A Vietnamese adopted by a French couple 23 years ago had the opportunity to reconnect with her biological family in southern Vietnam after having her story published in T uoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. Amandine Durand, a 23-year-old Vietnamese – French adoptee, on Wednesday burst into tears when she suddenly hit with the realization of a lifetime: she had found her biological family. The journey for tracing root “Last week a beautiful article was published in Tuoi Tre Newspaper about my story, how I ended at Go Vap orphanage, my life in France and abroad, and the reason why I came back in[sic] Vietnam. I was looking for my biological family, maybe still[sic] a tiny chance to find them,” Amandine wrote on her Facebook. “I have such great news to announce today, I finally found [my family], where I am from. I already had a big family in France, now the family is huge, there is no word who can express how I feel. This week was incredible,” she added [sic]. Tuoi Tre … [Read more...] about Vietnamese – French adoptee reunited with birth mother after story published in Tuoi Tre
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Facebook launches #SheForVietnam programme to empower Vietnamese women
A poster of #SheForVietnam, a facebook's programme for Vietnamese women. — Photo Facebook HÀ NỘI — Facebook will launch #SheForVietnam - a programme for Vietnamese women who are creating miracles every day on social networks on March 6 in efforts to affirm its commitment to supporting Vietnamese women in the digital era. #SheForVietnam is designed to connect and inspire women's communities, encourage and empower them to dream big and live life to the fullest. The programme’s first pillar - #SheInspires is an online roundtable to honour and inspire women that stand up to help others and spread positive energy. There will be some popular faces in the event, those represent millions of other Vietnamese women creating magic every day thanks to the power of social networks: singer Thủy Tiên, Miss Universe Vietnam H'Hen Niê, actress Sam, social activist Chung Vũ Thanh Uyên - Mina Chung, CEO of Ru9 Company Limited Đặng Thùy Trang, Founder - CEO of the Women's Initiative for Startups … [Read more...] about Facebook launches #SheForVietnam programme to empower Vietnamese women
Diageo Vietnam helps Vietnamese get free vaccination
Diageo Vietnam is one of the first businesses in the country joining hands with Tuoi Tre (Youth Newspaper) to help up to ten thousand of frontline workers who work at medical centers, hospitals and centrally quarantine centers in Vietnam, to get vaccinated for free this year. Having launched at the end of February, following the success of the 1-year long campaign “Preventing Covid-19 with Tuoi Tre”, the campaign aims to raise funds from individuals, organizations, and businesses for such a meaningful and highly practical activity. Through this tangible contribution, Diageo Vietnam demonstrates its commitment to joining hands with Vietnamese people to combat Covid-19, while facilitating safety for local communities in the new normal. Throughout 2020, Vietnam has marked its name in the global map as a success story of keeping Covid-19 transmission under control and mitigating the pandemic’s adverse effect on all socioeconomic aspects. Strict quarantine and contact tracing measures … [Read more...] about Diageo Vietnam helps Vietnamese get free vaccination