Nguoi Viet Daily News
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Printed, Online |
| Owner(s) | ESOP |
| Founder(s) | Đỗ Ngọc Yến |
| Publisher | Phan Huy Đạt |
| Staff writers | Ngọc Lan Nguyễn |
| Founded | December 15, 1978 |
| Language | (Vietnamese), (English) |
| Headquarters | Westminster, California |
| Sister newspapers | Sài Gòn Nhỏ (Little Saigon News) |
| 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 States, 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.
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