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Published: August 5th 2007
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The translator
Ms. Xuan works at the local bank and served as a translator for me and other Americans when we came in 1996. She is still there, but said the People's Committee stopped placing children from the center with Americans shortly after we came. She said she doesn't know why. Nam's Return
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HenryTJuly 27th 2007
Henry DunbarWe just retuned from two days in Tuyen Quang where we visited Nam's orphanage and the village where he lived until he was three. This was surprising in that we weren't sure the orphanage was still running (it is and has expanded to include a resident senior center) or that we'd be able to get any information about his early life. We found out a lot more than we had expected.
I'll let the pictures tell the story here.
Henry
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Franklin H
Great story. Could imagination the emotions that were felt by all involved.