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Author: Huynh Minh Vy
Storyteller: Huynh Minh Vy
Community Language School: Wollongong Vietnamese School
Main School: Smith Hill’s High School

A description of my family in Australia and Vietnam.

My Family.

Hello everyone. My name is Vy Huynh. I am 12 years old. I live in Berkeley with my family. We are Australian but come from Vietnam. My parents came to Australia first. They came by plane.

My family is crowded. My father’s name is Huynh van Quang. My mother’s name is Nguyen Binh Quoc Nam. My father is a cook. He is 47 years old. My mother is 41 years old and works in the same restaurant as my father.

I am the second son of the family. My older brother is Tri, 21 years old and he is a university student. I am in Year 7 at Smith’s Hill High School. I have 2 younger brothers; Hien and Huy. Hien is 10 years old and is a student at St. Francis Xavier’s Primary School. Huy is 8 years old and is in Year 2 at the same school.

My family has a happy life in Australia. I plan to study hard in the next 3 years so that I can travel overseas.

My maternal grandmother lives in Australia. My paternal grandparents still live in Vietnam in Can Tho province. They are very old and live with my aunts and uncles.