VIETNAM WILL SUPPORT UNITED STATES AT ITU

UNCLAS HANOI 002598 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR EB/CIP/MA SSHIPMAN AND IO/T JNAMDE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECPS AORC ECON ITU VM SUBJECT: VIETNAM WILL SUPPORT UNITED STATES AT ITU SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. DO NOT POST ON THE INTERNET. REF: A) State 168693 B) Hanoi 1860 C) State 46962 ¶1. (SBU) As reported in Reftel B in July, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) will support the candidacy of the United States for re-election to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council and the candidacy of Mrs. Julie Napier Zoller for election to the ITU Radio Regulations Board. The GVN confirmed this support in a diplomatic note the Embassy received on July 14. ¶2. (SBU) Ms. Quan Dzuy Ngan Ha, Director General of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT),informed the Embassy on October 10 that MPT Minister Do Trung Ta will head the government's delegation of approximately 15 Vietnamese to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. She noted that Minister Ta's participation, however, was subject to change at the last minute. Ms. Ngan Ha will accompany the Minister and serve as the GVN's official point of contact. ALOISI ALOISI