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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. This interview was first broadcast in December 2018.
Image: My Huong and her mother Ho Thi Ich
Credit: My Huong Le
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Thu 3 Dec 202003:06GMT
BBC World Service
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- Wed 2 Dec 202012:06GMTBBC World Service
- Wed 2 Dec 202018:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Wed 2 Dec 202023:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Thu 3 Dec 202003:06GMTBBC World Service
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