The Lincoln International Business District is a neighborhood in
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, southwest of Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, northeast of the state capital, Olympia ...
, near historic
Lincoln High School. Centered on S. 38th St and Yakima, the Lincoln International District is home to the majority of Tacoma's
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
ese businesses and community centers. According to the City of Tacoma, the district has 755 businesses employing more than 8,200 workers (2008 figures).
[http://www.tacomabusinessdistricts.com/File.ashx?cid=732 ] This district is home to Vietnamese celebrations throughout the year, most notably
Tết
Tết (, ), short for (; ), is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese calendar and usually falls on January or February in the Gregorian calendar.
is not to be co ...
, the Vietnamese New Year.
References
* http://www.tacomabusinessdistricts.com/Page.aspx?hid=40
Neighborhoods in Tacoma, Washington
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