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I Learned My Mum's Identity via SMS
My Huong was evacuated from Vietnam to Australia as a 4-year-old. The long search for her birth family would prove to be a ‘rollercoaster ride’.
In the last chaotic days of the Vietnam War, thousands of children were sent away to be adopted in safer countries. Four-year-old My Huong went to Australia and it would be many years before she returned to Vietnam and finally uncovered the extraordinary truth about her birth family.
Image: My Huong and her mother Ho Thi Ich
Credit: My Huong Le
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