british culture: the economy and everyday life slides

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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



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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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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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The national Union of Farmers


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Earning money




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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





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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




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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Selling techniques


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Scene 1: Salesperson with a Sale-off addicted customer.


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Scene 2: Salesperson with an aggressive customer.


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-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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-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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6.1. 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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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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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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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

6 SHOPPING IN VIETNAM AND BRIT


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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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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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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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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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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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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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