Request for Leahy Vetting for candidates from the Vietnam

UNCLAS HANOI 001070 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR GABRIEL ALVARADO/EAP/IET DEPT FOR KAREN BLEVINS/EAP/RSP,DRL, PM AND INL DEPT FOR CATHERINE DALTON/INL/C/CJ E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PINR PREL KTIP VM SUBJECT: Request for Leahy Vetting for candidates from the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security to attend a two-week course at ILEA BKK ¶1. (SBU) Embassy Hanoi requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security nominated to attend a two-week course at ILEA Bangkok. The training will be conducted in Bangkok, Thailand on November 9-20, 2009. Initial vetting done at post pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act requirements has resulted in no derogatory information. POC is PolOff Audrey F.S. Moyer, at moyeraf@state.gov. ¶2. (U) Names of proposed candidates for training are as follows: Name: Col. Le Quoc Huu (Mr.) Position: Section Chief, Section for Criminal Search and Wanted Cases, MPS Department for Social Order Crimes (C14) Birth date: March 27, 1958 Contact phone#: 0913211257 Passport#: S1014068 Name: Captain Hoang Nam Phuong (Mr.) Position: Staffer, NSC 130, MPS Birth date: October 13, 1978 Contact phone#: 0918235887 Name: Col. Ho Quang Vinh (Mr.) Position: Deputy Section Chief, Section for CN & Other Crimes, Border Army Command, MOD Birth date: October 30, 1967 Contact phone#: 0988765369 Name: Pham Van Khoa (Mr.) Position: Senior Procurator, Department for Criminal Cases, Supreme People's Procuracy Birth date: September 2, 1960 Contact phone#: 0903296565 Nguyen Thi Tam (Ms.) Position: Deputy Section Chief, Department for General Affairs, Supreme People's Court Birth date: July 10, 1972 Contact phone#: 0982770472 Name: Nguyen Van Hieu (Mr.) Position: Staffer, Office for Entry and Exit, MPS Immigration Department Birth date: October 2, 1981 Contact phone#: 06942576 Passport#: S1045898 Palmer