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Ngo Kim Viet, a resident of Maryland in the United States for over 40 years, has been teaching Vietnamese classes to young Vietnamese Americans since 1995. Photo: VNA Currently, there are nearly 200 Vietnamese language teaching centers and facilities in the United States, primarily in states with large Vietnamese populations such as California, Texas, and Washington. However, the majority of these centers still rely on volunteer teachers and operate under small-scale and self-initiated models. At foreign language learning centers in the United States, Vietnamese language classes are typically offered to diplomats and Americans who plan to work in Vietnam. Kim Viet’s involvement in teaching Vietnamese stems from her deep love for her homeland. She is committed to preserving and passing on the value of the Vietnamese language to younger generations of Vietnamese people. Seeing Vietnamese-Americans gradually neglecting their mother tongue and the lack of Vietnamese languag...