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06HANOI1678	POLOFF VISITS BAC GIANG, MEETS WITH LOCAL BAPTISTS AND [...] (SBU) On June 19, Poloff met with provincial officials in Bac Giang Province and sat in on a heated exchange between Baptist believers and local commune officials. Provincial officials acknowledge that the province does not plan to register the group anytime soon under the GVN's framework on r [...]	2006-07-06 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM

06HANOI169	IRAN/UNSC: Demarche Delivered to Vietnam [...] (SBU) In the absence of available higher-level officials without a lengthy wait for an appointment, Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 20 to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arms Control Expert Vu Van Mien. Poloff made the point that this is an exceedingly important issue not just [...]	2006-01-19 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG IAEA IR VM
06HANOI173	VIETNAM: FY2006 INCLE AND ESF TIP PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-19 23:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM
06HANOI1747	(SBU) HANOI MUSEUMS CONTINUE TO DEFAME THE UNITED STATES, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Pol Assistant recently surveyed the depiction of the United States in Hanoi's main military and political museums. Exhibits at most military service and political museums cast a negative image of U.S. involvement during the Vietnam War, but the denigration is on par [...]	2006-07-11 07:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1751	Vietnam: Contrasting Support for Religious Freedom in Two [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The issue of religious freedom featured prominently during the Ambassador's visit to the two northern provinces of Yen Bai and Phu Tho on June 25 and 26. The visit was a study in the contrasting treatment by provincial authorities of religious communities in these t [...]	2006-07-11 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM VM
06HANOI1764	LETTER TO AMBASSADOR HANFORD - SIX PROTESTANT CHURCHES [...] (SBU) On July 12, the MFA's Americas Department forwarded a letter (full text in para. 3) from Chairman Ngo Yen Thi of the GVN's Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) to Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford relating the CRA's concerns that we will accept a recent [...]	2006-07-12 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI179	Codel Gillmor Discusses WTO, Human Rights, Fullest [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Members of Codel Gillmor met January 17 with National Assembly (NA) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vu Mao, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan and National Assembly President Nguyen Van An to discuss bilateral relations, including Vietnam's WTO aspirations, trade relat [...]	2006-01-20 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM ECON OVIP VM
06HANOI180	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 64 days. As of January 20, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005 in Cao Bang Pr [...]	2006-01-20 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM
06HANOI1802	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During an unusually long summer session convened May 16-June 29 to approve the new government selected by the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 10th Party Congress, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) also debated ten laws and approved three resolutions (debate on the [...]	2006-07-17 04:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI1803	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES TEN NEW LAWS, [...] (SBU) Summary: During an unusually long summer session convened May 16-June 29 to approve the new government selected by the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 10th Party Congress (Ref A),Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) also debated ten laws and approved three resolutions. These new laws in [...]	2006-07-17 04:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI1814	HANOI MUSEUM EXHIBITION CRITICIZES VIETNAM'S PAST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: A new exhibition at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) in Hanoi is currently enjoying considerable public interest and media attention, as the exhibit indirectly criticizes the GVN's past economic policies, while carefully praising current pro-market reforms. The museum's di [...]	2006-07-18 03:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1864	BUDDHIST LEADERS CONFIRM REPORT OF MISTREATED MONKS IN BAC [...] (SBU) Summary: The unrecognized Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) recently reported that a number of monks staged a demonstration in Hanoi to protest the wrongful arrest and torture of Buddhists in Bac Giang Province. While the State-sanctioned Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) refutes th [...]	2006-07-21 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1877	AMBASSADOR VISITS CATHOLICS IN THAI NGUYEN AND LANG SON [...] (SBU) Summary: On a July 5-7 provincial outreach trip, the Ambassador discussed issues related to the Catholic Church with the leaders of Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang and Lang Son provinces (Protestant issues, especially in Bac Giang and Lang Son, reported septel). In Thai Nguyen, the Ambassador al [...]	2006-07-24 10:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI188	Central Highlands: UNHCR, Protestant Pastor Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR representatives traveled to Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces January 17-20 to meet with local officials and ethnic minority returnees. In both provinces, UNHCR interviewed a number of returnees in private. There were no allegations of mistreatment by the authorities. Howev [...]	2006-01-23 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI1880	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PROTESTANT ISSUES IN THREE NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During a July 5-7 provincial outreach trip, the Ambassador discussed Protestant issues with the leaders of Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang and Lang Son provinces. Thai Nguyen officials were open-minded about the issue of registration, but tightlipped about their future plans. [...]	2006-07-25 07:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI1888	Prime Minister Meets with Protestant Leaders [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung met July 24 with the leaders of Vietnam's two officially recognized Protestant churches to welcome their contributions to national development while cautioning against the use of religion for "hostile purposes." During the meeting, the PM reportedly promise [...]	2006-07-25 10:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1896	TFLE01: Vietnam Seeks USG Assistance in Evacuating its [...] (U) Action Request -- See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On July 26, Post received an urgent request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking USG assistance in evacuating approximately 200 Vietnamese citizens from Lebanon (full text of request in paragraph 5). According to the MFA, most of these [...]	2006-07-26 07:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR LE VM
06HANOI1897	(SBU) MFA CONFIRMS DISSIDENT'S RELEASE UNDER CONSIDERATION; [...] (SBU) On July 25, the MFA confirmed to the Ambassador that prominent dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son will (likely) be released September 2, but requested we keep this information close-hold within the USG until the GVN makes their final decision in August. The GVN has not decided if it will release [...]	2006-07-26 07:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1903	AMBASSADOR VISITS USG-FUNDED COUNTERNARCOTICS TASK FORCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 7 visit to Lang Son Province, the Ambassador received a briefing on USG-funded, UNODC-administered counternarcotics efforts in the region. Since the inception of this effort, coordination has improved among local, regional and cross-border security officials, and a [...]	2006-07-27 06:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR CH VM
