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Afraid to be invited...

Translation of the Vietnamese text

The seventy year old Ngyuen Van Nhuan was a public servant.

He tells us the following story:

As a pensioner I worry when the wedding season comes around.

A close friend, who is also a retired state employee, invited me to the wedding of his daughter. I had to set aside a hundred thousand Vietnamese dong - one third of my monthly pension - for the wedding present.

If I am invited to three weddings in one month, I have no money left for food!

  

The red envelope

We live together in our house already for many years. Our household is well equiped with all the small and big things needed for our daily lives.

From January 2010 we will leave Switzerland behind us and are heading to live in Vietnam for six months. We will work there and also enjoy our time away from home in Hanoi.

Such a long trip and stay away from home is never free. If you have a hard time finding a suitable wedding present for us, we greatly appreciate any financial support for our trip and stay.