Smile Ambassador for Operation Smile Jackie Chan, left, talks with Dr. Hoang Quoc Ky, right, while holding 6-month-old patient Tran Quy Thien, of Hanoi, during his visit to Vietnam-Cuba Hospital in Hanoi,Vietnam, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Chinese actor came to Vietnam to attend the 20th anniversary of Operation Smile Vietnam. For its anniversary, the operation will be conducting 15 simultaneous missions from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City to carry out free surgeries for Vietnamese children suffering from cleft lips, cleft palates, dental problems and other facial deformities. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

Smile Ambassador for Operation Smile Jackie Chan, left, talks with Dr. Hoang Quoc Ky, right, while holding 6-month-old patient Tran Quy Thien, of Hanoi, during his visit to Vietnam-Cuba Hospital in Hanoi,Vietnam, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Chinese actor came to Vietnam to attend the 20th anniversary of Operation Smile Vietnam. For its anniversary, the operation will be conducting 15 simultaneous missions from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City to carry out free surgeries for Vietnamese children suffering from cleft lips, cleft palates, dental problems and other facial deformities.

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  3. Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan and Cambodian singer Him Sivorn sing a Chinese song at the Southeast Asia Television in Phnom Penh on November 10, 2009. Chan arrived in Cambodia to take part in the event 'Bridges Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace'. The Bridges programs have been initiated and facilitated by the Vienna-based International Peace Foundation in conjunction with Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
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  9. Vietnamese General Le The Tiem, Deputy Minister of Public Security, answers questions at a press conference on a presidential amnesty decision for prisoners on the occasion of National Day in Hanoi on August 31, 2009, in the shadow of a bust of late president Ho Chi Minh (background). A dissident Catholic, father Nguyen Van Ly, whose release has been sought by US lawmakers failed to make a list of more than 5,000 prisoners granted the amnesty.
  10. French Prime Prime Minister Francois Fillon (3rd L) pays hommage to late Vietamese president Ho Chi Minh during a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho's mausoleum in Hanoi on November 13, 2009. The French premier is on a three-day visit with a business delegation aimed at boosting commercial ties between France and the communist country.
  11. French Prime Prime Minister Francois Fillon (2nd L) pays hommage to late Vietamese president Ho Chi Minh during a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho's mausoleum in Hanoi on November 13, 2009. The French premier is on a three-day visit with a business delegation aimed at boosting commercial ties between France and the communist country.
  12. French Prime Prime Minister Francois Fillon (2nd L) is shown the way as he pays hommage to late Vietamese president Ho Chi Minh during a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho's mausoleum in Hanoi on November 13, 2009. The French premier is on a three-day visit with a business delegation aimed at boosting commercial ties between France and the communist country.
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