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Article: Homespun to hard-news: as the longest-running Vietnamese newspaper in the United States, the Nguoi Viet Daily News keeps immigrants connected to their native country and serves as a guide to American life.
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- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
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- August 10, 2006
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During his career as the publisher of a Vietnamese newspaper, Yen Do would frequently buy articles from writers even if he never intended to use them. Why? Because he knew how badly they needed the income. For that reason, Yen would sometimes pay a triple fee to freelance writers. And for the same reason, he typically wouldn't fire the occasional incompetent employee.
Yet today, more than a quarter century after Do founded his newspaper, it continues to thrive. In fact, it is growing at a time when many national mainstream newspapers are bemoaning declining subscription numbers. With a daily circulation of more than 17,000, the California-based Nguoi Viet Daily ...
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Article: Obituaries in the News
AP Online;
August 19, 2006 ;
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...Yen Ngoc Do LOS ANGELES (AP) - Yen Ngoc Do, a journalist who covered ... Associated Press on Friday. Do started Nguoi Viet, which means "Vietnamese People ... 000 copies of the first edition of Nguoi Viet. It featured articles written and ...
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