Nguoi Viet Daily News was the first and largest daily newspaper published in Vietnamese

Vietnamese language

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 in the United States

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. The newspaper was started by Yen Ngoc Do

Yen Ngoc Do

Yen Ngoc Do was a Vietnamese American newspaper publisher; the founder of Nguoi Viet Daily News, the oldest and largest Vietnamese daily publication; and a founding father of Little Saigon in Orange County, California...

 in 1978. Its name derives from người Việt, meaning "Vietnamese people

Vietnamese people

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Nguoi Viet Daily News began as a weekly four-page newspaper. The first issue, dated December 15, 1978, was printed in Do's garage in Orange County, California with the assistance of his entire family. Do financed the initial press run of 2,000 copies with $4,000 of his own savings.

Today, the newspaper has more than 60 employees and a daily circulation of more than 18,000.