06HANOI1916	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIV/AIDS, TIP, LABOR EXPORT LAW AND [...] (SBU) On July 20, the Ambassador met with the Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Social Affairs Committee to encourage legislation supporting HIV/AIDS programs, assisting counter-trafficking in persons efforts, establishing labor export oversight and establishing better foreign adoption c [...]	2006-07-28 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR TIP HIV AIDS ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI1947	SBV DEPUTY GOVERNOR DETAILS NORTH KOREAN BANKING [...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Deputy Governor Tran Minh Tuan, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart SIPDIS Levey reiterated U.S. concerns over North Korean financial transactions with Vietnam,s State-owned commercial ban [...]	2006-08-01 11:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM
06HANOI1948	TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY MEETS WITH THE COMMUNIST [...] (S) Summary and Comment: In a July 19 meeting with Le Quang Ba, Deputy Director General of the Vietnamese Communist Party (CPV) External Relations Commission North East Asia Department, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey encouraged the Party to follow through on information previously passed [...]	2006-08-01 11:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM
06HANOI1949	VIETNAMESE RESPOND FAVORABLY TO U.S. REQUEST FOR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: In a July 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for the Asia I Department Nguyen Ba Cu, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns over North Korean banking activity in Vietnam. This was following up on p [...]	2006-08-01 11:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VN
06HANOI1950	VFM PHUNG RESPONDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT NORTH KOREAN [...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Standing Vice Minister Le Cong Phung, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns over North Korean interactions with two of Vietnam,s State-owned commercial banks. Phung made clear that [...]	2006-08-01 11:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM
06HANOI196	SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Lowenkron: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The bilateral Human Rights Dialogue, the first since 2002, will help us to bring into focus a number of key issues our two countries will need to address this year, particularly in [...]	2006-01-24 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF VM
06HANOI1964	Repatriation Agreement Delivered [...] On August 2, Pol/C delivered the points and revised agreement contained in reftel to Nguyen Huu Trang, Deputy Director General of the MFA's Consular Department. Trang promised to review the revised draft as quickly as possible and inform the Embassy if the GVN will seek any further modificatio [...]	2006-08-02 23:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CVIS KJUS PREL VM
06HANOI1989	VIETNAM - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new AI outbreaks in humans or poultry, however, Thanh Nhien Daily reported on August 3 that a large number of ducks in two flocks have perished in Tay Ninh, a province bordering Cambodia, and tests are being carried out to identify the cause. A Bloomberg News [...]	2006-08-04 07:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1999	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) On August 1, UNHCR provided the Ambassador with a readout of recent Vietnmam-related developments. UNHCR is working to resolve the status of 9,500 Cambodians (Khmer Krom) living in southern Vietnam through a joint working group with the GVN and Government of Cambodia, though progress is [...]	2006-08-07 08:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI2004	VIETNAM'S POPULATION POLICY IN 2006 [...] (SBU) While Vietnam officially no longer restricts the number of children couples may have, GVN propaganda campaigns still strongly encourage individuals to practice family planning (FP) and keep family size to at most two children. Fines or administrative sanctions for larger families are rar [...]	2006-08-08 01:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM KPOP
06HANOI2013	VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE RE U.S.-ASEAN TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Trade (MOT) by fax on August 4 and followed up with a meeting on August 7 to obtain a preliminary response. The head of the ASEAN office welcomed the USG proposal, but expressed some concerns about the language on labor and on p [...]	2006-08-09 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD VM
06HANOI2017	HLD Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) Pol/C delivered reftel points August 10 to Trinh Duc Hai, Chief of the MFA Consular Department's Legal Affairs Division. Hai responded that he "personally shares" many of the USG's concerns and pledged to provide a more formal response once his ministry has had a chance to further study [...]	2006-08-10 06:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA VM
06HANOI2019	Lebanon Security Council Resolution Demarche [...] (SBU) Pol/C met with MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Le Hoai Trung August 10 to deliver reftel points and draft Security Council resolution. Trung said that the GVN is closely following the situation in Lebanon and shares the USG's concerns. The GVN hopes that there wi [...]	2006-08-10 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS UN IS VM
06HANOI2045	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW GVN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT VICE [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 7, the Ambassador met with Office of the Government Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the new number two official in the Prime Minister's office. During the broad-ranging conversation, the Ambassador pressed for: quick resolution of the proposed Boeing, Liberty Mutual an [...]	2006-08-11 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON AMGT KNNP EAID VM
06HANOI2051	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, PEACE CORPS, UNGA [...] (SBU) On August 10, the Ambassador discussed the upcoming visit of United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford with Acting Director General Pham Van Que of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department. Regarding USG concerns about the slow pac [...]	2006-08-11 12:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KIRF UN EAID VM
06HANOI2052	UNSC Resolution Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) On August 12, Pol/C delivered Ref A's points, the UNSC resolution and the Secretary's statement to MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Nguyen Hoanh Nam and discussed the matter in a separate conversation with Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que. Both echoed senti [...]	2006-08-12 10:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE VM
06HANOI2080	VIETNAM REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT [...] (SBU) On August 15, the Ambassador met with MFA International Organizations Department Director General Pham Binh Minh and was officially informed of Vietnam's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the term 2008-2009. The texts of a diplomatic note and aide memoire [...]	2006-08-16 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN VM
06HANOI2081	Lebanon: Vietnam Welcomes UNSC Resolution [...] (SBU) In a brief statement August 14, MFA spokesman Le Dzung expressed his government's support for United Nations Security Council resolution 1701, noting that it attempts to bring the month-long conflict in southern Lebanon to an end. The GVN "urges all the concerned parties to implement the [...]	2006-08-16 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE VM
06HANOI2083	VIETNAMESE MFA VIEWS THAKSIN VISIT TO BURMA AS [...] (C) On August 16, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Senior Officer Duong Tri Hien to discuss Thai Prime Minister Thaksin's recent visit to Burma. (Note: The meeting finally came after a week of MFA postponements and reschedulings. End Note.) In response to reftel points, Hien said Thaksin [...]	2006-08-16 08:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH VM
06HANOI2084	VIETNAM MFA NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC VM
06HANOI2102	MFA SAYS IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IN THE WORKS, BUT OFFERS [...] (SBU) On August 16, Poloff met with MFA International Organizations Department Desk Officer Nguyen Hai Luu and asked for an update regarding Vietnam's progress in regards to the IAEA Additional Protocol. Luu responded that his government is "seriously preparing" to sign the Additional Protocol [...]	2006-08-17 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PREL VM
06HANOI2103	VIETNAM - CONSULTATION ON NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP VM
