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Eden Center A MICROCOSM OF VIETNAMESE CULTURE IN VIRGINIA

The Eden Center is a strip mall packed with family-owned businesses that sell almost everything, from jewelry to deli meats to clothes. Above is Good Fortune Supermarket, an Asian grocery store at the heart of the Eden Center that specifically stocks Vietnamese and Chinese ingredients.
When Vietnamese immigration spiked during the mid to late 1900s due to the capture of Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnamese immigrants were able to settle in Clarendon, where rent was lower due to Metro construction. However, once it was completed, rent began to rise, forcing the community to find a new place to live and establish businesses: Falls Church, on Wilson Blvd. The Eden Center's entrance reveals a plethora of family-owned hair salons, jewelry shops, clothing stands, and small bakeries within the complex's hallways.
Since then, the community has continued to thrive, earning the Official Virginia Historical Marker title as an important Virginian cultural hub. This is the Good Fortune live fish tank, which is typical in many Asian grocery stores.
The edge of the strip mall, featuring a wholesale nail supply store and Chả Lụa Ngọc Hưng, a takeout restaurant known for its fresh chả lụa (Vietnamese pork sausage)
A Lunar New Year (Tết) display outside of a home goods store that sells traditional vases, Buddhist statues, jewelry, and bamboo plants
Above is an advertisement for Chả Ốc Gia Huy, a niche restaurant serving hard-to-find Vietnamese dishes like Pha Lấu Nướng Sa Tế (grilled beef and pork organs), Chả Ốc (escargot sausage), and Dồi Huyết (blood sausage). In the background, a United States flag stands next to the yellow and red southern Vietnamese flag, a symbol of freedom and the refugee experience integral to many Vietnamese immigrants' identities. 
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