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

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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