Merci, Viêt-Nam. [ Wow this is so not the person he expected to get birthday wishes from. It's sort of... nice, actually. ]

Luck will be needed in the years to come, je pense. For my mundane, bien sûr, pas moi, parce que je suis France et j'ai besoin pas la chance. [ A pause. ] I am glad to hear from you, regardless.