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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is with great pleasure that the Consulate General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City, in cooperation with the American Center and the Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender – Family – Women and Adolescents
(CSAGA), would like to invite you to participate in a celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Monday November 30<sup>th</sup>, 2015 between 14:00 and 17:00 at the American Center, level 8, Diamond Plaza, 34 Le
Duan, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the <a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action/16-days-of-activism">16
Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence</a> Campaign is a time to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We are therefore inviting you to nominate a panelist to speak about issues facing women in Vietnam (by reply to
<a href="mailto:dung.vu@international.gc.ca">dung.vu@international.gc.ca</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">In case you are interested in attending the event without being a panel speaker, you are invited to register with the American Center (more information to be sent later).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We look forward to your participation in this event. Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yours sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Vu Tuan Dung
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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Public Affairs Officer</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> |</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> Agent des
affaires publiques<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
Consulate General of Canada, Ho Chi Minh City </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">|</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> Consulat général du Canada, Ho Chi Minh Ville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Suite 1002, The Metropolitan, 235 Dong Khoi, District 1<br>
Telephone </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">|</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
<span lang="EN-US">Téléphone: +84 (8) 3827 9909, MITNET: 478-3318<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mobile
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">| Portable: +84 (0)94 4896 736</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
Facsimile</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">|</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> Télécopieur: +84 (8) 3827 9935, MITNET: 478-3910<br>
Email </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">|</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> Courriel:
<a href="mailto:dung.vu@international.gc.ca">dung.vu@international.gc.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Website:
<a href="http://www.vietnam.gc.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.vietnam.gc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/imagine.canada.vietnam">www.facebook.com/imagine.canada.vietnam</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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