06HANOI2104	CIVAIR VIETNAM: DESIGNATION OF FEDEX EXPRESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD VM
06HANOI2114	VIETNAM - AUGUST 17 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no confirmed cases of AI outbreaks in humans or poultry, despite suspected cases at the beginning of August. A 35 year-old man from Kien Giang province, hospitalized with severe influenza symptoms, has tested negative for H5N1. Ducks from two flocks in Tay Ninh P [...]	2006-08-18 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2134	DIVISION OF SENIOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (C) Based on the recent formal division of GVN responsibilities among the Prime Minister and his three Deputy Prime Ministers, PM Nguyen Tan Dzung may be well placed to be a more powerful PM than his predecessor. This is thanks to his direct oversight responsibilities for Vietnam's most power [...]	2006-08-22 07:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM
06HANOI2143	PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE SETS SIGHTS ON CORRUPTION, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Party's Central Committee met for its third Plenum from July 24 to 27, and, among other tasks, approved new Party working regulations and pledged to tackle corruption (job number one for the Party since its April Congress). According to our contacts, the new worki [...]	2006-08-23 02:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI2148	EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF CONDITIONS FOR PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN appears to be fighting an uphill battle to force northern provincial officials to change their approach to religion. Suspicions that Protestants are agents of the United States are still deeply ingrained in the region, and some local officials find it hard to take seriou [...]	2006-08-23 06:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2152	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES PRESIDENT'S VISIT, HIGH-LEVEL [...] (SBU) On August 22, MFA Americas Department Acting Deputy Director General Pham Van Que reviewed a number of issues of bilateral concern with the DCM. According to Que, the GVN's top two goals for the President's visit are passage of PNTR and removal of Vietnam's CPC designation; the GVN also [...]	2006-08-23 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM OVIP OTRA CASC VM
06HANOI2161	U.S. COAST GUARD ASSESSMENT TEAM FINDS VIETNAM IN [...] Summary: From August 6-18, a team from the United States Coast Guard's International Port Security Program conducted a review of Vietnamese commercial shipping ports in accordance with the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) and the recently-adopted set of security standards re [...]	2006-08-24 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ECON EFIN VM
06HANOI2163	S&T VICE MINISTER ON CONVERSION OF VIETNAM'S REACTOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. During an August 23 meeting with Science and Technology Vice Minister (VM) Tran Quoc Thang, the Ambassador strongly encouraged Vietnam to approve DOE's proposal for converting the Dalat experimental reactor's fuel from highly enriched uranium to low enriched uranium. He pushe [...]	2006-08-25 02:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY KIPR VM
06HANOI2164	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 06:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL VM
06HANOI2169	VIETNAMESE YOUTH FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC GAINS, UNCONVINCED NEW [...] (SBU) While Vietnam's official Youth Union (YU) trumpets the new leadership's commitment to tackle corruption, most among Vietnam's young generation are unconvinced, disinterested or even angry. This said, Vietnam's youth are pleased with economic gains and new freedoms brought by decades of r [...]	2006-08-25 07:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON PINR VM
06HANOI2170	THANH HOA PROVINCE PROTESTANT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 24, Poloff met again with Protestants from Thanh Hoa Province who report having been involved in recent police beating and harassment incidents (reftels). Police harassment and physical abuse continue, but they now also report that provincial officials are intervening [...]	2006-08-25 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2179	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) is making plans for its fall session, in which the first order of business will be to ratify Vietnam's WTO Accession Protocol. The NA has not yet received detailed instructions from the Vietnamese government on changes in specific laws that [...]	2006-08-25 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO VM
06HANOI2185	GVN MAKING PROGRESS ON UN CONVENTIONS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On August 25, Poloff met with MFA International Law and Treaties Department Desk Officer Vu Thi Mai Lien and asked for an update regarding Vietnam's progress concerning the four UN conventions against terrorism to which Vietnam has not become a party. Lien said the GVN is taking final st [...]	2006-08-28 07:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER UNTERR PREL VM
06HANOI2186	GVN Previews National Day Amnesties, Including One Amcit and Two Prisoners of Concern [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA informed us August 28 that Amcit Nguyen Bach and two prisoners of concern to the USG -- Dr. Pham Hong Son and Ma Van Bay -- will be released on the occasion of Vietnam's September 2 National Day amnesty. Although the releases are "without conditions," there will be cert [...]	2006-08-28 07:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF OASC CASC VM
06HANOI222	Party's 13th Plenum Finalizes Party Documents, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Able to decide only on a "long list" of possible candidates for the next Central Committee, participants in the Communist Party of Vietnam's 13th Plenum have put off to a 14th and final plenum the ultimate decision on Central Committee membership. At the plenum, a [...]	2006-01-27 07:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PINR VM
06HANOI2239	NORTH KOREAN BANKING: MFA NERVOUS IN THE FACE OF [...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials contacted us August 31 to request clarification of Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey,s itinerary during his trip to the Asia Pacific region in July 2006. Econoff provided MFA officials with this information, which U/S Levey had already share [...]	2006-09-01 06:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	EFIN KTER ECON IO PREL NK VM
06HANOI2240	RECENT VIETNAM-CHINA ANTI-TRAFFICKING COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's border region with China accounts for the majority of its trafficking in persons cases. To tackle this problem, both countries are bolstering their law enforcement cooperation, including through bilateral agreements and operational cooperation. Their efforts have yie [...]	2006-09-01 07:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KOCI PHUM KCRM CH VM
06HANOI2245	VIETNAM RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UPDATE [...] (SBU) This cable summarizes religious freedom developments in Vietnam during the week ending September 1. This summary was coordinated with ConGen Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Hanoi Developments ------------------ 2. (SBU) Religious prisoner Ma Van Bay's impending National Day amnesty and r [...]	2006-09-01 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2255	VIETNAM: POSITIVE SHIFT TOWARD PEACE CORPS BUT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent discussions with Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) indicate the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) stance towards the Peace Corps may be shifting in a positive direction and lead us to believe that an agreement to begin a program in Vietnam remains possible before Pre [...]	2006-09-05 08:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL VM
06HANOI2263	VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no reported human AI cases and no AI outbreak activity in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. Another 45 ducks in a household in the Mekong Delta's Ben Tre Province tested positive for carrying H5N1 and were subsequently culled. A Government of Vietnam (GVN) of [...]	2006-09-05 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2295	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: MFA PREPARING LETTER TO [...] (C) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Le Chi Dzung told Pol/C September 7 that his office is currently drafting a letter from Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang to Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford. Although the contents of the letter are not yet final, [...]	2006-09-07 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI2296	ARRESTED AMCIT CONG THANH DO: MFA WORKING ON [...] (C) On September 7, Pol/C discussed the arrest of Amcit Cong Thanh Do with MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Le Chi Dzung and underscored the seriousness with which the USG is viewing this case. Pol/C stressed that keeping Do in custody without any charges -- particularly now that it see [...]	2006-09-07 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CASC VM
