Nắng Lạ (In San Jose 2004)
MC Việt Thảo
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00:00And now, in just 40 minutes, Viet Thao will send you the successes of Vietnamese people in San Jose over the past 28 years, and the unique features of Northern California.
00:19What's your name?
00:20Jenny.
00:21Jenny.
00:22Hello, teacher.
00:24Hello, teacher.
00:27And this is also one of the unique features of Vietnamese people in San Jose, which is the Viet Ngu Van Lang school.
00:33More than 1,000 students of all ages have come to Viet Ngu Van Lang school to learn Vietnamese on Sunday mornings.
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01:09Applause!
01:11Can you tell us about the development of Viet Ngu Van Lang school?
01:17Viet Ngu Van Lang school has been established for more than 20 years.
01:23It started from a very small school.
01:27We started as a small school with only a few dozen students.
01:33On the first days, all of us had to go to our parents' house to pick them up.
01:47After a while, the school started to grow.
01:50We didn't have enough money to buy a car, so we moved to a library.
01:57From there, we were taught by a principal of a primary school.
02:05He let us rent a room there to study.
02:08At first, we only had to borrow money.
02:12But when the number of students exceeded 200,
02:17and because of the need of the community,
02:22our parents let us study more.
02:23So we had to move to a bigger school.
02:29When we moved to a bigger school,
02:32the school district started to force us to legalize everything.
02:39From insurance to money to hire janitors to clean up the school.
02:45That's when we started to receive tuition from the students.
02:49Before, everything was free.
02:51Now, we have moved to many schools in the last 20 years.
02:57Today, we are here at Gunderson High School
03:03with 150 volunteer teachers and 1,000 students.
03:07There are 35 classes.
03:09We work every Sunday morning,
03:11whether it's sunny or cloudy.
03:13Except for the holidays,
03:15we have to take a day off.
03:17Why are you studying at the age of 10?
03:19Why are you studying at the age of 10?
03:21Because I haven't studied for a long time.
03:25My parents found this school and sent me here.
03:30Or because your parents told you not to go to school?
03:32No.
03:34Why don't you want to study Vietnamese?
03:36I don't want to.
03:38I don't want to wake up early.
03:40What grade are you in this school?
03:42Grade 8.
03:44How long have you been studying here?
03:464 years.
03:493 or 4 years.
03:51Did you speak Vietnamese in the first class?
03:53No.
03:55You speak Vietnamese because you study here, right?
03:57Yes.
03:59Did you like going to school in the first class?
04:01No.
04:03Who made you go to school?
04:05My parents.
04:07Do you like it now?
04:09Yes.
04:11Why?
04:13Because I have friends.
04:15Do you want to go to school or stay at home?
04:17I like going to school.
04:19Do you want to go to school?
04:21No.
04:23Why do you want to go to school?
04:25Because my parents told me to.
04:27Do you like going to school now?
04:29Yes.
04:31Why do you like it now?
04:33Because I have friends and I can study Vietnamese.
04:35My name is Nguong Hoang Kiet.
04:37I am 8 years old.
04:39I am in grade 10.
04:41Did you go to school in the first class?
04:43Yes.
04:45Did you want to go to school or your parents forced you to?
04:47My parents forced me to go to school.
04:49Did you like it now?
04:51Yes.
04:53Why?
04:55Because I can study Vietnamese and I can see my friends.
04:57You can learn Vietnamese and see your friends.
04:59Yes.
05:01What do you learn Vietnamese for?
05:03So when I go back to Vietnam, I can know how to speak Vietnamese.
05:06This is Ms. Thao.
05:08She is one of the teachers
05:10who serves the Vietnamese Language Center in San Jose.
05:13What grade are you in?
05:15I am in grade 4B.
05:16In grade 4B?
05:18Yes.
05:20Did Ms. Thao teach you in grade 4B?
05:22No.
05:24When I first came here, I had to take a test
05:26to see how good I was.
05:28When I was about to graduate,
05:30I started teaching in grade 4B.
05:32I also teach in grade 4B.
05:34What do you teach in grade 4B?
05:36The level of the class changes sometimes.
05:38But now I teach literature,
05:40reading, geography,
05:42and history.
05:43I teach them so that I know
05:45how to treat adults.
05:47I teach them the common things in life.
05:49I teach them how to treat friends
05:51and adults.
05:53You like King Quang Trung the most.
05:55Why?
