Tết in Boston is acompletely volunteer run non-profit community organization that is led by efforts of the Vietnamese American Community of Massachusetts (VACM) and the New England Intercollegiate Vietnamese Student Association (NEIVSA). Our mission is to: Celebrate the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Tết Nguyên Đán, one of the most important celebrations in Vietnamese culture and supporting the community Preserve and educate those …

A certified medical assistant holds a syringe for a flu vaccine at a clinic in Seattle, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File) By  LAURAN NEERGAARD December 30, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That …

October 11, 2023 By Jeanne Batalova https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/vietnamese-immigrants-united-states A Vietnamese family in the kitchen. (Photo: iStock.com/DragonImages) The end of the Vietnam War and the rapid U.S. military pullout in 1975 marked the beginning of large-scale migration from Vietnam to the United States. The U.S. government evacuated about 125,000 Vietnamese that year, most of whom had close ties to the U.S. military …