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Vietnam is a young country, t1xbet 한국 world's 13th largest population of 87 million, with t1xbet 한국 average age of 28. ^*3 As a result, t1xbet 한국 market is expected to have solid growth. In Vietnam, Otsuka Pharmaceutical will appeal Pocari Sweat's importance of rehydration for t1xbet 한국 body as part of its efforts to establish t1xbet 한국 brand.

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• *2：Overseas sales volumes have outstripped sales volumes in Japan in 2008.
• *3：Nielsen・2012 Pocket Reference Book、United Nations (2011). World Population Prospects: T1xbet 한국 2010 Revision
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