When Tuoi Tre told Amandine the news, the young woman reacted with understandable wariness, though it was clear she was eager to follow the lead. Within hours of its publication, the story had spread throughout the country and Tuoi Tre became inundated with phone calls from people claiming to know Amandine’s birth mother, Do Thi Chiem, a resident in Ngai Giao Town, Chau Duc District, in the coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau. On July 12, Tuoi Tre published Amandine’s adoption story in its Vietnamese print edition as part of its “Helping Vietnamese Adoptees Trace Their Roots” program. Tuoi Tre had the honor to follow Amandine as she set out to trace her personal history.Īmandine Durand shares her story at the talk titled "Helping Vietnamese Adoptees Trace Their Roots" held by Tuoi Tre Newspaper on Jin Ho Chi Minh City. I already had a big family in France, now the family is huge, there is no word who can express how I feel. “I have such great news to announce today, I finally found, where I am from. I was looking for my biological family, maybe still a tiny chance to find them,” Amandine wrote on her Facebook. “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 Vietnam.
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.Īmandine 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.
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