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          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
              size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear
                colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
              size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">As
                LWG co-chairs, MAG and VVAF would
                like to invite all of you to attend the next LWG
                quarterly meeting at 9:30am
                &#8211; 11:30, March 13, at VVAF office at 4<sup>th</sup>
                floor, 58 Tran Nhan
                Tong st. We wish to take advantage of your presence in <st1:city
                  w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hanoi</st1:place></st1:city>
                for the March 14<sup>th</sup> conference
                to get together, and to discuss the following items:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                    size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
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              color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D">LWG workplan
                2014 (attached)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D">Preparation on
                key issues to be shared/raised at the
                March 14<sup>th</sup> National Conference<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D">Any other
                business<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
              size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
              size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">There
                will be no powerpoint
                presentation. We also welcome the participation of four
                key people from GICHD
                including Director Ambassador Toscano, Assistant
                Director Guy Rhodes, Strategic
                Advisor Ted Paterson, and External Affairs Director
                Pascal Rapillard. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
              size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
              size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">RSVP
                is required by COB Monday March 10<sup>th</sup>
                (to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:vvafvietnam@ic-vvaf.org">vvafvietnam@ic-vvaf.org</a>)
                <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
              size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">We
                look forward to welcoming all of you
                at the VVAF office next week. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"
              size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thank
                you very much,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt">Thao<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span
                style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
                Roman&quot;">Thao
                Griffiths, Eisenhower Fellow, Country Director, Vietnam
                Veterans of America
                Foundation (IC-VVAF), Vietnam Office, Add: 4th Floor,
                Viet Hong Building, 58
                Tran Nhan Tong St, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi, Vietnam
                &nbsp;Tel: (84 4)
                3-733-9444 x 201; Cell: (84) 915340358; Email:
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tgriffiths@vi.org">tgriffiths@vi.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
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                style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
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