Overseas families adopted thousands of Vietnamese babies after the war. Since then, the number of international adoptions has plummeted due to problems with trafficking and corruption. The government has recently signed an international agreement – the Hague Convention – to protect children’s rights. But for now, many children in Vietnam have nowhere to go.Born during the Vietnam war, Sophie English was just 10-months old when she was sent to Australia. One of thousands of Vietnamese children adopted by overseas families, she’s suffered the pain of not knowing her birth family and culture. More than four decades later, 101 East joins Sophie as she returns to her homeland in search of her birth mother and a sense of belonging. What she finds is a new generation of Vietnamese orphans hoping for a better life.
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