Embracing Our Culture, Securing Our Future
Bảo Toàn Văn Hóa, Xây Dựng Tương Lai

Tết, the Lunar New Year, marks the beginning of spring and is the most popular and single-most celebrated holiday in many Asian cultures, particularly within the Vietnamese and Chinese communities. It encompasses the spirit and excitement of all holidays into one single celebration. As a means to preserve tradition, the Vietnamese American community of Southern California celebrates the annual Lunar New Year Festival, known as the Tết Festival.

The Tết Festival is a long standing tradition for asian communities worldwide, and the year 2006 marks the 24th Lunar New Year celebration for the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California (UVSA). Beginning in 1982, in recognizing the cultural significance of Tết, UVSA organizes an annual celebration of Tết for Southern California in order to maintain a core tradition of the Vietnamese community. The Tết Festival serves as a means to fund community programs and projects. Because this event attracts more than 200,000 patrons yearly, it serves as the largest cultural event in the Little Saigon community.

This year, as we celebrate the Year of the Dog in the City of Garden Grove, thousands of people, young and old, are expected to attend the festival. We invite you to support this cultural tradition and attend this event. For more information on previous year's Tết Festival, please visit the 2005, 2004, and 2003 pages.

Dates: Friday, January 27th, 2006 - Sunday, January 29th, 2006
Location: Garden Grove Park, 9301 Westminster Blvd, Garden Grove, CA, 92844-2752
Theme: Embracing Our Culture, Securing Our Future - Bảo Toàn Văn Hóa, Xây Dựng Tương Lai

News

• UPDATE: Deadline for Contests is Friday, January 20, 2006. Please bring all applications to the UVSA office.
  


• UPDATE: Deadline for all Vendors is extended to January 16, 2006. All applications will be closed and Vendors will not be able to purchase a booth after this date.
  


• UPDATE: New office hours for Vendors. The office will be open Monday thru Friday from 11am - 6pm.