05:57Because he was very good.
05:59He was a wise king.
06:01He helped the Vietnamese
06:03to defeat the Vietnamese.
06:05In his rule,
06:07the Vietnamese people
06:09were the most powerful.
06:10In his rule,
06:12the Vietnamese people
06:14lived in peace and harmony.
06:16There were no wars.
06:18Why do you remember
06:20King Quang Trung the most?
06:22Because he was a good king.
06:24You?
06:26I like King Quang Trung the most.
06:28Why?
06:30Because he was very important
06:32to the Vietnamese people.
06:34Do you know who he was?
06:36He was the leader
06:38of the Vietnamese people.
06:40Hello, Mr. Viet Thao.
06:42Hello, everyone.
06:47We all have a common dream.
06:49How can our children
06:51speak Vietnamese
06:53at school?
06:55That dream cannot come true
06:57if there is only a group of young people
06:59who lack the cooperation
07:01and support of their parents
07:03to promote and create conditions
07:05to bring their children to school.
07:07Thanks to that cooperation,
07:08from a garage
07:10with only a few students
07:12and a few teachers,
07:14it has become a Vietnamese language center
07:16with thousands of children coming to school like today.
07:18If every place
07:20has a Vietnamese resident
07:22with a Vietnamese language center,
07:24we don't have to worry
07:26that Vietnamese language
07:28will be lost.
07:30Vietnamese came to San Jose
07:32in 1975.
07:34There are only two ways
07:36to eat Vietnamese food.
07:38The first way
07:40is to eat at home on weekends.
07:42Why eat at home?
07:44Because there is no restaurant
07:46to cook at home.
07:48Until May 1976,
07:50the first Vietnamese restaurant
07:52opened in San Jose
07:54was Pho Trang Long
07:56on 13th Street.
07:58It's a pity that Pho Trang Long
08:00was closed for a while.
08:02After that,
08:04Da Lat restaurant was opened
08:06in November 1976
08:08and it has been running
08:10and operating
08:12until today.
08:14Da Lat restaurant
08:16is where Vietnamese people
08:18meet every day
08:20and every week
08:22in San Jose
08:24about 500 times.
08:26This is also
08:28one of Vietnamese people's
08:30weekend entertainment
08:32in San Jose
08:34which is Thanh Duoc restaurant.
08:36I came to San Jose
08:38with my wife
08:40and my friends.
08:42We were like,
08:44Oh, Thanh Duoc is here.
08:46Oh my god, I love eel so much.
08:48If I were here,
08:50I would definitely eat eel.
08:52In my heart,
08:54I felt like I was going to die.
08:56At that time,
08:58I was determined
09:00to make eel
09:02come back to life.
09:04The second thing
09:06was that
09:08I could not lose
09:10the Southern Vietnamese culture.
09:12At home, it would be lost.
09:14But here,
09:16I decided not to lose it.
09:18That was my main purpose
09:20to choose a place
09:22where I could be at peace
09:24and I wanted to restore eel.
09:26That's why I decided
09:28to open a restaurant.
09:30A few leaves
09:32fly in the wind
09:34Snow falls
09:36on the white street
09:38Who is sadder
09:40than who?
09:44When you come to San Jose,
09:46Vietnamese people
09:48can find a place
09:50to listen to Vietnamese music,
09:52Vietnamese traditional music
09:54or the traditional instruments
09:56or the famous instruments of Saigon
09:58from 1975 to today.
10:00And especially,
10:02you can visit the artist Lao Thanh Thanh Duoc
10:04in one place
10:06in San Jose city
10:08to listen to his music.
10:12And this is also
10:14one of the weekend entertainment
10:16of Vietnamese people
10:18in San Jose city.
10:20There is a continuous activity
10:22for 22 years
10:24from the opening day to today
10:26which is Lido Nightclub.
10:27The first one
10:29to open in Maxim
10:31was Mr. Ngoc Trach,
10:33the 4th one
10:35and the 5th one
10:37and the 6th one
10:39was Mr. Vy Chay.
10:41After that,
10:43Lido Nightclub
10:45opened it
10:47from the beginning
10:49to 1982
10:51and it still exists
10:53until now.
10:55Great!
10:57So your club
10:59is one of the continuous clubs
11:01from the opening day to today?
11:03Yes.
11:05No interruption?
11:07No interruption.
11:09Great!
