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PUBLISHER & CEO Val Thompson 36 - Business International Intercultural Consulting Firm Culture & Business in The Middle East & North Africa Ethiopia & Relationship Economies ...................... HOOKED ON VIETNAMESE POLITICS: Vietnam moves towards developing sustainable, responsible fisheries 44 - People “ETHIOPIA RISING: Building Bridges with Investment and Trade” The Interview: The Honorable Gezahgen Kebede, Honorary Consul General of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia By: Heidi Powell-Prera, Journalist ...................... Thumbs up, LBJ and Immigration Super-lawyer Charles Foster 54 - The Last Word From the Publisher, Val Thompson GRAPHIC DESIGNER Craig L. Amos CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Heidi Powell DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Sonia Guimbellot ASSOC. PHOTOGRAPHER Victor Escalante (Cover Page) ASSOCIATE EDITORS Anita Long Sandy Bernstein SOCIAL DIRECTORS Dawn Gunther David Ng (Sugar Land) CONTRIBUTING WRITERS / REPORTERS Heidi Powell Ellen Goldberg CONTRIBUTING WRITERS T.Jenese Thompson Heidi Powell Christen Behzadi Susanne Rothschild Deanea Leflore REPORTER / CORRESPONDENT Anryaman Bhatia Washington D.C. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT Ximena Murillo Corey Mason Copyright© 2018 International Focus Magazine. All rights reserved. No part of this book August be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems. iF logo is protected through copyright registration in the United States. We welcome your comments and suggestions, please send to: [email protected] iF Magazine | www.iFMagazine.net 7