Street Addresses

Dear Anh Hoanh, CACE,

in your tax system, it is probably essential that it is possible to
find/locate a company. That is not easy in Hanoi. Remember, that the tax
office requires a sketch on how to find a business office. See below, what
happened to me today evening:

I got an invitation to an VietKey Linux event today evening
at "32E Kim Ma". I don't know who brought it.

- Went home a bit early to come to "32E Kim Ma" in time
- Went to Kim Ma. Found "30 Kim Ma", "32 Kim Ma", "34 Kim Ma",
but no "32E". Went the street up and down. No "32E".
- Saw another woman checking house numbers in that area.
- Checked the invitation for a map how to find this place.
There was none.
- Checked the invitation for a telephone number to call.
There was none.
- Concluded that this was probably a secret place, only known to insiders
and returned home.
- My wife then called 108 and found out, that the address is in fact
"32E De La Thanh" and got a tel. no.
- When calling that number she learned, that the office (a school) in "32E
De La Thanh"
decided to change their address to "32E Kim Ma",
because the entrance is in Kim Ma. Don't care that it is at the other end
of Kim Ma, more than 2 km distant from the "real" "32 Kim Ma".

If this would be a company that gives me an invoice, and the tax office
wanted to check it, they might determine, that this company in fact does
not exist (because they don't find it), and declare my invoice as fraud ...

Best,
Stefan

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