SHE is a Hollywood idol, he is a three-year-old boy abandoned after birth, but their lives joined yesterday when Angelina Jolie adopted the tearful Vietnamese into the family she has formed with Brad Pitt.

Angelina Jolie arrived in Vietnam today, where she plans to adopt a three-year-old boy.

US actress Angelina Jolie is expected to arrive in Vietnam later today to adopt a three-year-old boy, adoption officials said.

Angelina Jolie’s adoption application is being processed quickly and she could pick up her new three-year-old son within a few weeks, Vietnam’s top adoption official said today.