Warwick Farm Racecourse last weekend proved to be a great success.

The event, held to celebrate the Vietnamese New Year and mark the beginning of the year of the Rat, was moved from it's original date due to heavy rains making driving and walking on the grounds unsafe.

Vietnamese Community of Australia NSW branch president Tri Vo said that the event went surprisingly well when finally held over three days from Friday February 15 to Sunday, February 17.

"We still had a great turn out, from 15,000 to 20,000 people came along on the main day on Saturday and an additional 5000 to 7000 people came along on Friday and 4000 to 5000 people came along on the Sunday," Mr Vo said.

"The success of this event is unprecedented over the past 15 years."

Mr Vo said that the event offered lots of varied performances and attracted visitors of all ages.

"Lots of children came along and there were many families and teenagers as well, we had plenty of amusements, rides and cultural attractions and everything went off without a hitch.

"Lots of different cultural groups performed, we had everything from traditional Vietnamese singing and dancing to beat boxing and I think it really increased community unity."

The festival has been held at Warwick Farm for 15 years now and has always proved very popular with locals from all cultures.

This year it also attracted many official visitors including federal and state MPs, representatives from local clubs and associations who sponsored the event and leaders from the various Vietnamese religious groups.

"I think we were very fortunate as far as the weather goes because it had been raining the past few weekends and the forecasts I've seen say that it will rain for the few weekends as well, so we picked the perfect time to hold the day, it worked out well."