Tu Luc Bookstore

Since I live in OC, in the area with the largest Vietnamese population in the US, there has to be at least one Vietnamese bookstore. My community leader friends (thanks Ysa and Julie) pointed me to Tu Luc when I sought their advice. I was shopping for some children’s books for my friends (they keep breeding) and thought I go old school instead of online shopping. I had came across some books online and was curious to see if they had some of the books in their store.
It might helpful if you know some Vietnamese since this non-​Vietnamese, of course, missed their store since I was just looking for Tu Luc but the storefront name is Nha Sach Tu Luc. Nha Sach apparently means bookstore in Vietnamese. (Feel to view my photo of the storefront) to avoid having to do a u-​turn like I did.
Parking was pretty easy amazingly for the weekend. Ventured in the store and luckily they had some English words for this non-​Vietnamese. I browse the aisles and they also have some CDs and magazines. Majority of the book are in Vietnamese. I did find one of the children’s books I was looking for. It was probably one of the rare few books that was in English. Majority of the books were in Vietnamese, which makes sense for the core clientle. They had a wide selection of books. Books from Vietnam and popular American books translated into Vietnamese, like Harry Potter (good) and Twilight (bad). Taking a mental note to perhaps purchase their Vietnamese language book for kids for future gifts .
The book I bought was at full price so $ 3 more than if I had bought it on Amazon but it’s worth it for me since I rather support a local business over Amazon any day. Staff speak minimal English but was able to find out their hours. They are open daily from 9:30am to 7:30pm, and you can check out their

They have a range of selections. They sell every Vietnamese newspapers, even new young adult novels (iris cao) kids books, music books (piano, guitar) DVDs. Great customer friendly service, very clean store

Found Vietnamese kids books! Can get a bit pricey but I am so happy to find one nearby for my baby girl.

On a trip down to Westminister, my partner and I finally had the chance to stop by this bookstore. I’ve been on the hunt for a Vietnamese-​English medical dictionary for a long time. I found this store’s website online a few months ago and knew that they carried an assortment of medical dictionaries.
The shop itself is pretty small and packed with books. I found the greatest medical dictionary there and left a very happy camper. They also have a large selection of psychology self help books translated into Vietnamese. I wish had good bookstores like this in the bay area.

My dad loves to read vietnamese books, so of course all his gifts come from here. The store is located in a typical vietnamese shopping center and there is plenty of parking right up front. The place appears remodeled because it looks newer than the other shops in the same plaza. I hate shopping at dirty places.
My vietnamese isn’t too great, but the signs definitely help me from picking out a book from the comic book section vs. the fictional stuff.

This place sake all Vietnamese books, DVD and CD. We stop by to pick up a new DVD just release and they got it. Presently they got 50% off sale on books. From the look around the store they are fully stocked all book about any subject you need in Vietnamese. They carry all the title and author release before and after 1975 version. I may have to stop by here later to check out more.