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In the old days, according to legend, our national ancestor Au Co gave birth to one hundredchildren who later became the 54 ethnic groups living all over Vietnam.

Today there is another legend about a single mother who is nurturing many children, although she hasn’t given birth to any of them. The compassionate mother’s name is Huynh Tieu Huong, a young businesswomen now living at Go Dau St., Tan Phu Dist., Ho Chi Minh City.

Tieu Huong was an orphan who doesn’t know when, where, or from whom and why she was born in this rough world. She only remembers is that she was adopted by a very poor woman who wandered begging for her food in the Quang Tri Province’s railway station. When the benevolent woman was too old to keep her anymore, she gave her to a passenger on the train.

The first 21 years of Tieu Huong’s life were full of hardship and misery. Some merciful people helped her, but each of them could only provide for her for a few months so she continued drifting like a water fern. She had to earn a living by selling iced tea, cigarettes and chewing gum on wharfs along the parks and in car stations. Despite her disadvantages starting out, Tieu Huong grew up to be a nice and well-behaved little girl who then grew up and became a lovely woman.

Tieu Huong first bought a small house with the money given by her adopted father, then sold it. Later she bought some land and sold it. She soon became independent and quite wealthy. She uses her own time and money to help the disabled, and the poor. She is also a charitable woman who manages many centers for disabled people and orphans in Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City.