Vietnamese Roots, German Beginnings - Embraces Your Identity | Trang Nguyen S11 E6
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"In the past I compared myself a lot with the people around me. And I felt, with all my German friends, like less German, but also having low values." Niall Mackay sits down with Trang Nguyen, a food scientist and aspiring content creator who recently moved to Vietnam from Germany. Trang shares her complex journey growing up as a Vietnamese-German, grappling with cultural identity, and her evolving relationship with her Vietnamese heritage. She also shared how her perspective on Vietnam has t...
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