Loving and marrying a Korean man, Ton Thi Thao (born in 1997, from Da Nang) was pampered and loved by her in-laws like their own child. Currently, Thao and Kim Seung are living in Suwon City (South Korea) and often return to Vietnam to visit. Thao said that she met Seung when the second Covid-19 pandemic had just ended. During the pandemic, she could not work so she learned Korean by herself and needed someone to practice communication with. Seung messaged her on Facebook but the first time she did not respond. It was not until a year later, when Seung texted back, Thao realized that she also needed someone to practice communication with so she replied. The two made an appointment to meet and chat and did not think the other was her "type". After that, they got along very well. Seung took the initiative to ask for a chance to get to know Thao. After a month and a half, Thao agreed to date. After dating for a year, Seung had to return to Korea because the Covid-19 pandemic was still ongoing and he was not allowed to extend his visa. The day they broke up, the couple cried like rain. "I had to ask the neighborhood chief for permission so we could run back and hug each other one last time." During the 6 months of their long-distance relationship, Seung called every day to comfort and confide in his girlfriend, which made Thao very touched. After 6 months, when Seung was arranging to return to Vietnam, Thao suddenly decided to go to Korea to study for a master's degree. The day they met again at Incheon airport, the two hugged and cried because they were so emotional. Thao had been in Korea for nearly a month when she contracted Covid-19. Seung, because he took care of Thao and never left her side, also got infected. The couple self-isolated and took care of each other until they recovered. Thao commented that Seung is a gentle, cheerful, tolerant and very affectionate person. "He often makes me laugh. The sentence he says most often is 'when you are happy, I am happy, when you are sad, I am very worried'. Therefore, I still feel quite lucky to have chosen the right person."

After 4 years of dating, the couple got married at the end of March this year.

Nearly 4 years after saying they loved each other, the couple wanted to get married. But the challenge for Seung now was Thao's parents. They firmly opposed the relationship because they didn't want their daughter to marry far away. When Thao took Seung back to her hometown to meet her family for the first time, he acted very well in front of Thao's parents. He was polite, sociable, didn't criticize any food, and used all his limited Vietnamese to convince Thao's parents to agree. In the end, Seung not only convinced his future in-laws but also made Thao very touched. "Although they agreed, until now, my parents still feel sad every time they think about their daughter marrying far away" - Thao confided. The first time Thao met her future mother-in-law was when she went to Korea to study for a master's degree. Seung didn't tell her that her mother would also pick her up at the airport, so she was quite surprised. “At that time, I had just gotten off the plane so I looked miserable - no makeup, messy hair, wearing thick glasses. But his mother was very friendly and talked happily. After that, she told me to call her 'omma' (like a daughter calls her mother) instead of 'omonim' (aunt, mother-in-law) and from now on she would see me as her daughter. I met my father-in-law a week later and he even suggested that we get married. But I wanted to graduate first before getting married, so I kept refusing and expressing my opinion.” By the end of March this year, the couple officially got married. Thao shared that from the beginning until now, her husband's parents have always been very good to her. Her husband's family helped her a lot, were friendly and harmonious. In particular, her parents-in-law considered her as their daughter, and whenever they had something delicious, they would bring it to their house, very pampering and thoughtful. “My husband’s parents are also very friendly and caring, and they love my parents. Despite the language barrier, they still tried to call to ask how they were and asked me to translate. My mother-in-law said, ‘Your parents have trusted us with their daughter-in-law, giving us a beautiful and talented daughter. I am very happy and feel lucky that you are my daughter-in-law’” – Thao said.

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