The Little Saigon newspaper Saigon Nho failed in its attempt to obtain a new jury trial in a defamation case that resulted in a $4.5 million judgment for a rival newspaper. (Voice of OC, March 26, 2015, by Thy Vo)
A Superior Court jury determined in December that Saigon Nho must pay $3 million for damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages to a Westminster, California Vietnamese newspaper, Nguoi Viet. A 2012 article in Saigon Nho claimed the Nguoi Viet director of marketing was “mentally defective and known to have many scandalous affairs” and also said the CEO was an agent for the Vietnam Communist government. (Voice of OC, December 31, 2014, by Thy Vo)