Shadowing Practice: SHARING VIETNAM WITH H.E MR. HAIKE MANNING - NEW ZEALAND AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM (Feb 10,2014) - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Hague Manning recently assumed the role of New Zealand ambassador to Vietnam,
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Hague Manning recently assumed the role of New Zealand ambassador to Vietnam,
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arriving in Hanoi in October 2012.
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Haig joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1996
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and has been posted previously as New Zealand Deputy High Commissioner in India from 1999 to 2002
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and Deputy Head of Mission in Brazil from 2004 to 2008.
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Haig's career focus in recent years has been on trade policy
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and trade negotiations his most recent role was as deputy director in ministry's trade negotiations division
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which involved senior new zealand negotiating roles in both the wto
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and trans-pacific partnership negotiations hello you're watching
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shang vih nam on vtt 10 netviet I'm Van Hiop
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and in today's program we'll meet one special guest from New Zealand
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and now may I introduce to you his excellency Mr. New Zealand ambassador to Vietnam
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so hello Mr. Ambassador
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and thank you very much for joining us today the Tet holiday has just gone
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so how did you enjoy the Tet holiday in Vietnam?
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Tet's a great time of the year we all get a great holiday and there are some fantastic traditions here in Vietnam.
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So we stayed in Hanoi and it was a beautifully quiet time,
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not as much traffic on the streets as normal.
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We follow some of the traditions
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that I think Vietnamese also follow with the Hwa Dao and the Kum Khoa trees in our house,
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Lucky Money and also we went to the pagodas and the temples during Tate as well.
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There really is nothing else like it I think anywhere else
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in the world with the possible exception of some of the Vietnamese communities
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which are living in other countries such as New Zealand
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and there I know the many Vietnamese students that are living
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and studying in New Zealand also do their versions of of TET
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and no doubt have had a great TET in New Zealand as well
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TET is the time that we revealed the past year
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and we know that Vietnam and New Zealand have established a bilateral comprehensive partnership since 2009
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and an action plan for 2010-2013 containing specific initiatives to help implement the partnership was signed in July 2010
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so may May you share the results of the 2010-2013 action plan?
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Vietnam and New Zealand have become very good friends and very good partners over that time.
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And I think we're going to see a strengthening of that in the coming years as well.
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We've seen a lot of political, high-level political engagement.
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So visitors from Vietnam to New Zealand and also from New Zealand to Vietnam during that time and that's really,
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really important because that connection between our leaders is what really drives,
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I think, the relationship and inspires the relationship, if you like.
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In terms of specific things that have been done,
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obviously we've built quite significantly the trade during that time between our two countries.
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We've had really good developments in the education relationship.
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But not only that, we've also agreed some important government agreements with Vietnam,
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such as the Working Holiday Scheme,
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which is a scheme that enables young Vietnamese to go down
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and live and work and holiday in New Zealand for up to 12 months,
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and likewise permits New Zealanders to come up to Vietnam and to do the same.
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And also we negotiated and have concluded a double taxation agreement during that time,
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and that's really important to help reduce the costs of our businesses working together for the benefit of both countries.
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So what about the second phase of the action plan 2013 and 2016?
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What's new about this new partnership
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that we've agreed this new action plan is there is much more of a focus on five key strategic sectors
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which are agriculture, education, tourism,
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aviation and clean technologies and environmental management.
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And I think with a real focus and agreeing some roadmaps for action in those areas,
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we're going to see a real growth in the trade and economic relationship.
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But of course it's not just about the trade and economic relationship.
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We have a broad-based relationship with Vietnam.
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So there's a whole lot of things that we're doing as part of this new action plan,
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and I'm really happy to be here to spearhead that for New Zealand.
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So among the five key sectors,
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the trade and investment cooperation is considered one priority in Vietnam and New Zealand bilateral relations.
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And the two nations aim to increase the two trade way
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from 600 million US dollars in 2012 to 1 billion US dollars by 2015.
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So how feasible is this target and what have Vietnam and New Zealand agree to achieve this goal?
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I'm very confident that we will hit the US$1 billion target by 2015.
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One way in
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which we're going to do this is by focusing in a more targeted way on those five key areas that I outlined.
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Those are areas where we have real opportunities,
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real benefits in working together,
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so that's going to be my focus for really lifting the trade and economic relationship to meet that target.
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But we're already doing very well.
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We have seen, for example,
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that Vietnam has entered New Zealand's top 20 export markets for the first time ever last year,
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and we're also seeing really good growth in Vietnamese exports to New Zealand.
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And I think it's really good for the relationship to have a good balance in the trades.
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The other thing I think that's really important
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and that's going to drive the economic relationship
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and the trade relationship between our two countries is the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific partnership, TPP.
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TPP is obviously is a really really important trade
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and economic agreement for the region and I think as we see New Zealand
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and Vietnam concluding that agreement together it's going to really lift the awareness of New Zealand
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and Vietnam and Vietnam and New Zealand and I think that's going to drive much more business interest between our two countries.
