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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">Dear Colleagues and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">UNDP Viet Nam is looking for a competent press agency/mass media organization as a Service Provider to produce high quality media products to promote dialogues
and in-depth understanding on selected issues relating to environmental protection in Viet Nam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">The selected service provider will provide the main deliverables as below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">Finalization of Work-plan to implement the assignment /TOR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">A4-size Bilingual (English and Vietnamese) Special Edition of 120 pages consisting views, perspectives of target interviewees on
the thematic areas mentioned in item III.A of the TOR.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">Two special features/supplements in Vietnamese and English, which will be inserted in a Vietnamese language newspaper and an English
language newspaper, containing 8 pages in Vietnamese per publication and 4 pages in English per publication as supplementary printed and delivered to usual subscribed readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">Regular/weekly Environment Protection column (a haft of A4 size at minimum) on newspaper in Vietnamese<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">Bilingual columns published on online newspapers in Vietnamese and English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">And other requirements defined in the TOR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">Service duration is from October 2013 to June 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">Full solicitation documents can be found at
<a href="http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=12880">http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=12880</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">Interested and qualified bidders are invited to submit the Proposals including Technical Proposal and Financial proposal in separate PDF files (following guidance
in the Request for Proposal) to : <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">Email:
<a href="mailto:procurement.vn@undp.org"><span style="color:#336699">procurement.vn@undp.org</span></a>, Procurement Unit, UNDP Viet Nam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">Submission deadline:
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">08 October 2013</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#333333">We appreciate your cooperation and assistance for circulation among your colleagues and possible bidders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Le Tuyet Sinh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91">Procurement Assistant</span></b><b><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91">United Nations
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Development Programme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">25 - 29 Phan Boi Chau</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91">,
Ha Noi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91">Tel: (+84 4) 3942 1495 (ext 291)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91">Fax:(+84 4) 3942 2267<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://www.undp.org.vn/">www.undp.org.vn</a></span></u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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