January 1, 2025: Flag Rising on New Year Day at VACC
Time: Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM Place: Vietnamese American Community Center, 42 Charles St., Dorchester, MA 02122
Building a strong Vietnamese American community,
and transforming Fields Corner into a vibrant, diverse neighborhood
The Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAID) was founded in 1994 by community leaders and residents who believed that a community development corporation would provide comprehensive economic development programs and services to alleviate poverty and advance civic participation in the Fields Corner Vietnamese community of Dorchester. VietAID’s mission is to build a strong Vietnamese community and a vibrant Fields Corner through the following measures: promoting civic engagement and community building; developing affordable housing and commercial space; providing small business technical assistance and micro-enterprise development; and offering high quality child care services.
Time: Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM Place: Vietnamese American Community Center, 42 Charles St., Dorchester, MA 02122
Join us on Saturday, January 25th and Sunday, January 26th, 2025 as Tết in Boston celebrates the Lunar New Year with live performances and activities such as lion dance, martial arts, music, a fashion show, fun games, raffles, and more throughout our 2 Day Festival! Tickets are available online for $6 or at the door for $8. FREE admissions for …
By Bill Forry, Executive EditorDorchester Reporter, September 18, 2024 A rendering shows the preliminary design of the 1975 Project memorial that organizers would like to situated inside Fields Corner’s Town Field park. The key element is a bronze banyan tree sculpture topped with traditional Vietnamese conical hats with four pillars representing distinct waves of Vietnamese migrations to the United States, …