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When Le was nine years old, she fled Vietnam with her mother and sister. In 1978, her father became a refugee who defected from Vietnam to Hong Kong. Le was born on February 18, 1971, in Da Nang, South Vietnam. She is best known for her portrayal of Le Ly in the film Heaven & Earth (1993). The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Hiep Thi Le ( Vietnamese: Lê Thị Hiệp Febru– December 19, 2017) was a Vietnamese-American actress and restaurateur. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. They're the ones who should be punished.Ĭopyright © 2007 NPR. If you want to blame someone, blame the people who put the video on the Web, he says. SULLIVAN: This is a private thing between the people involved, he says, and it's not for us to criticize. LEI TIEN HONG (Professor, Hanoi University): (Foreign language spoken). Hanoi University professor Lei Tien Hong(ph). And that the blame in this case lies elsewhere. SULLIVAN: But even some in that older generation says the Hoang Thuy Linh scandal isn't so much about changing values but simply a young person's mistake. But for the older generation, of course, they are not going to allow their kids to watch the movies that having her on anymore. VINGH: For the young viewers who have admired her for a long time, they will quickly forgive because, you know, the young people today are more open, more sort of adaptable to the modern life - the western way of living. SULLIVAN: Lei Quok Vingh is CEO of one of Hanoi's biggest public relations firms, Leibro. LEI QUOK VINGH(ph) (CEO, Leibro(ph)): For Vietnamese people and especially the young people, I don't think that they take it that serious as many years ago. But many here predict she may yet make a comeback.

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Ten years ago, a scandal like this probably would've been a professional kiss of death for Hoang Thuy Linh. That this debate is happening in public shows how fast Vietnam's culture is changing - change spurred by rapid economic development and the spread of the Internet and satellite television. If she were a normal girl like me, Chi explains, nobody would've really known or cared. But she is also a victim of her celebrity. Hoang Thuy Linh was irresponsible, stupid even, she says, for allowing the video to be made. SULLIVAN: This 21-year-old woman, who would only give her first name, Chi, agrees up to a point. They just like to have fun, he says, but they don't think about the consequences. SULLIVAN: This 64-year-old man, Hoang Tay Binh says this case shows how irresponsible young people are these days. HOANG TAY BINH(ph) (Resident): (Foreign language spoken) But everyone seems to have an opinion about Hoang Thuy Linh - opinions that often breakdown along generational lines. The former boyfriend, the son of a powerful police official, isn't taking much heat. Her behavior hotly debated on Internet blogs and forums and cafes and beer holes, even in the National Assembly. Hoang Thuy Linh very publicly crossed the line. And young women here are still expected to wait until they're married. SULLIVAN: Premarital sex is more common than the government would like to admit in this conservative communist nation, but it's not something talked about much in schools or the state-run media.

An embarrassed VTV promptly cancelled her show and a tearful Hoang Thuy Linh told her audience she'd made a mistake. SULLIVAN: This Hoang Thuy Linh during her farewell broadcast just a few weeks ago, after an extremely graphic sex video she and her boyfriend made found its way onto the Internet. (Soundbite from Hoang Thuy Linh's farewell broadcast) SULLIVAN: She played a 16-year-old high school student, modern yet traditional, a good girl, her parents, on screen and off, could be proud of. HOANG THUY LINH (Vietnamese Actress): (Foreign language spoken). SULLIVAN: Last month, Hoang Thuy Linh was the star of a popular Vietnamese soap opera called 'Van Anh's Diaries' on state-run televisions VTV 3. MICHAEL SULLIVAN: There are few stories that captured the attention of an entire nation.

This is in Vietnam.Īnd as NPR's Michael Sullivan reports, it's big news in the conservative Southeast Asian nation. Sound familiar? It's not what you may think. I'm Melissa Block.Ī 19-year-old television actress suffers a career crisis because of an explicit sex video posted on the Web. This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.

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