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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I’m writing to you as previous</span>,
<span style="color:black">current</span>, and potential <span style="color:black">
registrants/participants in the </span>Vietnam<span style="color:black"> NGO Local Pay survey to invite you to an event in
</span>Ho Chi Minh<span style="color:black"> on the 1</span>7<span style="color:black">th of
</span>June<span style="color:black"> </span>AND Hanoi on the 20<sup>th</sup> of June, both at 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM,<span style="color:black"> with venue to be announced in the next few days. The event, facilitated by Birches Group, InsideNGO and People In
Aid, collaborators in the NGO Local Pay initiative, is free of charge and open to all interested participants, but space is limited so pre-registration is required. Please find attached the event registration form which needs to be accomplished and returned
to me via email to confirm attendance to the event.</span> <b>Kindly indicate via email if attendance will be for Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi meeting.</b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below the confirmed attendees to the meeting on June 20<sup>th</sup> as of today:<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>ActionAid<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Catholic Relief Services<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>ChildFund<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>FHI 360<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Oxfam GB<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Oxfam HK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Oxfam Novib<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>PSI<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>SNV Netherlands Development Organisation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The event would be a general round table discussion on
</span>Vietnam <span style="color:black">employer practices and trends</span>. <span style="color:black">
The event will not be limited to local pay in </span>Vietnam<span style="color:black">, and so we are happy to include representatives from across the region, if you would like to share the event information with your peers in other countries in the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or suggestions about the event and possible additional topics for discussion. We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kaye<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">Ma. Katrina Victoria S. Avellana<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">Engagement Team Lead - NGO Local Pay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">T. +63 (02) 551-4233<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">F. +63 (02) 846-4763<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:kaye.avellana@birchesgroup.com"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">kaye.avellana@birchesgroup.com</span></a><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><a href="http://www.birchesgroup.com/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="68" height="68" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE348E.9CB94130" alt="Description: Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CD65E1.FA3078A0"></span></a><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">Birches Group, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">19B Multinational Bancorporation Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">6805 Ayala Avenue,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">1226 Makati City, Philippines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.birchesgroup.com/"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH">www.birchesgroup.com</span></a><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-PH"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aon.com/human-capital-consulting/default.jsp"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="148" height="27" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01CE348E.9CB94130" alt="Description: Description: cid:image003.png@01CD65E1.FA3078A0"></span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://public.birchesgroup.com/blog/birches-group-aon-hewitt-announce-partnership/"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Read about our partnership with Aon Hewitt</span></i></b></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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