11:12And this is Rennes Century Mall,
11:14the newest and largest
11:16commercial facility
11:18of Vietnamese people in San Jose
11:20which was completed in 2000.
11:22More than 100 units
11:24including a restaurant
11:26and more than 1,000 seats
11:28and 14 models
11:30worth more than 40 million dollars.
11:32Rennes Century Mall
11:34is the largest and largest
11:36commercial facility of Vietnamese people
11:38which is owned by 9 Vietnamese people.
11:40This success is not natural
11:42but it has been going on
11:44for more than 20 years
11:46since 1979
11:48and it started from the opening day.
11:50In the early years
11:52when Vietnamese people came here
11:54they lived in the city
11:56and not in the community
11:58like now.
12:00Every weekend
12:02most of our people
12:04gathered in the city
12:06to buy food
12:08which was more than usual
12:10but after that
12:12we went to the movies.
12:14At that time
12:16the movies were in Vietnamese
12:18with English subtitles
12:20but most of us didn't understand
12:21but there were a lot of people
12:23who watched them
12:25like Khuong Dinh Ve, Dinh Long
12:27and many more.
12:29So I was one of the people
12:31who liked to go to the movies.
12:33There was a brother in my family
12:35who asked me
12:37why I didn't want to
12:39bring these movies
12:41to my neighborhood
12:43so that more people
12:45could watch them.
12:47So in 1978 and 1979
12:49my family
12:51and my brother's family
12:53made 8 million VND.
12:57In 1975
12:59it was the time
13:01when most Vietnamese people
13:03came to live in the U.S.
13:05but this was not the first Vietnamese
13:07because before that
13:09there were many students
13:11who came to study in the U.S.
13:13and before that
13:15there was the Vietnamese Embassy
13:17which came to the U.S.
13:18in 1870.
13:20But the U.S. Embassy
13:22was not the first Vietnamese
13:24to come to the U.S.
13:26but before that there was
13:28the U.S. Embassy
13:30in 1821.
13:32The U.S. Embassy
13:34came to the U.S.
13:36in 1849
13:38which was a year
13:40before California
13:42became the 31st state
13:44of the U.S.
13:45The U.S. Embassy
13:47crossed the Mississippi River
13:49to Salt Lake City
13:51then Sacramento
13:53then San Francisco
13:55thanks to being able
13:57to speak many languages
13:59Chinese, English, French
14:01and Hoa Lang
14:03I was an informant
14:05for the Daily Evening
14:07of San Francisco.
14:09In 1855
14:11I returned to the south of Vietnam
14:13with some people
14:15in the city of San Jose.
14:17Now it's about 4 a.m.
14:19and the temperature is about 50 degrees.
14:21The weather is very cold
14:23but the Vietnamese have packed
14:25to prepare for today's trip.
14:27This is the catering truck
14:29of Phuc's wife.
14:31Why do you do this job?
14:33That is,
14:35you sell frozen food.
14:37When I came to the U.S.
14:39I saw that there was money
14:41so I came to work.
14:43I don't know how to do it now.
14:45Where do you come from?
14:47My whole family does it.
14:49How many people in your family do it?
14:51Three or four uncles do it.
14:53So everyone has their own truck?
14:55Yes.
14:57What did you do first?
14:59First I came here
15:01to this truck.
15:03I poured ice
15:05and water
15:07to make cakes.
15:09Then I beat eggs
15:11to make cakes.
15:13What else did you prepare?
15:15I made coffee
15:17and left at 6 a.m.
15:20While I was preparing,
15:22Phuc put the food in the oven
15:24and opened the door
15:26to sell it.
15:28At the first stop,
15:30all the customers left
15:32so I closed the door
15:34and drove Phuc to the second stop.
15:37At the second stop,
15:39I opened the door
15:41and Phuc stood
15:43until the third stop.
15:45I worked from 6 a.m.
15:47until 2 p.m.
15:49At 2 p.m.,
15:51I opened the door
15:53and drove Phuc
15:55to pick up the goods.
15:57So you prepare for the next day.
15:59Yes.
16:01So you pick up the goods
16:03on the next day.
16:05Yes.
16:08From Little Saigon
16:10in Southern California
16:12to San Jose
16:13is about 375 miles
16:15or 600 kilometers.
16:17It's a long distance
16:19from Saigon to Binh Dinh.
16:21There are many vehicles
16:23such as airplanes,
16:25fire trucks,
16:27bus,
16:29or private cars.
