Vietnam Trip Report Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club Dirk Tussing & Tom Nguyen (April 5, 2007) /

Slide 2April 6, 2007 Rotary Vietnam Project Summary My Two Recent Trips (‘06 & ‘07) New Club Project: Building a School Library for Homeless Children in An Giang, Province Agenda

Slide 3April 6, 2007 Rotary Shares in Vietnam $4.45MM since 1996 from Rotary Foundation ICU Unit Project, Saigon: cancer hospital (D5240) (raised final $25K) , Bethel Park, PA Rotary builds a new 11- classroom elementary school Da Nang (D7300) 1/1/07 Rotary Ambassador in Hanoi VABAT Vietnam Vision Project: 3,000 free cataract operations and 403 Wheelchairs donated (D9680) (Chuck Theusch)

Slide 4April 6, 2007 RI & The Library of Vietnam Project ( Chuck Theusch) 1.Library, Kien Giang Province (D5690) 2.Group Study Exchange Georgia (D6900) 3.Hai Lang Library, Quang Tri Province (D7780) 4.Roland G. Fontaine Library, Vinh Long Province (D5150 & D5170) 5.Overland Park Rotary, KS (D5710)

Slide 5April 6, 2007 My Recent Trips 10 Days (Jan ’06) & 20+ Days (Feb ’07) United flies direct to Ho Chi Minh City (better known as Saigon) Stayed in Saigon & Long Xuyen; Drove to Hue by bus Each trip spent 3-4 days in Hong Kong

Slide 6April 6, 2007 Vietnam Joined the World Trade Organization (2007) Growth averaging 7-8 percent in ( ) Inflation appears to be 8-9% (government target 6.5%) Vietnam has 84MM people, (100MM in 2015) 20% of the population lives below poverty line Per capita income is only $638 a year Median age is 26 (aka, 50% < 26 yrs old) Life expectancy is about 71 Country is fairly small, only slightly > New Mexico California is 36MM people & about 3x the land 672 people occupy each km 2 (438 in NJ, 84 in CA)

Slide 7April 6, 2007 The ‘Good’

Slide 8April 6, 2007 The ‘Good Food’

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Slide 10April 6, 2007 The ‘Bad’

Slide 11April 6, 2007 School for Disabled Kids

Slide 12April 6, 2007 The ‘Ugly’

Slide 13April 6, 2007 Mission: Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club, a Full Life, Inc., & Library of Vietnam Project are engaging local community groups to help raise funds for unfortunate children of Vietnam to lead them out of poverty with shelter and education. The initial project is to furnish a school library and create educational/vocational programs for the Khai Tri orphanage in An Giang, Vietnam. Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club International Project

Slide 14April 6, 2007 Khai Tri (Miss Lam’s Dream)

Slide 15April 6, 2007 Khai Tri (Miss Lam’s Dream)

Slide 16April 6, 2007 Khai Tri (Miss Lam’s Dream)

Slide 17April 6, 2007 Vietnamese Benefit Dinner April 11 th & 12 th (5:00 & 7:00 pm) Only $60 per person ($50 proceeds to Khai Tri orphanage) Cocktails Appetizers Crab Asparagus Soup Shrimp Rolls Shrimp Spring Rolls Veggie Spring Rolls Oriental Rice Cakes Main Entrees Beef Salad Coconut Shrimp Grilled Beef in Pointed Pepper Leaves Combination Fried Rice Lemongrass Tofu Veggie Fried Rice Baby Bok Choy Garlic Stir Fry Lemongrass Chicken Caramelized Pork Fish Wraps Combination Oriental Stew Dessert Lychee Oranges Vietnamese Surprise Green Tea Vietnamese Style Coffee