The Vietnamese American community in the Seattle, Washington area is home to a large Vietnamese population of more than 55,000 residents,^[1] which is about 1.5% of the metropolitan area's population. Much of the Vietnamese community lives in the Chinatown-International District, South Seattle, and the University District. Many Vietnamese arrived post-Vietnam War during the 1970s. Several thousand arrived at Camp Murray in the 1970s.

A significant, prosperous Vietnamese American business district centered at 12th Avenue and Jackson Street, immediately east of the city's considerably older Chinatown district. This Vietnamese area has not been officially designated a "Little Saigon", although a few street signs with this name have been erected. Rather, the area – along with the Chinatown district – has retained the longstanding name International District (now officially Chinatown/International District, but often just "The I.D."), dating back to the late 1940s. The predominantly Chinese and predominantly Vietnamese areas are separated from one another by an Interstate 5 viaduct, but there is easy pedestrian and car access between the two.

There is a community center, Friends of Little Saigon, which serves the Vietnamese community of Greater Seattle.^[2] Vietnamese restaurants include Ba Bar, Hello Em, Monsoon, Phở Bắc, Phởcific Standard Time, Saigon Deli, Saigon Vietnam Deli, Stateside, and Tamarind Tree.

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