16:31But in the 6 years
16:33since 1997,
16:35a new vehicle system
16:37was created
16:39to transport Vietnamese
16:41to Northern and Southern California.
16:43It's a bus.
16:45Why do Vietnamese
16:47prefer buses
16:49over airplanes,
16:51fire trucks,
16:53or bus?
16:55A one-way bus
16:57costs $43
16:59while a one-way bus
17:01costs $35
17:03which is cheaper than $8.
17:05A round-trip bus costs $70
17:07while an adult bus
17:09costs less than $10.
17:10Vietnamese people
17:12can't watch Vietnamese movies
17:14while riding a round-trip bus.
17:16Meeting Vietnamese people,
17:18speaking Vietnamese,
17:20watching Vietnamese movies,
17:22eating Vietnamese food
17:24is provided by a round-trip bus.
17:26It's a vehicle
17:28that's close to Vietnamese people.
17:30That's one of the reasons
17:32why Vietnamese people
17:34prefer round-trip buses.
17:36It's your first time
17:38riding a round-trip bus.
17:40How did you know
17:42about this round-trip bus?
17:44I've been to San Jose
17:46and I've seen
17:48a lot of Vietnamese people
17:50riding round-trip buses
17:52but it's not convenient
17:54for them.
17:56So I decided
17:58to open a round-trip bus.
18:00Did you have a big bus
18:02or a small one?
18:04No, I only had a van.
18:06Did you get a license?
18:08No, I didn't.
18:10But I did have a license.
18:12Why didn't you use a plane?
18:14Well,
18:16a round-trip bus
18:18takes a long time
18:20and you can see the scenery.
18:22But when you get on the bus,
18:24it's not very comfortable.
18:26I don't know why.
18:28But when you get on the bus,
18:30it's very comfortable.
18:32In Vietnam.
18:34In Vietnam.
18:36But why did you choose a round-trip bus?
18:38Because I heard
18:40there was a round-trip bus
18:42in San Jose.
18:44I heard there was a round-trip bus
18:46in San Jose.
18:48So I chose it.
18:50In Saigon.
18:52Oh, you're from Vietnam.
18:54Where are you from?
18:56I'm from District 4.
18:58Oh, District 4, Saigon.
19:02As you can see on the round-trip bus,
19:04when the bus goes from Little Saigon
19:06to San Jose,
19:08passengers can not only sit
19:10on the round-trip bus
19:12but also talk to other passengers.
19:14I live in Bàu Quỳ.
19:16Really?
19:18Yes.
19:20Sitting on the round-trip bus
19:22is one of the reasons
19:24why the round-trip bus is so successful.
19:26The round-trip bus is 45 feet long
19:28which is about 14-15 seats.
19:30There are 57 seats in total.
19:32Each seat costs $70.
19:34So the total cost of 57 seats
19:36is $3,990.
19:38Let's say
19:40there are 5 round-trip buses
19:42and each round-trip bus
19:44costs $20,000.
19:46In 365 days,
19:48each round-trip bus
19:50costs $7,300,000.
19:52You can't imagine
19:54such a huge number.
19:56$7,300,000 is not including
19:58the cost of transportation.
20:00Of course, there is no time
20:02when passengers have to fill the bus.
20:04Sometimes half of the bus,
20:06sometimes two-thirds,
20:08sometimes one-third.
20:10The total cost of round-trip buses
20:12is $1,825,000 per year.
20:14As far as I know,
20:16there are 5 round-trip buses
20:18and each round-trip bus
20:20costs $350,000.
20:22The total cost of round-trip buses
20:24is $1,750,000 per year.
20:26In the past year and a half,
20:28the round-trip buses
20:30paid off all 5 buses.
20:32From now on,
20:34round-trip buses
20:36cost $1,800,000 to $2,000,000 per year.
20:38You can't imagine
20:40the success of Vietnamese people
20:42in Northern California
20:44despite their young age.
20:52What is the first feeling
20:54when riding a round-trip bus?
20:56Convenience.
20:58First, you are not a driver.
21:00Second, the round-trip bus is very tall.
21:02It is comfortable to stand on.
21:04Third, you can see the scenery along the way.
21:06Fourth, you can meet Vietnamese people,
21:08talk to them in Vietnamese,
21:10and enjoy Vietnamese food
21:12served by the round-trip bus.
