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World Service,31 Dec 2018,44 mins

I Learned My Mum's Identity via SMS

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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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