VIET NAME: The story of the Vietnamese-American...
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VIET NAME: The story of the Vietnamese-American community’s growth is written in the telephone book. . . . In the north and central Orange County white pages, “Nguyen” now outnumbers “Jones” nearly 20 columns to 15, although “Smith” still leads with 31 columns. . . . Between a fourth and a half of all Vietnamese-Americans are surnamed Nguyen, one reason most Vietnamese go by their given names.
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