Betty Nguyen

Betty Nguyen (1974-     ) American network television news anchorwoman, currently for NBC and MSNBC since 2013.  Betty Nguyen was born in Saigon, South Vietnam in 1974.  Her father was a US serviceman and her mother is Vietnamese.  She came to the United States on April 19, 1975, 11 days before the Fall of Saigon.  Nguyen graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Betty Nguyen has a long resumé as a television news anchor.  Before landing her position as news correspondent for CNN in 2004, she had worked for several CBS affiliates in Texas.  From 2004 until 2010, Nguyen worked for CNN as a correspondent and covered major world events such as Hurricane Katrina, the death of Pope John Paul II and the earthquake in Haiti.  After six years as the first Vietnamese anchorwoman for CNN, Nguyen joined CBS News and remained there until April of 2012 for two years.  She has won several awards for her work as a television news anchorwoman including an Associated Press Award in 1998 for breaking news coverage and a regional Emmy Award in 2003 for outstanding noon newscast.

In 2000, Betty Nguyen founded the Help the Hunger Foundation which helps poverty-stricken people of Vietnam.  The foundation was created after Nguyen and her family made their first trip back to Vietnam and witnessed the harsh conditions of the impoverished people there.

Married since 2014, Betty Nguyen became a mother for the first time the following year with the birth of her son, Thomas.

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30 Most Beautiful Viet Celebs of 2015
50 Most Beautiful Vietnamese Women of All Time
Betty Nguyen's Official Website
Help-the-Hungry.org