Betty Nguyen

Betty Nguyen is an Anchor & Correspondent for CBS News. She's an award-winning journalist whose work has taken her around the globe. Before joining CBS, Nguyen was an anchor for CNN. She covered major news events including the earthquake in Haiti, presidential elections in Africa, hurricane Katrina, and went on an undercover assignment in Myanmar. Prior to that, Nguyen was an anchor at KTVT, the CBS affiliate in Dallas, where she covered numerous breaking news events, including the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Nguyen began her career as a morning anchor and reporter at KWTX, the CBS affiliate in Waco, Texas. In 2007, the Smithsonian Institution recognized Nguyen as the first Vietnamese-American to anchor a national television news broadcast in the United States.