City will operate Tet Festival for 2024

By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune

The annual Tet Parade Festival observing the lunar new year will continue to be a production of the City of Westminster, the Westminster City Council decided on Wednesday night.

The vote was 5-0 in favor, and the date of the event is yet to be decided.

“I just want to thank the city staff and police department,” said Mayor Chi Charlie Nguyen, “for the terrific effort they put in.” All the council members praised the outcome of the parade and offered suggestions for future such events.

In the recent past the parade has been staged by non-profit groups and it was sometimes accompanied by controversy. The coronavirus epidemic in- terrupted the tradition and when no private group applied to organize the 2023 event, the city stepped in. With just seven weeks to plan, city staff pulled the event together to widespread approval.

The parade route is along