Identifier
Created
Classification
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06HANOI2430
2006-09-21 08:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Hanoi
Cable title:
USTR Letter on WTO Accession and Industry Letters on
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UNCLAS HANOI 002430
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND EB/TPP/BTA/ANA
STATE PASS USTR DAVID BISBEE
GENEVA FOR USTR
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON EFIN VM
SUBJECT: USTR Letter on WTO Accession and Industry Letters on
Information Technology Procurement Decision
(U) SENSITIVE - DO NOT POST ON INTERNET
UNCLAS HANOI 002430
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND EB/TPP/BTA/ANA
STATE PASS USTR DAVID BISBEE
GENEVA FOR USTR
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON EFIN VM
SUBJECT: USTR Letter on WTO Accession and Industry Letters on
Information Technology Procurement Decision
(U) SENSITIVE - DO NOT POST ON INTERNET
1. (SBU) Post has delivered to Vietnamese senior officials three
letters it has received from USTR related to Vietnam's WTO
accession. Econ Counselor gave the letters to Nguyen Cam Tu,
Director General (DG) of the Trade Policy Department for Americas,
at the Ministry of Trade (MOT) on September 20.
2. (SBU) Two of the letters were from the U.S. information
technology industry to Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen
concerning the recent July 17, 2006 VN-PM No. 169 Decision:
Regulations on Procurement of Information Technology Products by the
Organizations Using State Budget. Post also sent copies of these
letters to Minister of Post and Telematics Do Trung Ta and Minister
of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong.
3. (SBU) Econ/C also delivered copy of the letter from AUSTR Dorothy
Dwoskin to Vice Minister Luong Van Tu. This letter referred to last
week's excellent consultations in Washington and contained an agreed
list of decrees that our teams identified as needing to be
promulgated with regard to Vietnam's WTO accession, including the
169 Decision.
4. (SBU) DG Tu said he would convey the letters to the Minister and
Vice Minister right away.
ALOISI
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND EB/TPP/BTA/ANA
STATE PASS USTR DAVID BISBEE
GENEVA FOR USTR
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON EFIN VM
SUBJECT: USTR Letter on WTO Accession and Industry Letters on
Information Technology Procurement Decision
(U) SENSITIVE - DO NOT POST ON INTERNET
1. (SBU) Post has delivered to Vietnamese senior officials three
letters it has received from USTR related to Vietnam's WTO
accession. Econ Counselor gave the letters to Nguyen Cam Tu,
Director General (DG) of the Trade Policy Department for Americas,
at the Ministry of Trade (MOT) on September 20.
2. (SBU) Two of the letters were from the U.S. information
technology industry to Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen
concerning the recent July 17, 2006 VN-PM No. 169 Decision:
Regulations on Procurement of Information Technology Products by the
Organizations Using State Budget. Post also sent copies of these
letters to Minister of Post and Telematics Do Trung Ta and Minister
of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong.
3. (SBU) Econ/C also delivered copy of the letter from AUSTR Dorothy
Dwoskin to Vice Minister Luong Van Tu. This letter referred to last
week's excellent consultations in Washington and contained an agreed
list of decrees that our teams identified as needing to be
promulgated with regard to Vietnam's WTO accession, including the
169 Decision.
4. (SBU) DG Tu said he would convey the letters to the Minister and
Vice Minister right away.
ALOISI