"When graduates of Chinese departments at Vietnamese universities read the newspaper aloud, I can't understand them," says Chang Po-wei, who represents Taiwan Paper and Pulp Corporation (TPPC) in Vietnam. With university graduates of uncertain usefulness, he prefers to use local ethnic Chinese (who comprise about 1.5 % of the population), with whom communication is easier.
「越南大學中文系畢業生念的報紙我都聽不懂，」台灣紙業公司駐越代表、華越聯營公司總經理張伯煒說，大學畢業生未必好用，他寧可用越南當地的華裔（約佔人口 1.5％），比較好溝通。