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Vietnamese owned and operated nail salons are a $100-million industry in America that have created thousands of jobs How did this happen?

Did you know that 80% of the nail salons in California are owned and operated by Vietnamese immigrant families? In fact, Vietnamese immigrants now dominate the nail salon business in America which is now a $100-million industry- which the Vietnamese had no experience in when they arrived here.

How did this happen? Turns out a Hollywood actress got them started. Doug Kriegel of Sherman Oaks Patch explains. 

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