Tet in Virginia

By Matthew Yglesias
tet%201.JPG A little slice of the changing face of the United States, as Northern Virginia's Vietnamese community celebrates Tet in a strip mall parking lot. The unassuming Eden Center features a great Asian supermarket, but several excellent ban mi shops and sit-down Vietnamese restaurants. For the purposes of the holiday, the mall was festooned with Republic of Vietnam flags.

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