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Tran Thi Hoang Phuong is herself married to a Taiwanese man and has recently earned a master's degree in the Graduate School of Family Studies and Child Development at Shih Chien University in Taipei. She is also fluent in Chinese.
Tran Thi has vowed to serve as a cultural bridge between Taiwan and her homeland in Vietnam.
She grew annoyed by local news stories about "foreign brides." This is a term used by local people to refer to Southeast Asian women who have married Taiwanese men. Tran Thi said that most of these news stories are negative.
Tran Thi began to serve as a voluntary interpreter at the Women and Children's Hospital in Taipei.
She said that many problems are caused by a lack of understanding between Taiwanese men and their foreign brides. That is why she has begun to teach Vietnamese as a volunteer, in the hopes of raising awareness in Taiwan about Vietnamese culture.
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