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Angelina Jolie visits Vietnam for charity

HANOI, Vietnam, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. film actress Angelina Jolie spent last week in Vietnam for a meeting on behalf of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project, People magazine says.

The project's executive director Stephan Bognar said that he and Jolie were in Vietnam meeting with officials from the International Finance Corp.'s Mekong Private Sector Development Facility, a privately funded World Bank initiative that promotes economic development in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, People reported.

The actress attended the meeting as a representative of the project, her charity aiding Cambodia.

Jolie is reportedly interested in a program to get farmers to grow and sell bamboo, increasing their monthly income from $25 to $100-300.

Brad Pitt and Jolie, along with their children Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh were back in New Orleans, where the couple just bought a $3.5 million house, People said.

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We thought Brad Pitt wasn't afraid of anything. But it turns out there is one thing that strikes fear in the man who has constantly been at Angelina Jolie's side: the reaction of his children when they view his films. "It is the thought of how his offspring will react to his roles on screen which is influencing Pitt's future career moves," Starpulse reports.

The New York Times, America's newspaper of record, launched some rather harsh words in the direction of Angelina Jolie today. So painful are they that we cringe while copying and pasting them here: "Before she set a toe on the red carpet at the Golden Globes last week, Angelina Jolie’s carefully molded image as humanitarian and mom was already showing some cracks."

Is it any wonder then that Angie would want to stay as far away from media coverage as possible? "Angelina Jolie is happy to spend her time helping the poor in the developing world - because it keeps her away from celebrity magazines with her face on the cover," TeenHollywood.com writes.

Angelina Jolie Visits Vietnam

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Angelina Jolie has taken time out from settling into her new home in New Orleans, Louisiana, to fly to
Vietnam to promote economic development.
The actress traveled to the Asian country to attend a meeting on behalf of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project
(MJP), a charity formed to aid her five-year-old son's native country of Cambodia.
According to MJP executive director Stephan Bognar, he and Jolie met with officials from the
International Finance Corporation's Mekong Private Sector Development Facility, a privately funded
World Bank initiative that promotes economic development in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
The star is particularly interested in a project to help subsistence farmers grow and sell bamboo, a
business that Bognar says could increase their monthly income from $25 to $300. Bamboo crops also
filter toxins from water and help stem soil erosion.
Jolie's partner, Brad Pitt, was unable to make the trip and stayed with the couple's kids in New Orleans,
where he is currently filming 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.'

Angelina Jolie visits Vietnam

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is paying a visit to Vietnam in order to promote her charity.

The star travelled to the Asian country for a meeting on behalf of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project, which generates funds for Jolie's son's native country Cambodia. Jolie met with financial bigwigs in order to establish a number of projects including one which will help

farmers to grow and sell bamboo.
The star's visit to Vietnam comes as she and Brad Pitt are moving home to New Orleans.
The celebrity couple, along with children Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh, have bought a $3.5m (£1.77m),

six-bedroom house.
Vietnam borders Cambodia to the south-west, with China to the north and Laos to the north-west.
The country is one of the most densely populated in south-east Asia, with a population of 85m and is

popular among tourists for its outstanding natural beauty, including Ha Long Bay, a natural heritage site.

Angelina Jolie Ducks Restaurant Date to Avoid Jennifer Aniston

Angelina Jolie mentioned in a recent interview that she would accept a meeting with Brad Pitt's ex-wife
and American beauty Jennifer Aniston. But the puff-lipped siren ducked out on a dinner date with the
handsome unmarried father of her children in Los Angeles recently according to a published report.

A story published by American magazine In Touch Weekly claims that once Jolie learned that Jen was
to be at a popular Beverly Hills eatery, she passed and made plans elsewhere.
***
According to the report in the weekly entertainment magazine, when Brad caught up with Catherine
Keener at the premiere of the movie they produced together titled 'God Grew Tired of Us, he asked the
mutual friend of his and Jennifer's to say hello to his ex-wife.
Later that evening, according to the item, he would have had the chance to do it himself, but Jolie
ducked out on what could have made for a very interesting night out.
He and Angelina tried to book dinner at Mastro's Steakhouse in Beverly hills, but the hostess reportedly
informed them that Jennifer was already there enjoying an evening out. Here's the big chance for a
meeting - so what happened?
***
According to ITW Brad and Angelina backed out an decided to dine elsewhere.

Angelina Jolie visited Vietnam for charity: report

The project's executive director Stephan Bognar said that he and Jolie were in Vietnam meeting with
officials from the International Finance Corp.'s Mekong Private Sector Development Facility.
The privately funded World Bank spin-off concentrates on developing countries Vietnam, Cambodia
and Laos, People reported.
At the meeting, the magazine reported, Jolie was interested in finding a way to increase Vietnamese
bamboo farmer's monthly salary from $25 to 100-$300.
Partner Brad Pitt stayed in New Orleans with the couple's three children, two of which have been
adopted from Third World countries.
The high-profile couple made a surprise visit to the Vietnamese metro Ho Chi Minh City in November
2006 during which they visited the Tam Binh Orphanage.

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