More than twenty million refugees exist today.

The question is, how could I not? Many nights I sat awake reading stories and statistics about national and international tragedies. So the question is not how or why I would do this with my life. I honestly believe that if we were all aware, we would all be compelled to act. I am so grateful I took this path in my life, thankful that I met these amazing people and had this incredible experience.

As I try to find the answers, I am sure of one thing: I am forever changed. “It’s a must-read book to understand more about the world we are living in, to know about the past, to respect the peace we have at the present and build up a peace for the world in the future,” she said.Introduction I was asked to write an introduction to my journals, to explain how my journals came to be, why my life took this direction, and why I decided to start it. So I want to share the words to Vietnamese people.” “I realise that the book nurtures the tolerance and mercy in my mind. “Jolie joined the challenging, dangerous but proud adventure at the age of 26, her truthful and emotional notes touched the hearts of many people including me,” said Kapi. The 300-page book was translated into Vietnamese by Hoàng Anh Kapi. On March 15, 2007, they adopted a son, three-year-old Pax Thien, from an orphanage in HCM City.Ĭover of the book Notes from My Travels by Angelina Jolie. It was also during the time frame of writing these journals that Jolie and her ex-husband Brad Pitt adopted her Cambodian-born son, Maddox. Jolie donated her proceeds from the book to the UNHCR. Jolie is not only an actress, filmmaker and recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she’s also a humanitarian, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She lived and worked there in 2001-02 and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most shattering violence and victimisation. The book includes memoirs of Jolie during visits with refugees in countries such as Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan and Cambodia. Nhật Kí Những Chuyến Đi is translated from Notes from My Travels published by Pocket Books in 2003. HÀ NỘI - Personal journals that Angelina Jolie compiled while performing humanitarian relief efforts in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador have been published in Vietnamese by Kim Đồng Publishing House. Photos courtesy of Kim Đồng Publishing House

Translator Hoàng Anh Kapi and the Vietnamese version of Notes from My Travels.