 Hello, and welcome to Town Needing TV, my name is James Gunger, I am visiting here with the Vermont Council on World Affairs as we travel the state with a delegation of Vietnamese parliamentarians who are visiting as part of an exchange program hosted by the Vermont Council on World Affairs in partnership with Open World and the US Library of Congress. We are hosting a delegation of five Vietnamese parliamentarians and I have the pleasure of being joined by two discussing their exchange with us today. So let's start the program just by introducing yourself, your name and what you do as a member of parliament in Vietnam. My name is Lady Thanh Lam, I am the head of the Congressional Delegation of Oaxacan Provinces on the occasion of our delegation here with fellow members of parliament of Vietnam in order to learn general knowledge under the Open World program in the United States. In the past days I have learned a lot of experiences and exchanges with the congress people and their staffers, which has been very useful for our work for a member of parliament representing the people of one province in Vietnam and also participating in policy making for the whole country, especially in economic development and today meeting about the media is a very important area for all countries including Vietnam. Thank you, it's a pleasure to have you and I'm so happy to welcome you to Vermont and now I'll turn it to you to introduce yourself and share a bit about your work in Vietnam. My name is Mai Zung, I am the standing member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam. This is my first term as the member of the parliament and I'm presenting a small province from the north of Vietnam, which is very close to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. And like Miss Lam just said, this is our very first chance to attend the Open World program organized by the US Library of Congress and we know that the program has been implemented for more than 20 years, but this is the first time a Vietnam delegation is organized and we spend three days in DC meeting with staff of members from Vietnam and from the house. Last night we just arrived in Vermont and this is like the most interesting event feature of the program that we can experience live with the host, which is like normal people in Vermont and we have a chance to visit different organizations and agencies at the local level like we have today, meeting with CCTV people and it's a great pleasure and we are learning a lot about this trick. Outstanding, at the Vermont Council on World Affairs, it's a goal to bring Vermont to the world and the world to Vermont and we couldn't be happier to host delegates like yourself, so thank you so much for being here and we hope that you will enjoy your exchange and your time in Vermont and also that Vermonters who meet you will have an opportunity to learn more about your work and engage in useful conversations. So before we wrap up, I would love to know just a little bit more about your initial impression of Vermont and what you hope to enjoy in the time you're here. Generally, when we came to Vermont, our impression has been that it's cold here. It's cold, which is very different from the cold in my homeland, like in my home country. There are only two seasons. It's very hot. When I come here, it's so cold, it's so impressive. It will be very memorable to me. Apart from that, Vermonters, they're very friendly, very close and very enthusiastic in welcoming us and that kind of feeling is like family members that we've really enjoyed. I see that the life of the people here is very peaceful and very tranquil, very warm, despite the cold. Thank you. I share the same feeling with Miss Lam, which is also my first time to Vermont, although I've been to the US quite several times, but this is also my first time. Vermont is very well-known for its foliage. Luckily, we arrived here after the season and we wish that we could see the snow because of maybe the climate change. Also, it's very cold for us, but it's not as cold as it should be, right? So I think either Vietnam or Vermont will share the same impacts of climate change. It's a global issue and I know that also Vermont is very famous for tourism. Like you said, the program brings the world to Vermont and we hope that also Vermont will come to see the world. So we are here today and we love this stage and we also hope that someday people from Vermont will travel to Vietnam, visit us there. Perfect people-to-people relationship. Thank you. Again, behalf of the Vermont Council on World Affairs and town meeting TV, thank you so very much for hosting us and for Kamlin CCTV here and traveling to our state. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.