Michelle Obama visits Vietnam, tells girls to stay in school

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Former US first lady Michelle Obama and Hollywood A-lister Julia Roberts toured a high school in rural Vietnam on Monday, urging a classroom of teenage girls to stay focused on their education to t...

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama , actress Julia Roberts and Jenna Bush-Hager , daughter of former US president George W. Bush meet Vietnamese students in Can Giuoc district, Long An province on Monday to promote girls' education in Vietnam. Photo: AFP

“When you educate a girl, you give them power and a voice and an opportunity to improve their lives and the lives of their family and the lives of their community,” Obama said at Can Giuoc high school in southern Long An province in the Mekong Delta. “Even if your families don’t understand that today, trust me they will, when you go off to college or start your businesses,” she added.

In her best-selling book “Becoming”, Harvard-educated Obama details how her own education and good teachers shaped her life and paved her path to becoming a successful lawyer, university administrator and advocate.

 

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