06HANOI2303	NAM SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GVN WILL SUPPORT NAM [...] (SBU) On September 7, Poloff met with GVN MFA officials to deliver Ref A's points for NAM summit attendees. These officials indicated that the GVN will support the Guatemalan candidacy. On the issue of terrorism, the GVN opposes any type of terrorist act against civilians. Concerning democra [...]	2006-09-08 06:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PTER PHUM CU VM
06HANOI2305	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: POINTS TO RAISE WITH THE GVN ON [...] (U) Action Request. See paragraph 5. This request was coordinated with ConGen HCMC (Ref A). Summary ------- 2. (C) Mission Vietnam is concerned about an up-tick in police activities directed against ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands who are in cellular telephone contact with [...]	2006-09-08 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM
06HANOI2309	THANK YOU LETTER FROM PRESIDENT TRIET TO PRESIDENT GEORGE [...] (SBU) On September 6, 2006, under cover of diplomatic note, the MFA sent the Embassy a letter from State President Nguyen Minh Triet to President George W. Bush. In the letter, President Triet thanks President Bush for his recent National Day message (reftel) and seeks the President's support [...]	2006-09-08 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC VM
06HANOI2315	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON MEETS WITH VIETNAMESE PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 7, Secretary Paulson met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung, who was accompanied by Vice Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha. Ambassador Michael Marine accompanied the Secretary. Secretary Paulson emphasized Treasury's support for deeper bilateral cooper [...]	2006-09-11 03:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD OVIP VM
06HANOI2316	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON HOSTS VIETNAMESE ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 7, Treasury Secretary Paulson hosted a diverse group of Vietnamese entrepreneurs, representing sectors from finance to technology. The entrepreneurs spoke freely about the difficulties they faced. Finding and retaining good personnel, especially in the face of com [...]	2006-09-11 03:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OVIP VM
06HANOI2319	DOE VISIT IDENTIFIES SECURITY CONCERNS AT [...] (SBU) Keith Young, Physical Security Protection Specialist from Sandia National Laboratories, working under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE),conducted a site assessment of a radioactive waste storage facility approximately 47 kilometers NW of Hanoi on August 28. Young visited the [...]	2006-09-11 09:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM VM
06HANOI2321	POLOFF VISITS THANH HOA FULL GOSPEL PROTESTANTS, PROVINCE [...] (SBU) On September 8, Poloff visited the Thanh Hoa community in which members of the Full Gospel Protestant Church have recently suffered police harassment and beatings. Poloff met at the church with one church member and his neighbors. During a separate meeting with Poloff, provincial offici [...]	2006-09-11 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2328	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH HANOI PROTESTANTS [...] (C) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met with Protestant leaders in Hanoi on August 16. They noted that the overall environment for religion in the north and Northwest Highlands is "significantly less threatening" than in the past, as the number of arrests, attempted forced renunciations [...]	2006-09-12 06:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
06HANOI2329	DETAINEE POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Pol/C delivered Ref A's points to MFA International Organizations Department Senior Officer Pham Thi Kim Anh on September 11. Kim Anh had no immediate reaction except to note that the GVN had raised issues related to detainee operations during the U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue in F [...]	2006-09-12 07:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL VM
06HANOI2344	CORRECTED COPY DOE VISIT IDENTIFIES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Keith Young, Physical Security Protection Specialist from Sandia National Laboratories, working under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE),conducted a site assessment of a radioactive waste storage facility approximately 47 kilometers NW of Hanoi on August 28. Young visited the [...]	2006-09-13 04:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM VM
06HANOI2352	NAM SUMMIT POINTS ON DARFUR AND IRAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 06:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PTER PHUM KPKO IAEA IR SU VM
06HANOI2358	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH GVN OFFICIALS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 17, IRF Ambassador John Hanford met in separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and MFA International Organizations Department Director General Minh to discuss the GVN's record of implementing its commitments to improve religious [...]	2006-09-15 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2360	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH MFA VICE MINISTER BANG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 18 meeting with IRF Ambassador John Hanford, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang acknowledged that implementation of the GVN's framework on religion has been slow in the north because of local officials' concerns about preserving their power. However, the USG shou [...]	2006-09-15 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CASC VM
06HANOI2361	VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 15 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no reported human AI cases and no confirmed AI outbreak activity in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. A suspected outbreak of AI in ducks was reported in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam. Vietnam has tested a vaccine for white-winged ducks and will soon [...]	2006-09-15 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2380	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS ETHNIC AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met Minister/Chairman K'sor Phuoc of the GVN's Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs August 17 to discuss GVN efforts to facilitate the practice of religion among ethnic minority groups, particularly those in Vietnam's north. Ambassador Hanford urged t [...]	2006-09-19 04:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2381	PUBLIC SECURITY VICE MINISTER PROMISES PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong August 18 to discuss the GVN's recent record on religious freedom and to urge the GVN to expedite further progress. Ambassador Hanford provided a list of ten short-term actions that the GVN could u [...]	2006-09-19 04:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2389	VIETNAM ECONOMIC DELEGATION TO NORTH KOREA REBUFFS [...] (C) Summary: The GVN recently sent a Ministry of Trade-led delegation to Pyongyang and Nampo. According to a GVN readout of the visit provided to the ROK Embassy, during the delegation's August 28-September 1 visit, the Vietnamese turned down a DPRK request for food and other assistance, say [...]	2006-09-19 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KS KN VM
