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Early life

Vo grew up in Perth and completed her schooling at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School at

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and

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She obtained a

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from

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Career

Vo's early career included stints at Sydney radio station

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, and

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. She subsequently started in television and joined the

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firstly in Sydney at

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in 2007 where she remained until 2012, after which she returned to Perth for personal reasons, and commenced working as a journalist at the Nine Network Perth. In 2014, Vo published a book entitled ''Small Bamboo'', which detailed her parents' arrival in Australia in the late 1970s as

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following the

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. In 2016, Vo was appointed news presenter on local '' Today Perth'' presenting live half-hourly local news bulletins throughout the time-delayed broadcast of national breakfast show, ''

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''. She remained in the position until 2018 when she was appointed presenter of the

's local afternoon program, '' Nine Live Perth''. In December 2019, it was announced Vo had been appointed the news presenter on the network's national breakfast show, Today. She commenced this role on 6 January 2020. As a

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, Vo's appointment meant she became one of only a few Asian faces on commercial television in Australia. Nine's decision to appoint Vo to such a prominent role at the network was met with praise, and was described by one media outlet as "symbolic of progress towards greater media representation of Australia's multicultural population". In March 2020, Vo permanently returned to Perth due to the

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. On her return to Perth, Vo replaced Louise Momber as weekend presenter of ''Nine News Perth.''

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replaced Vo on ''Today'' presenting both news and sport.

References

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