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G4 ambassadors sing in Vietnamese to celebrate Lunar New Year

Ambassadors from Canada, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland came together to perform a Vietnamese song in celebration of the Lunar New Year.

Caroline Beresford (New Zealand), Shawn Steil (Canada), Hilde Solbakken (Norway), and Thomas Gass (Switzerland) joined a choir to sing the Vietnamese song "Nam qua da lam gi" (Reflections on the Past Year).

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