Then I phoned the northern office, and naturally Tinh answered; “Chao Anh Steve” she answered when she heard my voice, addressing me politely in Vietnamese, “We already have your flight details, and a car will pick you up; Mr. XXX In the morning when my alarm rang, she was gone, perhaps again wanting me to know she could sleep with me without disturbing me. Phung, tell her I’d be away a day/2/3, didn’t know, but it was ok if Ping came while I was away. I phoned Ping, but she was probably in class, so left a voice-mail telling her. On the phone he told me not to worry; everything they had found pointed to a stable and financially solid and liquid company, with stable management and a good track record with similar projects, all in the centre to the north of the country.
