Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09HANOI301
2009-04-01 10:02:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Hanoi
Cable title:
VIETNAM TRADE MINISTER INVITES USTR KIRK TO LEAD TIFA
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UNCLAS HANOI 000301
SIPDIS
USTR FOR AUSTR WEISEL AND BISBEE
STATE FOR EAP/MLS PALMER AND BROWN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON PGOV VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM TRADE MINISTER INVITES USTR KIRK TO LEAD TIFA
MEETINGS IN HANOI IN JUNE
UNCLAS HANOI 000301
SIPDIS
USTR FOR AUSTR WEISEL AND BISBEE
STATE FOR EAP/MLS PALMER AND BROWN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON PGOV VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM TRADE MINISTER INVITES USTR KIRK TO LEAD TIFA
MEETINGS IN HANOI IN JUNE
1. (U) On April 1, 2009, Embassy Hanoi received a letter from
Minister Vu Huy Hoang, of the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and
Trade, congratulating United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk on
his appointment. Minister Hoang also invited USTR Kirk to come to
Vietnam in June to hold ministerial-level Trade and Investment
Framework Agreement meetings.
2. (U) The Ministry of Industry and Trade translated the original
text of the letter from Vietnamese.
3. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER:
Hanoi, 31 March 2009
To: H.E. Ambassador Ron Kirk
The United States Trade Representative
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, I would
like to extend my warmest congratulations on your appointment as
Ambassador of the United States Trade Representative. I strongly
believe that you will succeed in your new leadership position.
As you have learned, the trade and economic relations between
Vietnam and the United States of America have achieved great steps
in recent years. The entry into force of the Vietnam - U.S.
Bilateral Trade Agreement, the status of Vietnam as a member of the
WTO, and recently, the conclusion of the TIFA are factors that
create the foundations of developing bilateral relations between
Vietnam and the United States of America.
On the occasion of the forthcoming APEC ministerial conference in
Singapore this coming June, I would like to invite you to come for a
working visit in Vietnam as co-President of the TIFA Council to
promote the trade relations between our two countries in the
future.
I also hope we will cooperate to contribute to the development of
good relationships and mutual understanding between the United
States Trade Representative and the Ministry of Industry and Trade
of Vietnam in the future.
I hope to have the pleasure of meeting you soon in Singapore and
Hanoi.
Regards,
Vu Huy Hoang
Minister of Industry and Trade
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
END TEXT OF LETTER
MICHALAK
SIPDIS
USTR FOR AUSTR WEISEL AND BISBEE
STATE FOR EAP/MLS PALMER AND BROWN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON PGOV VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM TRADE MINISTER INVITES USTR KIRK TO LEAD TIFA
MEETINGS IN HANOI IN JUNE
1. (U) On April 1, 2009, Embassy Hanoi received a letter from
Minister Vu Huy Hoang, of the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and
Trade, congratulating United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk on
his appointment. Minister Hoang also invited USTR Kirk to come to
Vietnam in June to hold ministerial-level Trade and Investment
Framework Agreement meetings.
2. (U) The Ministry of Industry and Trade translated the original
text of the letter from Vietnamese.
3. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER:
Hanoi, 31 March 2009
To: H.E. Ambassador Ron Kirk
The United States Trade Representative
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, I would
like to extend my warmest congratulations on your appointment as
Ambassador of the United States Trade Representative. I strongly
believe that you will succeed in your new leadership position.
As you have learned, the trade and economic relations between
Vietnam and the United States of America have achieved great steps
in recent years. The entry into force of the Vietnam - U.S.
Bilateral Trade Agreement, the status of Vietnam as a member of the
WTO, and recently, the conclusion of the TIFA are factors that
create the foundations of developing bilateral relations between
Vietnam and the United States of America.
On the occasion of the forthcoming APEC ministerial conference in
Singapore this coming June, I would like to invite you to come for a
working visit in Vietnam as co-President of the TIFA Council to
promote the trade relations between our two countries in the
future.
I also hope we will cooperate to contribute to the development of
good relationships and mutual understanding between the United
States Trade Representative and the Ministry of Industry and Trade
of Vietnam in the future.
I hope to have the pleasure of meeting you soon in Singapore and
Hanoi.
Regards,
Vu Huy Hoang
Minister of Industry and Trade
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
END TEXT OF LETTER
MICHALAK