Little Saigon & Eden Center

Dish City by WAMU 88.5

Jun 23, 202236:16Arts

The center of Northern Virginia’s thriving Vietnamese community is Eden Center in Falls Church. It’s the biggest Vietnamese commercial center on the east coast and draws visitors from all over the DMV region and the coun...

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