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Background information Vu Van Doanh was born on March 8th, 1944, in Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Vietnam. He started working for the Maritime Safety Corporations (MSC) On January 1st,1969, he married Nguyen Thi My and moved to Saigon, the South of Vietnam. Here, he worked at the Saigon port, another branch of the MSC. He retired at the age of sixty-five. For forty-five years of his life, he was a dedicated and committed member of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In 2008, he and his wife immigrated to Australia to live with his third and fourth children.

The life of my grandpa The story of my grandpa will now be narrated by my dad, the oldest son in the family. By asking him to retell, more aspects and information about my grandpa’s life can be revealed. “My father …show more content…

They have their second, third and fourth children in the following years: 1972, 1976 and 1980. He told me he wanted a big family because, in the future, they could help each others and well, he just loved to have a lot of kids. Our family also had two dogs and two cats. My father was busy most of the time; however, he always tried to spend time with us and taught us essential skills for life, like how to ride a bike or fly a kite. Honestly, he is the greatest role model and the biggest influence on my life. He can be considered a good citizen of Vietnam, being a committed member of the Communist Party of Vietnam for forty-five years. He was a caring father. He always tried to take care of the family to the best of his ability; he treated his wife and his kids well and with sincere. He taught me many valuable lessons. One of his valuable lessons was: “The worst pain to suffer is the pain of having spoiled children. There is nothing worse than seeing your kids becoming disrespectful towards you and causing pain to other

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