06HANOI2397	UNHCR MONITORING VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) UNHCR recently completed its 13th monitoring mission to the Central Highlands and reported nothing out of the ordinary in terms of the well-being of the interviewed returnees. Significantly, the UNHCR team was able to meet with a returnee who had been tried and convicted of human smuggli [...]	2006-09-19 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI2399	COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS UPDATES DCM ON RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On September 15, Chairman Ngo Yen Thi of the GVN's Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) briefed the DCM on recent religious freedom developments in Vietnam. The CRA reports that eighteen congregations have been chosen in five out of 19 northern provinces for "pilot registration." These [...]	2006-09-19 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2412	RECENT GVN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: SMOKE AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of several high-profile corruption scandals, the GVN is taking steps, both substantive and symbolic, to address corruption involving government and Communist Party officials. In August, the National Assembly Standing Committee passed a resolution specifyi [...]	2006-09-20 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCOR VM
06HANOI2415	HINTS OF VIETNAMESE SUPPORT FOR U.S. NOMINEE STEVEN LETT TO [...] (SBU) Supplementing two earlier demarches to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Post and Telematics (Refs B and C),Econ/C delivered talking points and color campaign brochure (Ref A) to VISHIPEL Deputy Director Mr. Phan Ngoc Quang on September 20. VISHIPEL is the state-owned e [...]	2006-09-21 01:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS VM
06HANOI2417	SHIPPERS SAY VIETNAM TO OUTGROW PORT CAPACITY BY 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with a group of large foreign shippers/buyers on September 7 to discuss their predictions of shortages in port capacity shortages, which threaten future export growth in Vietnam. They were visiting Hanoi to urge Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to maximi [...]	2006-09-21 03:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV VM
06HANOI242	EAP A/S HILL MEETS SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) External Relations Commission Director Nguyen Van Son to discuss the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral relationship and regional issues of mutual interest. In addition to upcoming high-le [...]	2006-02-06 06:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON CB KN VM
06HANOI2420	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (SBU) Senator Hagel: Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important step in strengthening our cooperative relationship with Vietnam while bringing into focus key issues, including those our two countries will need to address in the run-up to the President's [...]	2006-09-21 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OTRA VM
06HANOI243	VIETNAM: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S CALL ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On January 13, Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill met with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan. The Deputy Prime Minister laid out a roadmap of five steps to prepare for the visit of President Bush in November: work to close bilateral WTO market access negoti [...]	2006-02-06 06:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV WTRO PREL PGOV TBIO VM
06HANOI2430	USTR Letter on WTO Accession and Industry Letters on [...] (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 2 [...]	2006-09-21 08:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN VM
06HANOI2431	INFORMATION REGARDING CULTURAL LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND [...] (SBU) U.S. industry is concerned about the license and fee requirement that the Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) is imposing on each shipment of "cultural" goods, including software, and has asked USTR to intervene. After receiving information from USTR about these problems, Econoff [...]	2006-09-21 08:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO VM
06HANOI2434	First-Ever National Assembly Donors Forum on the Gender [...] (U) Summary: On September 15, 2006, the National Assembly held its first-ever forum to meet with foreign donors and international agency representatives to discuss how to improve the current draft Gender Equality Law. The participants agreed that, with gender inequality a serious problem in Vi [...]	2006-09-21 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM VM SOCI
06HANOI2435	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH VFM LE VAN BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 20, the Ambassador met with VFM Le Van Bang to review a range of bilateral issues in the run-up to the President's visit. Presenting a list of potential deliverables and next steps, the Ambassador described our hopes for progress in each. On the issue of establish [...]	2006-09-21 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI244	A/S HILL DISCUSSES BURMA, CAMBODIA, LAOS, CHINA [...] Summary: In a frank lunch meeting January 13 with visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, senior GVN diplomats said that Vietnam is worried about China's increasing influence in Southeast Asia, particularly Burma, Cambodia and Laos, and urged the United States to engage more wit [...]	2006-02-06 06:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CB BM LA VM
06HANOI2477	SIGNAL PIRACY AND COMPETITION PROBLEMS IN VIETNAM'S TELECOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ/C met with Director General (DG) Quan Dzuy Ngan Ha of the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) to deliver a strong message on USG concerns over signal piracy. DG Ha replied that MPT has urged the state-owned broadcaster, VTC, to discontinue its re-broadcasting of pirated [...]	2006-09-28 02:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECPS KPRV WTRO VM
06HANOI249	EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnamese FM Nguyen [...] (SBU) Summary: During his meeting January 13 with Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill underlined the need for the United States and Vietnam to systematize their bilateral discussions on issues of mutual interest, such as Burma and Cambodia; expressed [...]	2006-02-06 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV APEC ETRD PHUM CB CH BM KN VM
06HANOI2493	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: MPS VICE MINISTER PLEDGES [...] (C) Summary: On September 29 meeting, Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong pledged continued progress in the area of religious freedom and described his own efforts to personally instruct security officials in northern Vietnam to promote greater religious freedom and not interfer [...]	2006-09-29 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VM
06HANOI2496	SENIOR MPS OFFICIAL ON PRESIDENT'S VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: During a September 29 discussion with the Charge on a number of issues of bilateral concern, Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong: stressed that the GVN would do its utmost to ensure the security of President Bush during his November visit to Vietnam; noted GVN securi [...]	2006-09-29 08:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PHUM ASEC OVIP VM
06HANOI2497	CHARGE REVIEWS POTUS-RELATED ISSUES WITH MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, the Charge met with MFA Acting Director of Americas Department Pham Van Que to discuss a range of bilateral issues in the run-up to the President's visit. Reviewing the contents of the NSC draft Joint Statement with Que, the Charge described our hopes for progre [...]	2006-09-29 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI250	EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnam VFM Le Van Bang [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 13 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill underscored the importance of making progress in next week's WTO talks, urged Vietnam to improve its human rights situation and welcomed Vietnam's role in regional structures such [...]	2006-02-06 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB BM CH VM

