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CONTENTS Introduction .3 Earning money 1.1 The British’s attitudes to work 1.2 How the British often recruit? And how can the British find jobs? Work organization The structure of trade and industry .8 3.1 The structure of trade and industry in 19th century .8 3.2 The structure of trade and industry in 20th century 10 The distribution of wealth 15 4.1 Definition of wealth 15 4.2 Distribution of wealth 17 4.3 Reasons for distribution of wealth in Britain 21 Finance and Investment 23 5.1 Transportation .23 5.2 Energy 24 5.3 Science and innovation .26 5.4 Housing 27 Spending money: Shopping 28 Shopping: Opening hours .32 II Comparision between England and Vietnam 34 In terms of Economy .34 1.1, Economic history of England 34 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com 1.2, Economic history of Vietnam 35 1.3.Attitudes .37 1.3 How workers getting paid 38 1.5.The economy structures 39 2.In terms of daily life 40 2.1 Meals 40 2.2 Working times 41 2.3 Public Holidays 42 CONCLUSION .44 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Introduction The United Kingdom is a pretty diverse country that’s a perfect country to explore at any time of the year Not only literally hundreds of cities and towns, shed loads of castles and multitudes of delicious cheeses, but there’s also a whole heap of reasons as to why you can’t ignore the UK: a long history, interesting culture, the British, Have you ever been curious about the economy of the UK or the British’s everyday life? How they earn money and the way the British spend money? How British recruit or find jobs? Are they different from Vietnamese? The United Kingdom, the second-largest financial economy in the World, second only to The United States must have many enjoyable things that we need to discover LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Earning money 1.1 The British’s attitudes to work In general, the British lack of enthusiasm for work which is a slow change Leisure has always been the main outward sign of aristocracy And because of Britain’s class system, it has had its effects throughout society If you have to work, then the less it looks like work the better Traditionally, therefore, if you non-manual work, you must be in the middle class In fact, skilled manual (or “blue-collar”) workers have to work harder than “white-collar” workers In comparison with most European countries, the British start at work rather late (usually at eight o’clock for manual workers and around nine for non-manual workers) Nowadays, the British still prefer leisure For example, one of the best parts of British work culture is that locals know how to work hard but they also know when to call it quits The standard workweek is Monday to Friday from am to pm and it is very rare to have to go into the office on Saturdays British embrace having time off and would never dream of giving up a single day of their yearly four weeks leave However, these attitudes are slowly changing British are not lazy The normal lunch break is an hour or less, and most people (unless they work part-time) continue working until five or later Some people often work several hours of overtime a week Also, a comparatively large proportion of British people stay in the workforce for a comparatively large part of their lives The normal retiring age for most people is sixty-five (sixty for some, including a greater proportion of women) The fact bluecollar have been paid more highly than the lower grades of “white-collar” worker for LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com several decades has only slightly changed this social perception At least half of the workforce now does non-manual work, and yet a majority describe themselves as working class Nevertheless, the fact class distinctions decide types of work is still an unjust attitude in Britain Earnings are conventionally expressed and paid And certain organizations of professional workers, such as the National Union of Teachers, have never belonged to the Trades Union Congress The name of salary non-manual workers are paid is even different from the manual: Wages and Salary 1.2 How the British often recruit? And how can the British find jobs? Through newspaper (national ones for the highest-qualified, otherwise local ones), through the local job center (which is run as a government service) and though privately-run employment agencies (which take a commission from employers) These are three main ways in which people look for work in Britain The level of unemployment in Britain has gradually risen, especially, in the context of Covid 19 pandemic, the swelling number of unemployed make up a heavy burden to the government While most new job opportunities in the service sector are rising (in communication, health care and social care, ), stereotypical ‘men’s work’ are fewer because of the decline of heavy industry In 1994, there were two-and-a-half times as many unemployed men as there were unemployed women Men seek employment as nurses, child careers, shop assistants, secretaries which consider to be more suitable for women but not hired LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com In Britain, female are paid less than male even same jobs In 1993, the average full-time male employee earned about 50% more than the average full-time female worker In Vietnam, it is more equal that male and female seem to be paid the same amount However, women have less chance to promote and get high position than men Job opportunities are quite familiar with Britain The fact class distinctions