Rare photos of Audrey Hepburn’s Vietnam visit
An icon of Hollywood’s golden age, Audrey Hepburn visited Vietnam in October 1990 as a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Let’s look back at the precious memories captured on film during her Vietnam visit nearly 30 years ago.
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Audrey Hepburn became UNICEF goodwill ambassador in 1988 and was assigned to visit Vietnam in 1990. Photos: Tienphong
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Audrey Hepburn visited ethnic minority children in the hill tribe region of Northern Vietnam in 1990.
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The visit was organised within the framework of the rural water and environment sanitation program funded by the UNICEF.
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The simple, friendly, and cheerful manner of the late British actress attracted the local women and children.
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Hepburn said she would like her visit to present a much more accessible, human picture of Vietnam than just the Vietnam war.
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She wore a brocade outfit which she was gifted by a Tay ethnic minority woman.
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Hundreds of women and children from different hamlets followed the 61-year old foreigner during her meaningful fact-finding tour.
Hepburn received the United States' highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in December 1992 for her contributions as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. One month later in 1993, she died at her home in Switzerland at the age of 63./.
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