21:14The success of the round-trip bus
21:16is convenient for Vietnamese people
21:18when traveling from the South to Northern California
21:20and from the North to Southern California.
21:22Especially for newcomers
21:24or travelers from Vietnam,
21:26Europe, Australia,
21:28Canada,
21:30who are not familiar with the U.S.
21:32and especially California,
21:34the round-trip bus
21:36is close and intimate
21:38like riding a round-trip bus in Vietnam.
21:40This is the first and last success
21:42of Vietnamese people
21:44in Northern California.
22:06And this is one of the unique features
22:08of Vietnamese people
22:10which is the Duc Vien Pagoda.
22:12The pagoda must be built to have it.
22:15Every pagoda is a place for worship
22:18and a place for visitors to visit.
22:20There are many pagodas in San Jose.
22:22But why was Duc Vien Pagoda
22:24chosen as one of the unique features
22:26of Vietnamese people in San Jose?
22:29At first, the Duc Vien Pagoda
22:31existed since 1980,
22:33but in another land area,
22:35on Evelyn Street,
22:37also in San Jose
22:38and Silva moved here in 1985.
22:42In 1992,
22:44the pagoda was officially built.
22:47How did you get the money
22:49to build the pagoda?
22:51The money to buy land
22:53and to build the pagoda
22:55mostly came from
22:57the importation of
22:59waste materials,
23:01such as rubber,
23:03cardboard and newspaper.
23:05First, Silva had to go to the market
23:06and pick up the garbage
23:08and throw it away.
23:10Then Silva drove to the market
23:12and sold it.
23:14The Buddha saw this
23:16and slowly brought
23:18newspaper and cans
23:20to the pagoda.
23:22The pagoda was only left
23:24to be sold.
23:26Silva asked for money
23:28to collect it
23:30and asked the Buddha
23:32to support
23:34the construction
23:36of the pagoda.
23:38Silva said
23:40that when people saw
23:42the newspapers
23:44and cans,
23:46they thought of the pagoda
23:48and the good deeds
23:50that the pagoda did
23:52for the benefit
23:54of the people.
23:56In addition to teaching
23:58Buddhism,
24:00the pagoda is also
24:02a spiritual home
24:04for people.
24:06Young people
24:08have the opportunity
24:10to grow up here.
24:12The pagoda
24:14also teaches Vietnamese
24:16to the children.
24:18The school was the first
24:20Vietnamese school in San Jose
24:22in 1981
24:24when Silva was still
24:26in his old house.
24:28At that time,
24:30the school only had
24:32four or five children
24:34and Silva had to
24:36take care of them.
24:38At that time,
24:40the Vietnamese community
24:42was still small
24:44so people didn't realize
24:46how important it was
24:48to teach Vietnamese
24:50to the children.
24:52So Silva advised
24:54how to
24:56take the children
24:58to the school
25:00and teach them
25:02Vietnamese.
25:04At that time,
25:06the Vietnamese community
25:08was still small
25:10so people didn't realize
25:12how important it was
25:14to teach Vietnamese
25:16to the children.
25:18Silva continued
25:20to teach like that
25:22and later on,
25:24the Vietnamese community
25:26in San Jose
25:28was very strong.
25:30We know that
25:32there are many schools
25:34in San Jose
25:36that teach Vietnamese
25:38to the children.
25:40From the time
25:42Silva was born
25:44until now,
25:46we have 400 children
25:48every morning
25:50and afternoon.
25:52In the school,
25:54we teach them
25:56about morality
25:58and the teachings
26:00of Buddha.
26:02So the parents
26:04are very happy
26:06that their children
26:08are learning
26:10about morality
26:12and the teachings
26:14of Buddha.
26:16When Silva passed away,
26:18what memories
26:20do you leave
26:22for your children
26:24to remember?
26:26After Silva passed away,
26:28after the funeral,
26:30Silva loved
26:32his disciples
26:34so he kept
26:36that memory.
26:38There are a lot
26:40of memories
26:42of Silva
26:43because he was
26:45a very good
26:47teacher
26:49and a good
26:51role model
26:53to his students.
26:55When Silva
26:57passed away,
26:59Silva's
27:01part
27:03of the body
27:04The closest answer is the image of the current Duc Vien Pagoda and the gathering of people.
27:13It is because of the unyielding spirit of Master Ba left for the world.
27:23We can say that the great kindness of Master Ba is no longer there.
27:27But the will of Master Ba is still here.