decide types of work in Vietnam is pretty rare Vietnamese usually respect abilities of any individuals than where they are from Work organization There are large work organizations: Confederation of British Industry (CBI), The Trades Union Congress (TUC), and the National Union of Farmers (NUF) - CBI and TUC are two organizations representing employees in business: + The organization which represents employers in the private industry is called the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Most employers belong to it and so the advice which it gives to trade unions and the government is quite influential + The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a voluntary association of the country’s trade unions There are more than a hundred of these, representing employees in all types of business - One other work organization needs special mention This is the National Union of Farmers (NUF) It does not belong to the TUC, is made up mostly of agricultural employers and independent farmers Considering the small number of people involved in agriculture in Britain (the smallest proportion in the whole of the EU), it has a remarkably large influence This is perhaps because of the special fascination that ‘the LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com land’ holds for most British people, making it relatively easy for the NUF to make its demands heard, and also because many of its members are wealthy Most British unions are connected with particular occupations Many belong to The Labor party to which their members pay a ‘political levy’ That is, a small part of their union membership subscription is passed on to the party, although they have the right to “contract out” of this arrangement if they want to However, the units themselves are not usually formed along party lines; that is, there is usually only one union for each group of employees rather than a separate one for each political party within that group Unions have local branches, some of which are called “chapels” reflecting a historical link with nonconformists At the work site, a union is represented by a shop steward, who negotiates with the one-site management His (very rarely is it “her”) struggles with the foreman, the management-appointed overseer, became part of twentieth-century folklore Union membership has been declining since 1979 (in the 1980s the British government passed several laws to restrict the power of the unions) Immediately before then, the leader of TUC (its General Secretary) was one of the most powerful people in the country and was regularly consulted by the Prime Minister and other important government figures At that time, the members of unions belonging to the TUC made up more than half of all employed people in the country But a large section of the public became disillusioned with the power of the unions and the government then passed the laws to restrict power Perhaps the decline in union membership is inevitable in the view of the history of British unions as organizations LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com for full-time male industrial workers To the increasing number of female and parttime workers in the workforce, the traditional structure of British unionism has seemed less relevant In an effort to halt the decline, the TUC declared in 1994 that it was loosening its contacts with the Labor party and was going to forge closer contacts with other parties The structure of trade and industry 3.1 The structure of trade and industry in 19th century The “modernization” of business and industry happened later in Britain than it did in most other European countries British industry performed poorly during the decades following the Second World War In contrast, British agriculture was very successful In this industry, large scale organization had been more common in Britain than in other European countries for quite a long time After World War Two the country was initially in debt However, this was the case over most of the world so Britain had time to catch up The loss of empire allowed Britain to concentrate its money on development at home rather than funding wars elsewhere This meant that the new welfare state helped even the poorest classes experience some of the country’s economic success Britain became a world leader in many high-tech industries such as aerospace and computer software, and as a provider of financial services New economic theories gave the government the means to control the economy Britain benefited from the communications revolution – such as the motor car, air travel, TV, the internet, mobile phones and social networking The world “shrank” LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Until the 1960s, Britain was part of a trading community based on the Empire In 1973, Britain joined the European Economic Community, and became part of a trading community based on free trade between the countries of Europe At the beginning of the 20th century Britain’s main industries were coal, iron/steel, engineering and textiles These declined and Britain moved into more specialized manufacturing, such as aerospace, as well as service industries such as finance and tourism This changed the kinds of jobs available and the types of skills needed to them As in all European countries, the economic system in Britain is a mixture of private and public enterprise Exactly how much of the country’s economy is controlled by the state has fluctuated a great deal in the last fifty years and has been the subject of continual political debate By the end of the 20th century, governments