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Student Scholarship Awards Reception – VACOC – Viet Foundation

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Advance Beauty College is excited to announce its participation for this year’s VACOC, Viet Foundation Student Scholarship. Joining Disneyland Resort in its contribution of $10,000 for the scholarship, Advance Beauty College will make another significant donation at this year’s annual Anniversary and Awards Gala. The event was created by the Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce to honor recipients with awards and scholarships. VACOC has promoted businesses, philanthropy, and education of its chamber and community members for decades. Supporting local businesses, the chamber focuses on providing support through education, for example, for young people as well as minority-owned companies. Tam Nguyen, President of Advance Beauty College, will be returning as a VIET Foundation co-Chair, along with Dr. Natalie Tran, co-Chair in support of the community event…

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Vietnamese-American women borrow from old, new styles in business ventures

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Bele Nguyen is owner of a State Farm agency in Fountain Valley where she has a sweets bar for the children of clients. She had the chance to open up her agency in Anaheim but decided she wanted to stay in Fountain Valley so she could help her community. She says roughly 90 percent of her clientele are Vietnamese.

Gia Ly darts in through the doors of her family’s Westminster, Calif., restaurant and hawk-eyes the tables and corners — all with a few screen swipes and finger pinches on her iPhone.

Ly is navigating a virtual tour she set up to promote her family’s businesses, Zen Vegetarian Restaurant and Crepe Corner, as she sits right outside. Winds whip three flags — Californian, American and former Vietnamese — flying in front of the establishments…

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Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce honor’s community leaders in Irvine

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An inventor who designs components for the next generation of high-definition TVs and a jeweler who gave away a diamond pendant were honored Friday night by the Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber named Nguyen X. Nguyen, founder and CEO of Cosemi Technologies Inc. in Irvine, its Entrepreneur of the Year…

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