WEBVTT CRIMINALS. HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AN UNUSUAL CELEBRATION TONIGHT FOR ONE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. IT'S THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN SACRAMENTO'S VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. KCRA 3'S TOM DUHAIN LEARNED THAT FOR SOME, SCOUTING IS A FAMILY TRADITION. A TRADITIONAL BEGINNING FOR A VERY DIFFERENT SCOUTING EVENT. THIS GROUP MARKING THREE DECADES OF VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN SCOUTING IN SACRAMENTO. THREE GENERATIONS OF SCOUTS IN ONE FAMILY. THE GRANDFATHER WAS A BOY SCOUT. YES, THEY HAD SCOUTING IN VIETNAM. MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WEARING PURPLE NECKERCHIEFS WERE CHILDHOOD SCOUTS. BUT, THEN THE WAR AND EVERYTHING CHANGED. AFTER 1975, THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT LET US HAVE SCOUTING ANYMORE. NGUYEN SAYS BECAUSE SCOUTING EMPHASIZES FAITH AND COUNTRY, IT WAS CONSIDERED SUBVERSIVE. ARRIVING IN SACRAMENTO IN THE 1980'S, REFUGEES RESTARTED THEIR TRADITION SO THEIR YOUTH WOULD LEARN -- SURVIVAL SKILLS, LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND BE A GOOD CITIZEN. THAT WAS OUR MISSION. AND THAT'S THE SAME MISSION AS OF TODAY. SO HERE WERE CUB SCOUTS, BOY AND GIRL SCOUTS AND VENTURING AND CREW SCOUTS ALL FUNCTIONING TOGETHER. YOU DO A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES WITH EVERYBODY AND YOU MAKE NEW FRIENDS. I REALLY ENJOY CAMPING AND HIKING AND DOING ALL THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. SO FAR, I REALLY LIKE IT SO MUCH AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I JOINED. THEY CELEBRATED WITH A TRADITIONAL MEAL. THIS ANNIVERSARY IS ALSO ABOUT A COMMUNITY KEEPING ITS HERITAGE ALIVE AS ONE BIG SCOUTING FAMILY. IN SACRAMENTO, TOM DUHAIN, KCRA 3 NEWS. IN 2010, A STRETCH OF STOCKTON BOULEVARD WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED LITTLE SAIGON IN RECOGNITION OF SACRAMENTO'S LARGE AND GROWING