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The economy and everyda
Group: 08
Subject: British Culture
Vietnam University of Commerce
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Introduction
The UK-Vietnam bilateral relationship has developed greatly s
establishment of full diplomatic relations in 1973
The value of UK investment in Vietnam is approximately US$
=> the UK - one of the largest EU investors in Vietnam,
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Introduction
The main sectors for investment
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Body
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Earning money
Working organization: Trade Union Congress
Distribution of wealth
The structure of trade and industry
Shopping in VietNam and Britain
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Earning money
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EARNING MONEY
Changing attitudes towards blue- collar workers and whitecollar wor
Traditionally Nowadays
-A major sign of being middle class has been
that you do non-manual work.
-Skilled manual (or blue-collar) workers have
been paid more highly than the lower grades of
white-collar (non-manual) worker for severaldecades
-At least half of the workforce now
manual work, and yet a majority d
themselves working class.
- One illustration of this is the diff
which way in which earnings areconventionally expressed and paid
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1. EARNING MONEY
Changing employment attitudes towards sex.
The decline of heavy industry means and rise in service occupation influen
mens work and womens work
The law against sex discrimination in employment was passed in 1975, it wintended mainly to protect women
Mens work Womens work
1970 65% 35%
1993 51% 49%
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1. EARNING MONEY
The impact of recession on employment
Employment fell and unemployment rose for both men and women.
The effect on men are more noticable.
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Earning money
Working organization: Trade Union Congress
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2. WORKING ORGANIZATION: TRADE
The Trade Union Congress (TUC)
Brings Britains unions together to draw up common policies
Lobbies the Government to implement policies that will benefit people a
work Campaigns on economic and social issues
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2. WORKING ORGANIZATION: TRADE
The Trade Union Congress (TUC)
Represents working people on public bodies
Run an extensive training and education program for union representative
Building link with other trade union bodies worldwide .
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2. WORKING ORGANIZATION: TRADE
The national Union of Farmers
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Earning money
Working organization: Trade Union Congress
Distribution of wealth
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3. DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
By the end of 1990s it had one of the least equitable
In the 1970s and 1980s, rate of income tax changed
In the 1960s, the basic rate was 40%
By the early eighties it was 30% then went down to 25%
In the same period, the top rate of income tax fell from 95% to 40%
People in different situations are allowed to earn varying amounts befor
tax was deducted
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Earning money
Working organization: Trade Union Congress
Distribution of wealth
The structure of trade and industry
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4. THE STRUCTURE OF TRADE AND IND
4.1. Agriculture
4.2. Construction
4.3. Manufacturing
4.4. Services
contributes around 0.6% of British national value added.
subsidized by the European Union's Common AgriculturalPolicy.
rich in a number of
natural resources:coal, petroleum, natural
gas...
In 2009: received total orders of around 18.7 billionfrom the private sector and 15.1 billion from thepublic sector
In 2011: contributed gross value of 86,789 million tothe UK economy
The aerospace industry of the UK is the second- orthird-largest aerospace industry in the world.
British companies with a major presence in theindustry include BAE Systems(the world's second-largest defence contractor) and Rolls-Royce (theworld's second-largest aircraft engine maker)
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4. THE STRUCTURE OF TRADE AND IND
78%22%
GDP in 2011
service
industries
otherarea
6%
5%
9%
12%
9%
18%3%
3%
20%
4.4. Service industries 2011
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Earning money
Working organization: Trade Union Congress
Distribution of wealth
The structure of trade and industry
Shopping in VietNam and Britain
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Viet Nam
Perform a play
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Viet Nam
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
Selling techniques
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
Scene 1: Salesperson with a Sale-off addicted customer.
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
Scene 2: Salesperson with an aggressive customer.
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Viet Nam
-Bargain: Unless you plan to go to
shopping mall or supermarket where price
is printed on the product. It is not an
intimidating task like it seems
-Sale: Sale-off products that can no longer
be attractive enough or they might have
many defects.
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Viet Nam
-Promotion addicted shoppers
According to market research firm Kantar
World panel Vietnam, 85% of Vietnamese
consumers choose promotional products at
least once a year.
- Preference of foreign-made product
The leading media group, Grey Group, has
recently announced the results of the
survey showing that the Vietnamese rank
Asias the first foreign-made product
consumer.
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Britain
Perform a play
Characters:
Linh Tm - Vietnamese student oversea in Britain goes shopping with An
Thao who is a British Student. They go to the M&S whose salesperson is
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Britain
Clothes at M and S are typical of middle range: they are neither cheap nor
expensive, fairly good quality and rather conservative.
M and S also has food hall, where items are more expensive than they ar
supermarket.
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Britain
Spending money in Britain
-The British are not very adventurous shoppers
-They like reliability and my brand-name goods wherever possible, preferawith the price clearly market
-A very high proportion of the countrys shops are branches of chain stores
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Britain
Types of shop
-Department store- large retail stores with many goods and services but the
are quite expensive
-Shopping centre, its a group of shops, including Restaurant, packing areamovie house.
-Corner shop: selling food, newspaper, tobacco,
-Off-license : selling alcoholic beverages
-There are also chain stores, warehouse and supermarket
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Britain
Types of shop
Shop window displays are quite shabbynot because of a sign of economicdepression
Its just that the British dont demand artin their shop window
Most of shops are chain store but amongthose that are not
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Britain
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Britain
Shopping hours
The normal opening time is 9.00 in the morning
Large out-of- town supermarket stay open all day
until about 8 oclock Most small shops stay open all day and close at
5.30
There are many arguments about opening shop inSunday
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
6.1. Shopping characteristics in Britain
How much you want?
In Britain, nobody ever asks for a kilo of apples, or200 grams of cheese. You would have to ask for 2
pounds of apples. And you would be about right.
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
In Britain In Viet Nam
The British are not adventurous
shoppers. They like reliability and buy
brandname goods wherever possible.
Preference to buy brand name goods inalmost chain stores, supermarkets or
malls
Many people are likely to buy che
products in markets.
Often to bargain price: might barg
the prices down to as much as twothirds of the original cost.
Spending money
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
In Britain In Viet Nam
Open is nine in the morning until about eight
oclock. Most small shop stay open all day
and then close at half-past five or a bit later
However, the most significant change inrecent years has been with regard to
Sundays.
By the early 1990s many shops were
opening on some Sundays, especially in the
period before Christmas.
Shops open early and close an
between 6:00am and 10:00pm
open 7 days a week. Howeve
compulsory. Most shops open
Shopping opening hours
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6. SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT
In Britain In Viet Nam
The main shopping street in many towns is
called the High Street, where you should
head for if you want to go shopping. A few
small shops are owned by local people. Mostare owned by national 'chains' of stores. This
makes many ton centres look the same.
Some towns also have street markets where
fresh food and cheap goods can be bought.
Small shops in rural area and
and supermarkets in city.
Types of shop
Conclusion
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Conclusion
In general, despite certain differences in culture, Vietnam and
Britain have the sustainable socio-economic development.
=> find more ways to promote their relationship over many
aspects, especially in economy.
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