were seeking, not just prosperity and economic growth, but 'sustainable development' This is growth that will not wreck the environment or use up non-renewable resources, meaning that such resources will be available for the country to continue to use in the future, allowing the economy to carry on growing Between the Middle Ages and the 20th century, the UK economy had gone through periods of growth and periods of decline During the Middle Ages, a very simple but successful system of trade, both at home and abroad, helped the economy to flourish There was poverty during the Middle Ages, particularly in some areas of the City of London and just outside of it, but this was not nearly as severe or widespread LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com as that found in Victorian times Such was the economic prosperity in Britain at the time, that many charities existed to help those less able and less fortunate Agricultural systems and the start of mining first came about during the Middle Ages The Industrial Revolution then saw huge technological development which brought with it both great economic success and pockets of overcrowding and poverty The increase in population meant that charities were no longer able to successfully deal with this by themselves and the continued involvement of Great Britain in overseas wars knocked the economy at various points After the World War Two, things generally picked up and the new welfare state helped even the poorest people to find a place in society 3.2 The structure of trade and industry in 20th century Trade has long been pivotal to the United Kingdom’s economy The total value of imports and exports represents nearly half the country’s GDP (By comparison, the value of foreign trade amounts to about one-fifth of the GDP of the United States.) The volume of both the exports and the imports of the United Kingdom has grown steadily in recent years Principal British exports include machinery, automobiles and other transport equipment, electrical and electronic equipment (including computers), chemicals, and oil Services, particularly financial services, are another major export and contribute positively to Britain’s trade balance The country imports about onetenth of its foodstuffs and about one-third of its machinery and transport equipment 10 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com street shops to stay open very late on some evenings as a way of putting new life into their "dead" town centres But the most significant change in recent years has been with regard to Sundays Large shops and supermarkets can now stay open on Sundays for six hours, and small shops are allowed to open on Sundays for as long as they like So shopping is now something that the whole family can together How Britain’s shopping habits have changed amid coronavirus? (2020) Britons are visiting supermarkets less often but spending more, and shopping at local newsagents more regularly as the coronavirus upturns the country's usual shopping practices, banking data suggests Transaction data provided to This is Money by digital banks Revolut and Starling, who between them have 4.25 million UK customers, found newsagents like Nisa and McColl's have seen a surge in purchases Meanwhile, Starling's figures suggest supermarket panic buying peaked three weeks ago on 14 March, when transactions rose 15% compared to normal, with the following weekend seeing transaction numbers return to pre-coronavirus levels However, the smartphone-only challenger bank found online purchases repeatedly broke records It said online purchases usually made up less than a third of daily transactions, but hit 51.5 per cent on 24 March, the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the lockdown of the country Online purchases made up 52.6 per cent of all transactions the day after, beating the record set on Christmas Day 2019 - when shoppers flooded online to get an early start on the Boxing Day sales By 29 March, more than three-fifths of the bank's 30 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com transactions were made up of online purchases It also found the daily value of online sales rose 4.2 per cent between 24 February and 24 March, suggesting people were bulking up their shopping baskets And the brands which saw the biggest sales spikes from Revolut customers were all online retailers Internet card seller Moonpig saw purchases from customers increase an enormous 156 per cent in March, while PC game store Steam and the PlayStation store also saw the number of transactions more than double last month 31 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Shopping: Opening hours Opening hours in Britain are generally Monday-Saturday from 10.00 until 17.30 Outside of London and other main cities, many businesses, and shops still close on Sundays but in the larger cities you can expect most shops to be open In the big city centres, particularly London shops are often open until 19.00 and seven days a week so you have lots of time to hit the famous stores! On public holidays some shops open and some shops not As a general rule banks will be closed, most supermarkets and large stores will be open (although with reduced Sunday opening hours), and in larger towns many shops will open Bank Holiday Shop opening times 10am to 4pm (or 11am to 5pm) Over the Christmas and New Year period, all shops are closed on Christmas Day (December 25) and a some shops are closed on New Year's Day (January 1) However, an increasing number of shops are now opening on Boxing Day (December 26), which is when many start