27:29It is the image of the current Duc Vien Pagoda, the image of the Vietnamese students in the human world,
27:35and the image of the gathering of Buddhas.
27:41I am David Duong, the director and the chairman of the management board of California Way Solutions.
27:49This company is owned by my family.
27:52My whole family came here in the late 1970s.
27:57In 1981, my family went here every night to look at the buildings of the United States.
28:07I found it very strange.
28:10But on the other hand, when I looked up, I saw that the buildings were very tall.
28:14But when I looked down, I saw that the streets were full of garbage every night.
28:19Everything was recyclable.
28:23Most of the paper was recyclable.
28:25While my family's past was in the paper industry.
28:28So when I saw that, I realized that I had to return to this industry.
28:35So I started a company with my children and my uncle.
28:43The name was Cusido.
28:46At first, I worked in Auckland.
28:48My whole family saved money.
28:51I was able to save money by hiring people.
28:55My whole family saved money.
28:57At first, I earned $ 45,000.
28:59My whole family was able to save money.
29:01Then I rented a place to collect paper.
29:05Who went to collect paper?
29:07My whole family.
29:08My father, my mother, my brother, my uncle.
29:11Every night, each of us rented a van.
29:14We were able to collect paper.
29:16In the morning, it was easy.
29:18In the afternoon, we had to go to work.
29:20We would pick the paper that we were going to collect.
29:23My whole family did this.
29:25We had to work on a van together.
29:28When we got together, we worked on two or three vans.
29:31We all had to ride one van.
29:33We had 13 or 14 vans.
29:35We were a family of 20.
29:37When you ride a van, you have to collect paper.
29:41So when we sold to an American machine company, they said that every time a group of cars came,
29:46they would block the road at the front of the car, and they would fill up our place.
29:51So they asked us to ask for an appointment,
29:54to see what time we could come and how many cars we could bring.
29:57At that time, the old man thought that in Vietnam,
30:01when he was working, he had some connections with paper mills in Taiwan or other Asian countries.
30:07At that time, I thought, why don't I buy a machine to start,
30:11to close the business, to do it again,
30:13and to contact places where they can buy and use it again.
30:16So I did it.
30:17At that time, I just thought of the story that started in 1986.
30:22In 1986, I started to go abroad, to other countries.
30:26I went abroad with the old man, and I connected some machines.
30:30When I came back, my family started to buy bigger machines.
30:33So I made a bigger place.
30:35But of course, when you make a machine like that,
30:38it attracts all the labor of the family.
30:42First of all, the family has to focus on that to do it.
30:45The family's demands are all focused on that.
30:49So the problem of going abroad was reduced.
30:52On the other hand, I saw that there were a lot of Vietnamese people.
30:57They didn't have a Vietnamese police force.
31:00It was the same as my situation.
31:02At that time, my family thought of creating a Vietnamese police force for those people.
31:06But on the other hand, I also helped my company.
31:08Instead of not being able to go abroad by myself,
31:10I helped them.
31:12I helped them to pay the money.
31:14I helped them buy a car.
31:16I guided them where to go and how to do it.
31:19When they brought it back, they sold it to me.
31:21So I made less money, but they also made money.
31:24I also had goods to sell.
31:27I did that until 1989.
31:29At that time, there were more than 100 Vietnamese people who went to pick up paper.
31:34They went from big streets to alleys,
31:37from a small restaurant to a printing shop.
31:40All Vietnamese people came to pick up paper.
31:42From the beginning, there were 16 people in the family.
31:45Until the city of Auckland, in 1983, there were more than 10 employees.
31:51Up until now, the company has 260 employees.
31:5690% of our employees are public servants.
31:59The total revenue of the company is currently 35 million VND.
32:02It is estimated that next year, it will reach 60 million VND.
32:07At the same time, I would like to share some good news with you,
32:11the Vietnamese people.
32:13Out of the 100 companies that were selected,
32:16they are considered to be the 100 companies that have done a lot of damage to the country.
32:21There are thousands of companies,
32:23but they chose 100 companies that are physically strong and have the most potential to do the job.
32:29Out of 100 companies, I am the company that was selected.
32:32I am in the 60th row of the 100 companies that were selected.
32:38In 1865, in order to clean up the whole city of Auckland,
32:41they had to release more than 10,000 pigs
32:44to eat the garbage that was thrown on the streets.
32:47But today, people don't use pigs anymore.