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Vietnam and New Zealand established the diplomatic relations on June 16, 1975.
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The bilateral relations now features regular high-level political visits,
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expanding trade and investment links,
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ongoing development assistance, and expanding cooperation in newer areas such as science and technology,
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two-way investment, education links, and trade-in services.
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In September 2009, the two countries established the bilateral comprehensive partnership.
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Bilateral trade has borne significantly since Vietnam and New Zealand signed a trade agreement in July 1994.
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Both countries are now also amongst the nine countries negotiating a new trans-positive partnership free trade agreement.
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Toto Two-Way Goods Trade Between Vietnam and New Zealand reached $777 million in 2012.
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Vietnam is one of the New Zealand Aid Programme's core bilateral partners.
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The overall goal of the strategy is to support sustainable development through improving rural livelihoods and basic education opportunities,
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especially for poor and marginalized people.
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New Zealand also provides scholarships for postgraduate study in New Zealand and Vietnamese officials attend the English Language Training for Officials, ELTO.
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So talking about the investment from New Zealand to Vietnam,
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we know that there are now 20 projects worth about 77.8 million Yost dollars in Vietnam.
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So I'm wondering have the New Zealand investors certified with the business environment in Vietnam
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and what are your Recommendation to Vietnam so
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that Vietnam can attract more investment from New Zealand to Vietnam in the year 2014 and in the longer future Well,
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I think the first thing is that I think there's a lot more potential to grow the Investment relationship,
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but not just from New Zealand to Vietnam I think there are also opportunities for Vietnamese companies to invest in
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Zealand and we've seen
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that with Vinamilk for example investing in New Zealand dairy companies in New Zealand which is very welcome from our perspective.
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Our main investments in Vietnam at the moment are in the education
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and agricultural areas and also there's some investment in mining here
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but in terms of what can be done to continue to
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encourage New Zealand investors here I think I think the key thing is making the rules
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and the regulations as transparent as possible
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and as simple as possible so people can understand what are the rules that they need to meet.
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And I think the third thing that's really,
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really important is to provide certainty to investors so that when those rules are put in place in a transparent way,
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they don't change too much over time,
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they don't change frequently and that gives investors confidence to be here for the long haul
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and to really contribute to Vietnam's development and prosperity.
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One of the things we're doing in New Zealand is we're really driving for delivery of government services online
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and I think that's an area of real potential here where
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in future people will be able to do a lot of their business with government online through e-services.
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Just to give you an example,
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in New Zealand now, if you want to register a company,
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you can register a company online,
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set up a company in 10 minutes.
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If you want to pay your income tax or your company tax,
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you can do it all online.
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And that has huge savings and reduces the stress and increases the transparency for the public and really helps business thrive.
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So those would be some things I would suggest which will really help to encourage investment into Vietnam.
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So among the five key sectors,
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what will be the key sectors that will be the focus of the cooperation between New Zealand and Vietnam?
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The areas that I'm really focused on beyond the traditional trade and economic area are firstly tourism.
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We're seeing an increasing number of New Zealand tourists,
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Kiwis coming from New Zealand to Vietnam,
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up 20% year on year over many years now.
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and that's great and it's not only good for Vietnam,
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it's also good for New Zealand as young Kiwis get to really experience Asia,
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you know, a great country in Asia.
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But also we want to see a lot more Vietnamese coming to New Zealand
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and discovering the amazing country that we have down in the bottom of the South Pacific.
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Education is the second one.
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We have more than 2,000 Vietnamese students studying in New Zealand
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and we really want to encourage and see many more Vietnamese students getting a New Zealand education.
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The third priority that I'm very much focused on is how we develop our development assistance partnership that we have with Vietnam.
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So those are three areas in particular that I'm very focused on,
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which I think will bring a lot of benefit and understanding between our two countries.
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So 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of Vietnam and New Zealand relations.
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So can you review some of the plans that Vietnam and New Zealand will cooperate to celebrate this special anniversary?
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Yes, well, of course, most of that's secret
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but we're going to be focused on a series of activities which will be cultural,
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some business focused, some education focused.
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But the overall idea is to really try and engage with and get Vietnamese people thinking a lot more about New Zealand.
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And so we're going to be telling what we call the New Zealand story.
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The New Zealand story of open hearts,
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open minds, open spaces, which is what New Zealand represents.
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And I guess one thing I have to do in particular as New Zealand ambassador for
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that year is I have to really practice my Vietnamese.
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So when I do more interviews and when I'm giving speeches,
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I can say many better things in Vietnamese.
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So how would I say at the moment?
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I would say And once again,
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thank you very much Mr. Ambassador for joining our program today
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And we hope that in the year 2015 you can master Vietnamese language Thank you And with that,
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we have to wrap up our program for today For comment and feedback,
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don't hesitate to write to us at shangvietnam at vtc.vn and once again avan hiệp goodbye for now
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