Đỗ Ngọc Yến (1941 — August 17, 2006) was a Vietnamese American journalist and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of Người Việt Daily News, the oldest and largest Vietnamese-language daily publication in the United States.
Born in Southern Vietnam, Yến emigrated to the United States by the fall of Saigon, ultimately settling in Southern California. He has been praised for his leadership of the Người Việt newspaper and as an effective community leader for Little Saigon, Orange County. Journalism professor Jeffrey Brody has called Yến both a "pioneering journalist" and "the intellectual voice of Little Saigon".
Biography
Early life
Yến was born in Saigon in 1941, the middle child of five siblings. His family was originally from Nam Định before moving to South Vietnam and sold French floral funerary wreaths.
After placing 20<sup>th</sup> in a exam taken by 3,000 applicants, After a self-study program, he obtained his diploma at the age of 22. In addition to providing information on topics aimed for American immigrants such as driver's licenses, taxes, and voting, he published translated post-war Vietnam stories and news from Vietnamese exiles.
Tony Lam, a former Westminster City councilman, regarded Yến as "instrumental in working on getting the community on the right track".