32:50People have trucks to dump garbage.
32:53On average, there are 6 trucks in the U.S. and 1 truck to dump garbage.
32:57In the city of St. Augustine,
32:59if we don't talk about greenery,
33:01if we don't talk about garbage,
33:03we talk about recyclable materials that can be recycled.
33:07And in terms of paper,
33:09on average, the city of St. Augustine can produce 500 tons of paper per day.
33:13And each ton of paper they have,
33:15they have to cut about 17 trees.
33:18So, in order to produce 500 tons of paper per day,
33:21they have to cut 8,500 trees.
33:24For more than 2 hours,
33:26there was a huge pile of garbage like this.
33:29If there is no recycling,
33:31if there is no dumping of garbage per day,
33:33then in a short period of time,
33:35the whole city of St. Augustine will be flooded with garbage.
33:38That's why we can't look at small pieces of paper like this,
33:41small plastic bottles like this.
33:43If we know how to throw away a piece of paper and recycle it,
33:46then that action will help protect the environment in the future
33:51and our lives.
34:05Today, I'm going to catch an elephant
34:08and bring it home for my mom to make sushi.
34:16I'm going to catch an elephant and bring it home for my mom to make sushi.
34:34Hey, hey, hey, don't pull the sand down.
34:36This is where the sand is pulled down.
34:38It's pulling down.
34:40Right here, the sand is pulled down.
34:42Do you see?
34:43When the sand is pulled down, it means that the elephant's trunk is starting to pull down.
34:46Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
34:48Do you see?
34:49When the elephant's trunk is pulled down,
34:51it creates a gap and the sand will flow down.
34:53Right now, it's right here.
35:03First, we have to dig a hole,
35:07about the size of this tube,
35:10to put the tube down.
35:14It's shaking.
35:16When the elephant was small,
35:18when it was small,
35:22it was up there,
35:23and the sand was pulling it down,
35:25then it brought the trunk up.
35:26Every year,
35:28in the first four years,
35:30its trunk grew 1 inch.
35:33In four years, it grew about 4 inches.
35:35But from the fifth year on,
35:37the trunk grew slower,
35:39not 1 inch every year.
35:41On average, a 5-6-year-old elephant
35:44weighs about 2.2 pounds,
35:46which is about 1 kilogram.
35:51Shake, shake again.
35:55It's wet, it's wet, it's wet, it's wet.
35:57We can't pull the trunk down now.
35:59Pull this one, pull this one.
36:06The biggest elephant's trunk
36:10is about 25 to 23 centimeters long.
36:12But its trunk,
36:14from the bottom of the ground
36:15and up here,
36:16to eat its meat,
36:17is maybe one inch longer.
36:20Just imagine a short piece of this
36:21and it's that long.
36:27Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
36:28Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
36:30OK, alright.
36:33This one is about four years old.
36:36No, this one is also five years old.
36:37No, no, this one is about three years old.
36:40This is the first elephant I've caught.
36:46He's been diving for more than 2 feet now.
36:50An average elephant lives from 1.5 to 8 feet,
36:53depending on whether it's a big or a small one.
36:55The small one lives on the top,
36:57and the big one lives in the back.
36:58And now, in the world,
37:00I've caught an elephant that is over 140 years old.
37:11This elephant was discovered in 1849,
37:15and its scientific name is Panaupi abrupta.
37:19In Vietnam, it's called an elephant.
37:21In the past, the red elephant was named Diệp,
37:26which means deep head.
37:28Later, the Americans called it Weeduck,
37:31some called it Goi Duck, some Weeduck.
37:34In Vietnam, it's called an elephant.
37:36Why is it called an elephant?
37:37Because it has an elephant like the elephant's elephant.
37:41Alright, three of them!
37:48Why do you like to dive, Mr. Chin?
37:50Because there are a lot of nutrients in this snail.
37:54When I eat it, I feel powerful.
38:04What do you mean by powerful?
38:08It's too deep!
38:09Oh man, goodnight!
38:17Elephants are not found everywhere.
38:21Here, in Petaluma,
38:23a city located on the coast of California,
38:28is a place where the sand is fertile,
38:31and there are plants that can raise elephants.
38:34That's why the sand is so fertile in this area.
38:39This is the fourth one!
38:42I got it, man!
38:48What a waste!
38:52Alright, alright, here we go!
38:55Here, it's still clean.
38:58There are two holes in here.