06HANOI2510	VIETNAM'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CATHOLIC LEADERS [...] (SBU) On September 28, State President Nguyen Minh Triet met with leaders of Vietnam's Catholic Church for the first time since taking office in June. During the meeting, Triet underlined the GVN's willingness to allow Catholics to become more involved in Vietnam's socio-economic development. [...]	2006-09-29 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2511	VIETNAM'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CATHOLIC LEADERS [...] (SBU) On September 28, State President Nguyen Minh Triet met with leaders of Vietnam's Catholic Church for the first time since taking office in June. During the meeting, Triet underlined the GVN's willingness to allow Catholics to become more involved in Vietnam's socio-economic development. [...]	2006-09-29 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI2512	VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 29 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) There have been no reported human AI cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. 2. (U) On September 29, state-owned media reported that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has vaccinated 28.6 million poultry in 27 provinces and cities since the national va [...]	2006-09-29 11:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2513	TRADE MINISTRY QUESTIONS PNTR DEAL ON TEXTILES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen convoked the Charge to seek information on an "arrangement" concluded between USTR and Senators Dole and Graham on Vietnamese textile imports to the United States. The "deal," as reportedly described to him by U.S. textile importers [...]	2006-09-29 11:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO VM
06HANOI2514	TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Below is post's response to reftel. 2. A. Description of how posts are currently organized for monitoring agreements and responding to foreign trade barrier complaints, including the establishment of teams at posts. The Trade Agreement Compliance Team in Hanoi consists of the Economic S [...]	2006-09-29 11:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD VM
06HANOI2529	DOE SISTER LABORATORY COOPERATION [...] (U) On September 26, 2006, the Charg d'Affairs delivered talking points, informal Vietnamese translation and a color handout on the Department of Energy's (DOE) Sister Laboratory Cooperation program per reftel to Vice Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang. 2. (U) Flanked by l [...]	2006-10-03 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY KIPR VM
06HANOI2538	Ministry of Trade Conveys Oral Points on PNTR Deal re: [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 4, the Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu called in the CDA to convey orally the contents of a draft letter from Minister of Trade Tuyen to Secretary Gutierrez and USTR Schwab protesting the "mechanism" on textiles and apparel outlined in their letter to Senators Dol [...]	2006-10-04 12:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO VM
06HANOI2543	LETTER FROM MINISTE OF TRADE TUYEN RE TERM OF COPYRIGHT [...] Summay: Embassy received the letter below, dated October 2, 2006, from Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen to USTR Susan Schwab. The letter confirms that Vietnam will grant U.S. nationals at least 75 years of copyright protection in accordance with the provisions of our Bilateral Trade Agree [...]	2006-10-05 08:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CON ETRD KIPR VM
06HANOI2570	Religious Freedom: CRA Chairman Discusses Recent Progress [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 5 meeting with the Charge, Committee on Religious Affairs Chairman Ngo Yen Thi described GVN efforts to accelerate registrations of Protestant congregations in the North. The late September conference for northern local officials was described as a success: o [...]	2006-10-05 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2571	INITIAL GROUNDWORK FOR APP IN DANANG [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, the Charge discussed USG interest in opening an American Presence Post (APP) in Danang with MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que. Earlier in September, an Embassy team looked at potential locations in Danang for the APP. Among the three [...]	2006-10-06 00:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ABLD ASEC VM
06HANOI258	VFM BANG UNLIKELY TO TRAVEL IN FEBRUARY; VIETNAM [...] (SBU) After delivering reftel letter February 7, Pol/C discussed EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill's invitation to VFM Le Van Bang with MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Le Chi Dzung. Describing his reaction as "informal," Dzung said that VFM Bang would probably be unable to travel to the Uni [...]	2006-02-07 03:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM
06HANOI2582	GVN Responds on Repatriation Agreement [...] (SBU) On October 6, Embassy received the GVN's response to the draft repatriation agreement post delivered to the MFA on August 2 (Refs A and B). The GVN: seeks to replace the term "relevant authorities/officials" with "competent authorities/officials;" presented for USG consideration a stand [...]	2006-10-06 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CVIS KJUS PREL VM
06HANOI2598	VIETNAM WILL SUPPORT UNITED STATES AT ITU [...] (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 [...]	2006-10-11 08:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS AORC ECON ITU VM
06HANOI2599	CDA DISCUSSES POTUS VISIT, BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) The Charge met on October 10 with MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que to continue discussions related to the POTUS visit. Que suggested that President Bush consider adding a short visit with the Communist Party's General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, in part to balanc [...]	2006-10-11 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HANOI2602	MISS WORLD EXPOSES SIGNAL PIRACY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese press has widely reported on accusations by national television broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) that its competitor Vietnam Television Technology Investment and Development Company (VTC) violated VTV's copyright as the sole authorized broadcaster of the Miss World [...]	2006-10-11 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECPS KPRV WTRO VM
06HANOI2605	VIETNAM COMMENTS ON BILATERAL MARITIME AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post met with the Vietnam Ministry of Transport (MOT) on October 5 to urge speedy approval of the U.S.-Vietnam Maritime Transport Agreement (MTA) and inquire as to the reasons for hold-ups in the government approval process. MOT says that it too wants approval of the agreement [...]	2006-10-11 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD VM
06HANOI2606	CDA DISCUSSES POTUS VISIT, BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) The Charge met on October 10 with MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que to continue discussions related to the POTUS visit. Que suggested that President Bush consider adding a short visit with the Communist Party's General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, in part to balance [...]	2006-10-11 11:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HANOI2607	CODEL HAGEL CALLS ON MINISTER OF DEFENSE, COLONEL GENERAL [...] (SBU) On October 6, Senator Hagel called on Vietnam's new Minister of Defense, Colonel General Phung Quang Thanh. During this meeting, Colonel General Thanh reviewed the positive trend in bilateral military relations, and noted several key areas where the U.S.-Vietnam defense relationship coul [...]	2006-10-12 03:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MARR VM
06HANOI2608	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES TRADE, PEACE CORPS, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 10, Senator Chuck Hagel discussed Vietnam's WTO accession, Human Rights and the Peace Corps with the GVN's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. Khiem noted that the GVN is working to prepare for the President's upcoming visit by fulfilling its commitments [...]	2006-10-12 03:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2617	HANOI'S NEW CIVIL SOCIETY LAW IN LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: The GVN in late September pulled the 11th version of the draft Law on Associations (LOA) from the National Assembly's (NA) upcoming agenda. The Politburo, which has ultimate say over legislation put forward to the NA, probably is foot-dragging because it fears the law,s potential [...]	2006-10-12 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HANOI2619	SENATOR HAGEL MEETING WITH VIETNAM FINANCE MINISTER VU VAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Hagel met with Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh on October 6 to discuss Vietnam's economy and financial system. During the meeting Minister Ninh stressed that Vietnam aims to join the WTO as soon as possible and that it appreciates the support from the U.S. administration an [...]	2006-10-13 01:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG OVIP EIND EINV VM
