[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 190 (Tuesday, November 21, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1593]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO KIEU-CHINH

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                          HON. J. LUIS CORREA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 21, 2017

  Mr. CORREA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Kieu-Chinh, a 
legendary Vietnamese-American actress and a philanthropist, who has 
contributed six decades of her life to the motion picture industry 
worldwide, including Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, 
China, India, Australia, Canada, and Hollywood.
  Kieu-Chinh was born in 1937 in Hanoi, North Vietnam. She moved to the 
South Vietnam as a refugee in her own motherland at the age of 17, and 
started her acting career at the age of 19. Since then, she has 
appeared in over 100 movies and television shows including ``M.A.S.H'' 
and ``The Joy Luck Club.''
  Throughout her acting career, she has received numerous accolades and 
awards: Best Actress Award of South Vietnam--Arts and Cinema Prize 
(1969), Best Leading Actress at the Asian Film Festival in Taipei 
(1973), Emmy Award for her documentary--``Kieu-Chinh: A Journey Home'' 
produced by FOX Television (1996), Special Acting Award at the Cinema 
Delle Donne Film Festival in Italy (2003), and Lifetime Achievement 
Awards at the Vietnamese International Film Festival (2003), at the San 
Diego Film Festival (2006) and at the San Francisco Movie Festival-
Festival of Globe (2015).
  In addition to her acting success, she was honored as ``Refugee of 
the Year'' by the United States Congress in 1990 and was invited to be 
the first Vietnamese woman to speak at the 10th Anniversary of the 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Groundbreaking Anniversary in 
Washington, D.C. in 1992.
  In 1993, together with Lewis Puller--an American veteran and Terry 
Anderson--a journalist, Kieu-Chinh co-founded the Vietnam Children's 
Fund (VCF). Since its establishment, the VCF has built 51 schools in 
Vietnam to provide safe and high-quality education for more than 30,000 
students annually. In the same year, she became a lecturer for the 
Greater Talent Network, Inc. in New York and has made multiple 
appearances at different conventions, academic conferences, and 
universities around the country for over two decades.
  On the 60th Anniversary of Kieu-Chinh Cinema, Mr. Speaker, I am 
honored to recognize Kieu-Chinh and her invaluable contributions to the 
motion picture industry and the communities worldwide.

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