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- Video: “Hà Nội và Tp. Hồ Chí Minh nhìn từ trên cao” by 1.61 Media, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (cut to 8 s from 28 s, sound removed, scaled to 480p, re-encoded to H.264; poster = frame from the clip)
- Video: “Banh trung- Egg Taco - Vietnam Street Food Vietnam style - 계란빵” by LouLou Ceylon, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (cut to 8 s from 40 s, sound removed, scaled to 480p, re-encoded to H.264; poster = frame from the clip)