06HANOI2620	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES PNTR AND ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REFORMS [...] (SBU) On October 6, Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman and Politburo member Nguyen Phu Trong briefed Senator Chuck Hagel on the NA's developing oversight role in Vietnam's policymaking process and in promoting social and economic development. Trong said passage of Permanent Normal Tra [...]	2006-10-13 01:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2624	MFA PROTESTS AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS CONCERNING DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 11, MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que called in the Charge to protest remarks about the Vietnamese political movement 8406 Bloc made by the Ambassador during an October 2 Radio Free Asia interview. According to Que, the remarks caused a negat [...]	2006-10-13 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2630	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you back to Vietnam. Your visit will help us to address a number of key issues in the lead-up to the President's November visit. It will also underscore to the Vietnamese that progress on core American concerns and values must keep pace with the s [...]	2006-10-13 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI2633	Vietnam Addresses Workforce Anxiety in APEC Conference [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dealing with the anxieties and needs of the Vietnamese workforce as the country becomes more integrated into the world economy is high on the minds of the Vietnamese. This explains the huge turnout for a two-day APEC labor conference in Hanoi. Some 175 participants from Vietna [...]	2006-10-13 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD EINV WTRO VM
06HANOI2642	VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO VENEZUELA AND CUBA ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Recent news reports have indicated that Vietnam has signed a series of energy deals with Venezuela and Cuba. According to a GVN official, such Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) are in line with the GVN's policy to seek more oil resources and partners outside of Vietn [...]	2006-10-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG OVIP EINV VE VM
06HANOI2649	GVN INFORMED ABOUT UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP VM KN
06HANOI2662	RESPONSE FROM MFA ON PROPOSED U.S.-VIETNAM NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is apparently not interested in quickly pursuing two formal agreements on nonproliferation which have been under negotiation between the Department of Energy and the Ministry of Science and Technology since 2004. MOST remains open, however, to discussion of the transfe [...]	2006-10-19 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY VM
06HANOI2663	NEW DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FORMS [...] (SBU) This message was coordinated with ConGen Ho Chi Minh City. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Using strong language, local activists announced on October 18 the establishment of an umbrella alliance of democratic organizations with the aim of pushing for a multi-party system in Vietnam. Th [...]	2006-10-19 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM VM
06HANOI2685	VIETNAM ? OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported human Avian Influenza ( 2. (U) There have been no reported Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no c GVN Prepares for Winter Flu Season ---------------------------------- 3. (U) With the winter season approaching, the GVN has announced the n [...]	2006-10-20 11:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2686	VIETNAM - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. With the winter season approaching, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has announced the need to tighten AI controls. On October 19, the RAND Corpo [...]	2006-10-23 02:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI
06HANOI2687	LOOSING TRACTION: S&T VICE MINISTER ON FUEL CONVERSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 26, 2006, the Charg d'Affairs paid a return visit to Vice Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang to seek the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) prompt approval for the fuel conversion of the Dalat research reactor and conclusion of two related agreements on [...]	2006-10-23 03:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY KIPR VM
06HANOI2705	Ministry of Culture and Information Suspends Newspapers for [...] (U) SUMMARY: Both Vietnamese and international media outlets reported extensively over the weekend on the GVN's October 20 suspension of two newspapers for a period of one month. These organizations, as well as numerous, more prominent papers, have carried stories in the last few months about [...]	2006-10-24 02:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO VM
06HANOI2710	MFA OUTLINES BUREAUCRATIC DIFFICULTIES IN ADVANCING [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 23, the DCM met with MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Nguyen Ba Hung to discuss the status of bilateral issues in advance of the POTUS visit. The DCM reviewed the list of as-yet unresolved official and commercial agreements that need to be concluded, noting our [...]	2006-10-24 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI2712	MOJ VICE MINISTER TELLS A/S LOWENKRON [...] (SBU) On October 19, Ministry of Justice Vice Minister Hoang The Lien told Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron that a "political decision" has been made to abolish Administrative Decree 31 (which authorizes officials to impose punishments without due proces [...]	2006-10-25 02:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2727	ASSISTANT SECRETARY LOWENKRON DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (SBU) On October 19, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron told Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang that, while the United States recognizes there have been positive human rights developments in Vietnam, we will continue to urge the release of the two remaining [...]	2006-10-26 03:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2734	MFA GIVES NOD ON FUEL CONVERSION OF VIETNAM'S RESEARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 24, 2006, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration Assistant Deputy Administrator (ADA) Andrew Bieniawski met separately with Vice Minister of Science and Technology Le Binh Dinh and Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Phan Binh Minh to c [...]	2006-10-26 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY KIPR VM
06HANOI2749	GVN SEEKS ADVICE ON POINTS FOR TEHERAN VISIT [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On October 26, MFA Americas Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Ba Hung informed us that Vice Foreign Minister Vu Dzung plans to travel to Iran and three African countries in late November. The Iran portion of the tour is [...]	2006-10-27 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP VM IR
06HANOI2765	PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's recent trip to Japan was intended to reaffirm the two countries' friendship and cooperation in a highly visible manner. The PM's schedule included a full array of high-level events and meetings (Ref B). In addition to protocol-driven events, t [...]	2006-10-30 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG KIPR JA VM
06HANOI2767	PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's recent trip to Japan was intended to reaffirm the two countries' friendship and cooperation in a highly visible manner. The PM's schedule included a full array of high-level events and meetings (Ref B). In addition to protocol-driven events, t [...]	2006-10-30 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG KIPR JA VM
06HANOI2772	OPEN TO IDEA OF FFDO PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese Civil Aviation Official was generally open to the idea of the proposed Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program. Embassy is seeking answers to his questions about the program from the Transportation Security Administration representative in Bangkok. End summary. [...]	2006-10-31 01:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PTER VM
06HANOI2775	GVN Responds on Repatriation Agreement [...] (SBU) On October 30, Embassy received the GVN's response to the clarifications requested (Ref A) regarding the draft repatriation agreement Post delivered to the MFA on August 2 (Refs B and C). The GVN agrees with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's interpretation of Article 4, section [...]	2006-10-31 03:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CVIS KJUS PREL VM
