Nguoi Viet Daily News
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Printed, Online |
Founder(s) | Đỗ Ngọc Yến |
Publisher | Phan Huy Đạt |
Editor-in-chief | Phạm Phú Thiện Giao |
Associate editor | Tina Hà Giang |
Campus chief | Khôi Nguyên |
Opinion editor | Đỗ Dzũng |
Founded | December 15, 1978 |
Language | (Vietnamese), (English) |
Headquarters | Westminster, California |
Website | http://nguoi-viet.com/ |
Nguoi Viet Daily News (Vietnamese: Nhật báo Người Việt) is the first and largest daily newspaper published in Vietnamese in the United States. The newspaper was started by Yen Ngoc Do in 1978. Its name derives from người Việt, meaning "Vietnamese people".
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.
The first edition of Nguoi Viet Daily News was a four-page magazine, printed and distributed on December 15, 1978, in San Diego, California. After operating as a weekly magazine for some time, the publication became Nguoi Viet Daily News in 1985. The headquarters of Nguoi Viet Daily News now are located in the Little Saigon area of Westminster, in Orange County.
The publication has an average daily circulation of 13,736 copies, as audited and certified by Verified Audit Circulation. Copies of Nguoi Viet Daily News can be found at newspaper vending machines, bookstores, and Vietnamese markets and stores in Orange County, Los Angeles County, and via home-delivery to residences in the central area of Orange County.
Providing fast and accurate news, Nguoi Viet covers important events from around Vietnam, the United Sates, the world, and the Vietnamese community, as well as practical information to Vietnamese anywhere. The publication serves the community and its readers through truthful and accurate reporting of events, delivery of useful information, and dissemination of new ideas, in accordance with accepted moral norms, the common good, and the journalistic standards of a democratic society.
The newspaper promotes the development of political and economic freedoms, and also contributes to the efforts to build a democratic regime and a free society in Vietnam. Nguoi Viet Daily News fights for openness and transparency in the actions and speech of governments, private organizations as well as influential people in society.
Nguoi Viet Daily News' content reflects realistic living conditions of the Vietnamese community everywhere. It focuses on facts, events and ideas that affect our lives ― with information presented in a fair and unbiased manner.
Nguoi Viet Daily News places public interest before its own monetary profit, defends the independence of the media and journalists, and does not subject itself and its staff to political and economic influences or pressures of any kind. Trusted by the community and its readers, Nguoi Viet Daily News has the richest and most diverse Classified Ads section of all the Vietnamese language-newspapers in the world.
Nguoi Viet Daily News also publishes four weekly editions: Nguoi Viet North-East, Nguoi Viet Houston, Nguoi Viet San Francisco, and Nguoi Viet Utah.
Nguoi Viet Daily News' website, www.nguoi-viet.com has more than 60,000 visits per day. Nguoi Viet Daily News' Web TV programming, www.nguoiviettv.com attracts an online audience of about 70,000 daily.
In addition to the newspaper business and online TV, Nguoi Viet is also a publication powerhouse that publishes highly received and anticipated books or adults and children alike with topics ranging from short comic stories, children's stories, politically oriented
References and external links
- Official News/Media/Publishing Web site of Người Việt Daily News(Người Việt Online - in Vietnamese)
- Official About Us page of Người Việt Daily News Online (Người Việt Online - in Vietnamese)
- News/Media/Publishing Web site of Người Việt Daily News English Section (Nguoi Viet 2 - in English)
- Official Video Channel of Người Việt Online at YouTube
- Official Twitter Page of Người Việt Online at Twitter
- Official Video Portal of Người Việt Online
- Official Online e-Commerce website of Người Việt Online (Nguoi Viet Books - Bookstore)
- Tran, Mai & Silverstein, Stuart. (2006, August 18). Yen Do, 65; Publisher of First, Largest U.S. Vietnamese Paper. The Los Angeles Times