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There isn’t a permanent public marker that honors the Vietnamese diaspora and the refugee journeys that brought so many families here. (Boston Globe) By Ngọc-Trân Vũ Updated April 20, 2026
Ngọc-Trân Vũ is a Vietnamese artist, cultural organizer, and strategist based in Dorchester who leads the “1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Memorial” public art initiative.
I came to Boston as the daughter of a Vietnamese refugee family, including a South Vietnamese veteran, who arrived in 1992 through the US Humanitarian Operation Program. My family first resettled in Dorchester’s Neponset-Port Norfolk neighborhood with support from the International Rescue Committee. Over time, the seven of us also lived in Columbia Point and South Boston’s Old Colony Housing Project before eventually finding our way to Fields Corner, the heart of the Vietnamese community in Boston and New England.
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An oral history project that focuses on stories from a wide range of Dorchester community members from teenagers to elders who left Vietnam in the 1970s has been turned into a 90-minute documentary that producers hope to screen publicly this. (Dorchester Reporter) By Seth Daniel April 10, 2026
An oral history project that focuses on stories from a wide range of Dorchester community members from teenagers to elders who left Vietnam in the 1970s has been turned into a 90-minute documentary that producers hope to screen publicly this summer.
The production also includes footage from events that took place last year as part of the Dorchester-based 1975 project. ‘Tre Già, Măng Mọc: Generations of Vietnamese Diaspora in Boston’ is directed by Lợi Huỳnh, with assistance from Jordan Waterworth, and executive production by Linh-Phương Vũ and Annie Lê, leader of Boston Little Saigon Cultural District.
Last month, the group released a trailer for the project that generated a buzz of great anticipation for the full documentary’s premiere this summer.
Patrons shop at Banh Mi Ba Le, a Vietnamese bakery located in Dorchester. Photo from the Mass Media Archives.
(Mass Media) By Michelle Dang, Contributor| November 27, 2023
A little more than two miles away from the UMass Boston campus, in the heart of Dorchester, lies Fields Corner. However, to the residents of Dorchester, this district is more commonly known by its other name—Boston Little Saigon—home to a substantial Vietnamese-American community.
Hosting 75 percent of Boston’s Vietnamese-American population, Boston Little Saigon is steeped in Vietnamese culture, with a rich history and many generations of Vietnamese heritage cultivating the many different shops and restaurants that line one of Boston’s few officially recognized cultural districts. [1]
For food lovers, Boston Little Saigon is the perfect place to sample a taste of authentic Vietnamese cuisine.
(WBUR Field Guide to Boston Podcast) By Darryl C. Murphy & Frannie Monahan October 30, 2023
A little more than two miles away from the UMass Boston campus, in the heart of Dorchester, lies Fields Corner. However, to the residents of Dorchester, this district is more commonly known by its other name—Boston Little Saigon—home to a substantial Vietnamese-American community.
Hosting 75 percent of Boston’s Vietnamese-American population, Boston Little Saigon is steeped in Vietnamese culture, with a rich history and many generations of Vietnamese heritage cultivating the many different shops and restaurants that line one of Boston’s few officially recognized cultural districts. [1]
For food lovers, Boston Little Saigon is the perfect place to sample a taste of authentic Vietnamese cuisine.
(WCVB 5abc) By Antionette Antonio May 17, 2022
BOSTON — A Boston neighborhood is getting some added help coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, a boost that also embraces its Asian heritage.
Last May, a stretch of Dorchester Avenue was designated “Little Saigon” by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. That designation allows for state funding, not just for businesses, but for beautification and community programs as well.
“We’ve just seen tremendous development, tremendous growth and a lot of Vietnamese businesses opening up,” said restaurant owner Tam Le.
Le’s father opened Pho Hoa in 1992 after fleeing Vietnam a decade earlier. He had no restaurant experience and no cooks in the family. But he took a chance in a neighborhood that, at the time, had just a couple of other Vietnamese-owned businesses.
“When you have a supermarket that’s Vietnamese, your restaurant, your dentist — so you have all these services where if you come over from Vietnam and you can’t necessarily speak English yet, you can have all your services met. So we have created this neighborhood community of Vietnamese people,” Le said.
“Boston's Little Saigon in Dorchester continues to welcome new immigrants from Vietnam every year,” said Lisette Le. “From my own lived experience, I came to the U.S. when I was 6. My parents didn’t know any English, so had we lived in a place like Dorchester, we could go somewhere and get services.”
Pho Hoa Restaurant. Reign Drink Lab is at the right rear in Boston Little Saigon cultural district. Pat Greenhouse/ Globe Staff
Dorchester’s newly designated cultural district recognizes the local Vietnamese-American community. Here’s where to eat. (BostonGlobe.com)
By Devra First, Globe Staff, Updated May 25, 2021, 4:33 p.m.
The Dorchester neighborhood of Fields Corner has long been a center of Vietnamese culture — and cuisine — in the city. Last week, as the country marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a section of the neighborhood was officially designated a cultural district: Boston Little Saigon, the realization of an idea first conceived by several community members in 2014.
“Now there’s a place of belonging,” says Annie Le, board president of Boston Little Saigon. “It means we’re part of the Boston community now. For Vietnamese folks who left Vietnam and built a new life here, the name means something to them. There are great restaurants, great events, and great things already happening in the area. Our biggest work is to help support and market it.”
Spanning parts of Dorchester Avenue and Adams, Charles, and Park streets, Boston Little Saigon is dense with Vietnamese businesses and organizations. Here are the bilingual, bicultural Au Co preschool and Van Lang language school, the Vietnamese American Community Center, law offices and salons, art galleries and accountants. The bright yellow gates of Chua Luc Hoa Buddhist Center open to a serene garden filled with statuary.
A bakery, restaurant, and a medical center are lined up on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
(Boston Globe) By Nick Stoico Globe Staff, Updated May 18, 2021, 6:11 p.m.
A section of Fields Corner in Dorchester will now be known as Boston Little Saigon following a unanimous vote Tuesday by the Mass Cultural Council, approving the designation for the area known for its vibrant Vietnamese community.
The vote marks the final step in officially designating the area as a cultural district, a goal since March 2014, when the idea was first brought up by community members.
“We are excited about the official cultural district designation,” Annie Le, board president of Boston Little Saigon, said in a statement issued from the mayor’s office. “We hope to bring more awareness of Vietnamese arts and culture that our older generation has instilled in us and captivate new ideas from the younger generation. We look forward to working with everyone to create more arts and business supports in the Fields Corner area.”