigon, Mayor Matt Mahan stepped in and opened the museum per request by the new management and board of IRCC.
