Article: Small-business classes designed to help California's diverse population.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

SAN JOSE _ When an Orange County Vietnamese-language newspaper ran a brief item about an upcoming business start-up class to be taught in Vietnamese, 92 people called for the 20 available slots.

The offer clearly touched a nerve in the world's largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam. While the county has an abundance of business classes and counseling, most are in English. As the population becomes more diverse, the U.S. Small Business Administration has sponsored instruction in Spanish, Korean, Chinese and now in Vietnamese.

The goal is to create more jobs across the economic spectrum, and small businesses have tended to be the first employer for ...

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