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  **South Korea** **Vietnam**
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  **Support for a South Korean students’**
  **Japanese-language theater competition**
  As a way of increasing understanding of Japanese culture, 
  As a way of increasing understanding of Japanese culture, 
  SMBC 
  s Seoul Branch donates funds to make possible the 
  SMBC’s Seoul Branch donates funds to make possible the 
  holding of a competition 
  holding of a competition 
  involving theatrical perfor- 
  involving theatrical perfor 
  mances in the Japanese 
  mances in the Japanese 
  language by South Korean 
  language by South Korean 
  students of Japanese. 
  students of Japanese. 
  
  **Providing work**
  **experience to students**
  SMBC 
  s Hanoi Branch provided 
  SMBC’s Hanoi Branch provided 
  international school students 
  international school students 
  with vocational experiences. 
  with vocational experiences. 
  
  **International cooperation begins at home**
  
  **Thailand**
  **5**
  
  **Supporting farming**
  **villages in the northeast**
  SMBC 
  s Bangkok Branch assisted 
  SMBC’s Bangkok Branch assisted 
  farmers by donating underground 
  farmers by donating underground 
  water storage tanks and assisting 
  water storage tanks and assisting 
  with vegetable planting and 
  with vegetable planting and 
  harvesting. 
  harvesting. 
  
  Performing a Japanese-language drama 