their 'New Year' sales It is likely that most shopping centres will be closed on Easter Sunday and there will be reduced shopping hours on Easter Monday (often from either 10 or 11 o'clock in the morning) In Village Some rural shops still follow the tradition of an early closing day (usually a Wednesday) when the shops close at 1.00pm Banking Hours 32 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com The major high street banks in England and Wales are Lloyds, Barclays, Midland and National Westminster (Nat West) In Scotland they are the Bank of Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank Generally Monday-Friday 9:30 am-3:30 pm Some branches stay open until 5:30 pm, and a few are open Saturday morning Most banks will have an ATM (Automated Teller Machine) outside the bank where you can draw out money with a credit or cash card Many of these are available to use 24 hours a day, but some still close for a few hours during the night 33 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com II Comparision between England and Vietnam In terms of Economy 1.1, Economic history of England The economy of England was mainly agricultural until the 18th century, but the Industrial Revolution caused it to evolve gradually into a highly urbanized and industrial region during the 18th and 19th centuries Heavy industries (iron and steel, textiles, and shipbuilding) proliferated in the northeastern counties because of the proximity of coal and iron ore depositsBetween 1870 and 1900, economic output per head of the United Kingdom rose by 50 percent (from about £28 per capita to £41 in 1900: an annual average increase in real incomes of 1% p.a.), growth which was associated with a significant rise in living standards However, and despite this significant economic growth, some economic historians have suggested that Britain experienced a relative economic decline in the last third of the nineteenth century as industrial expansion occurred in the United States and Germany In 1870, Britain's output per head was the second highest in the world, surpassed only by Australia In 1914, British income per capita was the world's third highest, exceeded only by New Zealand and Australia; these three countries shared a common economic, social and cultural heritage In 1950, British output per head was still 30 percent over that of the average of the six founder members of the EEC, but within 20 years it had been overtaken by the majority of western European economies During the 1930s the Great Depression and foreign competition contributed to a decrease in the production of manufactured goods and an increase in unemployment in the industrial north The unemployed from these northern counties 34 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com moved south to London and the surrounding counties The southeast became urbanized and industrialized, with automotive, chemical, electrical, and machine tool manufactures as the leading industries An increase in population and urban growth during the 20th century caused a significant drop in the acreage of farms in England, but the geographic counties of Cornwall, Devon, Kent, Lincolnshire, Somerset, and North Yorkshire have remained largely agricultural Another period of industrial decline during the late 20th century brought the virtual collapse of coal mining and dramatic job losses in iron and steel production, shipbuilding, and textile manufacturing The decline of these industries particularly hurt the economies of the north and Midlands, while the south remained relatively prosperous By the beginning of the 21st century, England’s economy was firmly dominated by the service sector, notably banking and other financial services, retail, distribution, media and entertainment, education, health care, hotels, and restaurants 1.2, Economic history of Vietnam Until French colonization in the middle of the 19th century, the economy of Vietnam was mainly agrarian and village-oriented French colonizers, however, deliberately developed the regions differently, designating the South for agricultural production and the North for manufacturing Though the plan exaggerated regional divisions, the development of exports coal from the North, rice from the South—and the importation of French manufactured goods stimulated internal commerce When the North and South were divided politically in 1954, they also adopted different economic ideologies: communist in the North and capitalist in the South Destruction caused by the 1954-1975 Second Indochina War (commonly known as the 35 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Vietnam War) seriously strained Vietnam's economy Across Vietnam, the situation was worsened by the country's million military and civilian deaths and its later exodus of million refugees, including tens of thousands of professionals, intellectuals, technicians, and skilled workers Between 1976 and 1986, for annual growth rates for industry, agriculture, and national income and aimed to integrate the North and the South, the plan's aims were not achieved: the economy remained dominated by small-scale production, low labor productivity, unemployment, material and technological shortfalls, and insufficient food and consumer goods The more modest goals of the Third Five-Year Plan (1981– 1985) were a compromise between ideological and pragmatic factions; they emphasized the development of agriculture and industry Efforts were also made to decentralize planning and improve the managerial skills of government officials In 1986 Vietnam launched a political and economic renewal campaign (Doi