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Nguyen was from a family living in poverty line. His father suffered from back pain then could not work except from staying at home to breed poultry. Nguyen has a sister, who got married when he was five. Nguyen’s childhood was tied to his father’s whippings when he was unconscious from alcohols. Nguyen said “ My father physically abused me every time he was drunk. I feel hatred towards my father, I don’t want to communicate with him”
As depression and distance grew between he and his family, Nguyen was struggling with family, thus leaving home. “After the day I left home, my mom searched for me and took me home. Since then, I have seen my father had less alcohol drinks”, he said. Even though sometime Nguyen’s father could not control

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