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...Trung describes Pax Thien (a name in two languages, the Latin for "peace" and the Vietnamese for "sky") as a bright and amiable boy,though with a tendency to be laughing one moment and then turning suddenly shy, as he apparently did when he started crying when he met Jolie on the day he was adopted. "It's common for ophans to be shy. When they play in a group or team, he's very active, but shy once separated...
...Vietnam's rules of adoption call for Jolie to send the orphanage regular reports and photos of Pax's progress. "For Sang's case," says Trung, Tam Binh's director, "she is required to send a report every six months updating us about his health, mental development, hobbies - and a photo," says Trung. "It's required for the first three years. After three years, it's not required because we can see if the kids are being taken care of for the first three years so we can be assured they are in the good home...
...some may go back to school and others stay at home and work on homework. In late afternoon, they have dinner and then, about 6 p.m., free time. "They may play football or read in the library or work on computers," says Nguyen Van Trung, director of orphanage. The orphanage has 10 computers, most donated by foreign charities and children play games and do their homework on them. At 7 p.m. they resume doing homework - with tutors for those whose grades are suffering. At 9 p.m. they prepare...
...children ineligible for foreign adoption and who must live the rest of their childhood in the orphanage life can be hard. They must also deal with stigma, says Trung. "Yes, of course there's always conflict and inferiority complexes - conflicts sometimes happen at school. Their classmates often taunt them by calling them 'orphans' and they get into fights and we have to come to the school. But we try to take care and support them and see they get a good education...
...Binh has 10 sewing machines to train teenagers in job skills (garment and shoe factories abound in Vietnam and garments are the country's second-largest-earning export behind crude oil). "Some of them go to work in factories. But some of them have even become teachers." And then Trung says, "Those who are not as clever, they can be street vendors - it's like all others in a society...