Moi) that introduced reforms intended to facilitate the transition from a centrally planned economy to form of market socialism officially termed "Socialist-oriented market economy." Doi Moi combined economic planning with free-market incentives and encouraged the establishment of private businesses in the production of consumer goods and foreign investment, including foreign-owned enterprises By the late 1990s, the success of the business and agricultural reforms ushered in under Doi Moi was evident More than 30,000 private businesses had been created, and the economy was growing at an annual rate of more than percent, and poverty was nearly halved In 2001 the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) approved a 10-year economic plan that enhanced the role of the private sector while reaffirming the primacy of the 36 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com state sector in the economy In 2003 the private sector accounted for more than onequarter of all industrial output However, between 2003 and 2005 Vietnam fell dramatically in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report rankings, largely due to negative perceptions of the effectiveness of government institutions Official corruption is epidemic, and Vietnam lags in property rights, the efficient regulation of markets, and labor and financial market reforms Although Vietnam's economy, which continues to expand at an annual rate in excess of percent, is one of the fastest-growing in the world, the economy is growing from an extremely low base, reflecting the crippling effect of the Second Indochina War (1954–75) and repressive economic measures introduced in its aftermath 1.3.Attitudes In both countries, behaviors of people with stages in soceity have undeniable similarities "Blue-collar" and "white-collar" are terms in the English language that evoke different images The blue-collar worker is perceived to make less than the white-collar worker The white-collar worker might work behind a desk in the service industry, while the blue-collar worker gets their hands dirty doing manual labor or working in a division of manufacturing Perhaps the white-collar worker has a more well-rounded education than the blue-collar worker The distinguishing characteristics between the two types of employees go on, and yet no dictionary definition can offer more succinct language as to what the phrases signify other than to suggest, in imprecise terms, the differences in class 37 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Another way to define these two phrases is the white-collar worker not only makes more money than the blue-collar worker, but he or she also fills a different social class Yet,in both Vietnam and England, to suggest the white-collar worker exists in a different social class from the blue-collar worker still does not satisfy questions on the quantitative differences of annual income, the number of years of post-secondary schooling each has, or the skills each worker possesses 1.3 How workers getting paid The National Minimum Wage is worked out at an hourly rate, but it applies to all eligible workers even if they’re not paid by the hour This means that, however someone gets paid, they still need to work out their equivalent hourly rate to see if they’re getting the minimum wage There are different ways of checking that workers get the minimum wage depending on whether they are:  Paid by the hour (known as ‘time work’)  Paid an annual salary, under a contract for a basic number of hours each year (known as ‘salaried hours’)  Paid by the piece - the number of things they make, or tasks they complete (known as ‘output work’)  Paid in other ways (known as ‘unmeasured work’) Usually, in UK, money which is known as wages is paid everyweek in cash for “manual workers” who are evaluated by hour/ week and “ Non- manual workers are evaluated by year, known as salary, paid every month in cheque or card 38 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com In Vietnam, both monthly money paid for “manual workers” and “Non-manual workers” are called salary.The only difference is “manual workers” are evaluated by hours they work but “Non-manual workers” are evaluated by months 1.5.The economy structures Vietnam: The economy of Vietnam is a socialist-oriented market economy, which is the 36th-largest in the world as measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and 23rd-largest in the world as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP) Since the mid-1980s, through the Đổi Mới reform period Vietnam has made a shift from a highly centralized command economy to a mixed economy that uses both directive and indicative planning through five-year plans with support from an open market-based economy Over that period, the economy has experienced rapid growth In the 21st century, Vietnam is in a period of being integrated into the global economy Almost all Vietnamese enterprises are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) Vietnam has become a leading agricultural exporter and served as an attractive destination for foreign investment in Southeast Asia In the current period, Vietnam's economy relies largely on foreign direct investment to attract the capital from overseas to support its continual economic rigor.Foreign investment on the luxury hotel and sector and resorts will rise to support high-end tourist industry UK The economy of the United Kingdom is a highly developed social market and market-orientated economy.It is the fifth-largest national economy in the world measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP), ninth-largest by purchasing 39 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com power parity (PPP), and twenty second-largest by GDP per capita, comprising 3.3% of world GDP It also had the second-largest inward foreign direct investment, and the third-largest outward foreign direct investment The UK is one of the most globalised economies, and it is composed of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.With more than 52% of its imports and its exports, the European Union, including its 27 members states, remains in 2020 one notable trade partner from the UK 2.In terms of daily life 2.1 Meals When we talk about the differences between Vietnamese and English culture, we can thínk of many things, namely literature, style of music, arts, One of these highlight culture is culinary And I will tell you some differences of the two cuisines Initially, both English and Vietnamese have meals per day, but British food has traditionally been based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable while people in Vietnam have rice, pork and vegetable as the main ingredients Secondly, the most common foods eaten in Britain include the sandwich, fish and chips, trifle and roasts dinners, opposite to pho, banh mi, xoi in Vietnam For example, a typical English breakfast is more likely to be a bowl of cereals, a slice of toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee but in Vietnam, people usually eat pho, banh mi, xoi or instant noodles Another differences is eating manner English people eat with a knife, fork or spoon (with the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right one) while Vietnamese usually use chopstick and spoon In the meal, the British usually use napkins and drink during meal meanwhile Vietnamese not use napkins but wash 40 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com their hands and their faces before and after every meal They don't drink during eating, they drink afterward In addition, in Viet Nam, rice is the main starch and meat is cut into small pieces before cooking because they never use knife during meal but in Britain potato or bread is the main starch and meat is cooked in big pieces, they cut it during eating Finally, before having meal, people in England normally pray for the God because of providing them with food, however, in Vietnam, everybody (especially young people) have to invite other members having meal There are so many differences in British and Vietnamese cuisine The differences indicated above can show that the British culture is significantly different from the Vietnamese one But in the trend of integration Viet Nam and Britain have more acculturation, especially cuisine For example, there are so many places in Viet Nam selling British food such as sandwich, fish and chips and vice versa 2.2 Working times In UK:The UK's Working Time Regulations 1998 lay down the minimum conditions relating to weekly working time, rest entitlements and annual leave in the UK, although UK employees can opt out of the provisions relating to the minimum 48hour working week This factsheet outlines employees' basic rights and protections relating to working time It also outlines the leave which employers must provide if their employees are carrying out public duties, engaged in court service, trade union duties and activities, military training and service, parental leave, as well as time off for personal and domestic reasons 41 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Employees are entitled to 28 days’ paid statutory annual leave (reduced pro rata for part-time employees) This may include the eight public holidays In Vietnam: Usual working hours are from 7:30 a.m until 4:30 p.m., with at least a one-hour break for lunch People have the right to one free day a week, and an additional 12 days of vacation during one year By law, the maximum work hours permitted is 48 hours per week There are at least nine holidays a year, including local and official ones There can be more, depending on the region where you are working If one of these days is a Sunday, the day off will be moved to Monday 2.3 Public Holidays In Vietnam:  New Year’s Day  Tet Holiday  Gio to Hung Vuong Festival  Liberation/Reunification Day Holiday: April 30  International Labor Day: May  National Day: September April 2: (Thursday) Hung Kings Commemoration Holiday Hung Kings are the traditional founders of the nation, the holiday falls on the 10th day of the third lunar month In UK: Most of the UK has eight permanent bank holidays per year: 42 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com  New Year's Day  Good Friday  Easter Monday  May Day  Spring Bank Holiday  Late Summer  Christmas Day  Boxing Day 43 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com III CONCLUSION We have analyzed informations from different sources to help people have a clearer look about the economy and daily life style of British Several factors that we collected and orseved also bring new knowledge for people who are still wonder about differences between Vietnam and Britian 44 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ... download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com II Comparision between England and Vietnam In terms of Economy 1.1, Economic history of England The economy of England was mainly agricultural until the 18th... high street banks in England and Wales are Lloyds, Barclays, Midland and National Westminster (Nat West) In Scotland they are the Bank of Scotland, the Royal Bank of 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