Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 16:04 GMT+7
Nguyen Thuy Anh talks to children participating in the Vietnamese learning fall camp 'Stuttgart School of Wizardry' in Germany. Photo courtesy of Nguyen Thuy Anh
Educator Nguyen Thuy Anh is well known for running the 'Reading with Your Children' club and was recently named among
Forbes'
20 most influential Vietnamese women.
However, she has led a mostly silent journey of nurturing and spreading the love for mother tongue among overseas Vietnamese communities for nearly two decades.
Mother’s worry
“I lived for 17 years in Russia with an intention to settle down in mind," Anh recalled.
"As a mother living far from my homeland, I was afraid that my children would grow up not knowing Vietnamese or unable to talk about their feelings with us in the pure, rich Vietnamese language.