06HANOI2779	THAI PRIME MINISTER BRIEFLY VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26, Thailand's interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont met with GVN leaders on a whirlwind visit that was part of a round of courtesy calls to Southeast Asian neighbors. PM Chulanont told his GVN interlocutors that Thailand's "recent situation" had returned to normal [...]	2006-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TH VM
06HANOI2785	MPT REACTS TO INDUSTRY LETTERS ON DECISION 169 [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) official acknowledged information technology (IT) industry concerns over two Decisions which give domestic preference for government IT procurements. On the positive side, he said the Vietnamese government will soon begin work on a circul [...]	2006-11-01 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO VM
06HANOI2800	2006-2007 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM VM
06HANOI2803	VIETNAM - NOVEMBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. On November 1, the Charge d'Affaires signed the Partnership Framework for Avian and Human Influenza (PAHI) along with nine donors and three non-g [...]	2006-11-06 00:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2813	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NONAPPLICATION RE VIETNAM ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche points on November 6 to Dr. Nguyen Van Binh, Deputy Director General of Trade Policy for Americas, Ministry of Trade. Dr. Binh was reassured when Econ/C reiterated the second point, namely that the United States intends to actively support Genera [...]	2006-11-07 06:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO WTO VM
06HANOI2817	MFA SIGNALS APPROVAL ON REACTOR FUEL CONVERSION PROPOSAL, [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 26, 2006, Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) staff and ESTHOff discussed with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) staff details of NNSA Assistant Deputy Administrator (ADA) Andrew Bieniawski's letter to Assistant Minister of Foreign [...]	2006-11-07 06:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KIPR KNNP KGIT VM
06HANOI2820	APEC COMMERCIAL DELIVERABLES: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OOG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vice Chairman of the Office of Government (OOG) (the Prime Minister's office),on November 3 to discuss the status of pending commercial projects involving American firms in advance of the President's visit to Vietnam. The Ambassador rev [...]	2006-11-07 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OVIP EIND EINV VM
06HANOI2822	VIETNAM'S FIRST HIV/AIDS LAW: TRANSFORMING NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, 2006, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. The legislation, the first on this subject, goes into effect on January 1, 2007. While details are still under discussion, this bold and comprehensive new Law demonstrates Vie [...]	2006-11-08 00:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR PROP SOCI TBIO KHIV VM
06HANOI2833	DEMARCHES ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 8, Poloff discussed reftel points on the Cuba embargo resolution and the Australian amendment with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director Vu Anh Quang. Mr. Quang said the GVN position is consistent with the majority of countries that support the Cuba embar [...]	2006-11-08 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PHUM UN CU VM
06HANOI2842	DEMARCHES ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-10 02:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHCR UN VM
06HANOI2884	PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: MISSION VIETNAM PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (U) Embassy Hanoi and the Consulate General Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) have developed basic shelter-in-place plans and taken a number of steps to inform all employees and their families of the need to prepare for pandemic influenza, including the need to maintain emergency food stocks, per previo [...]	2006-11-21 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO VM
06HANOI289	IAEA REPORTS IRAN TO THE UNSC [...] (SBU) During a meeting February 10, Charge delivered reftel points to Assistant Foreign Minister and Americas Department Director General Nguyen Duc Hung. Hung had no substantive response, but promised to report our points to his leadership. 2. (SBU) Comment: We will follow-up with the MF [...]	2006-02-10 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC VM
06HANOI290	VENEZUELA'S UNSC ASPIRATIONS: VIETNAM YE TO STAKE A POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNSC VM VE
06HANOI2916	EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS VISIT PHAM HONG SON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: European diplomatic representatives in Hanoi were able to visit Pham Hong Son in his home on November 23. However, the meeting -- in which Son described his democratic beliefs, explained his unwillingness to join forces with newly formed activist groups in Vietnam an [...]	2006-11-29 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM VM
06HANOI293	MEETING WITH AFM HUNG: VFM LE VAN BANG MAY TRAVEL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung informed the Charge February 10 that National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Yeu tentatively plans to lead an Assembly delegation to Washington February 26 for discussions with Congress on WTO and the PNTR vote. VFM Le [...]	2006-02-10 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OTRA VM
06HANOI2940	VIETNAM: WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CONTACTS [...] On November 28, Poloff shared reftel fact sheet on recommendations from the Women's Empowerment Working Session with Nguyen Thi Minh Quy, Director of the National Committee for the Advancement of Women. After discussing the sheet with her colleagues, Quy will send us ideas on possible projects [...]	2006-12-01 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL RP UNGA
06HANOI2944	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Marine had his first official meeting with Minister of Education and Training Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan on November 30. The meeting took place days before Dr. Nhan's first visit as Minister to the United States on what his staff is calling a "study tour." Minster Nhan ex [...]	2006-12-01 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2948	TERRORIST LISTS - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 04:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER VM
06HANOI2962	GVN ANNOUNCES PLANS TO SIGN IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On December 4, MFA Department of International Organizations Acting Director General Le Hoai Trung met with representatives of the diplomatic community to announce State President Nguyen Minh Triet's decision that Vietnam will sign the IAEA Additional Protocol (AP). [...]	2006-12-05 08:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP KGIT VM
06HANOI2980	NEW REGULATION ON COSMETICS REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. cosmetics firms have expressed concerns over the Ministry of Health's (MOH) recent Decision No. 35/2006-QD-BYT that implements a new registration process for cosmetics products. The Decision, which takes effect December 20, subjects more categories of cosmetics products for [...]	2006-12-07 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO VM
06HANOI2995	ABN-AMRO Bank Pays Police USD 4.5 million [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: After months of investigation by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),Vietnam's central bank, and the police, the Dutch bank ABN-AMRO reportedly acquiesced with a police order to pay USD 4.5 million to settle a foreign exchange dispute with the state-owned Industrial and [...]	2006-12-11 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
06HANOI30	NEXT WEEK'S PARTY PLENUM TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND [...] (C) Summary: In preparation for the National Party Congress, the Communist Party of Vietnam will kick off its 13th Plenum on January 11. Meeting for several days, the Central Committee will both discuss its future membership and other leadership issues and examine several important Party doc [...]	2006-01-06 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VM
06HANOI3004	LETTER TO AMBASSADOR HANFORD FROM VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC [...] (SBU) On December 8, Ministry of Public Security contacts passed a letter to Poloff from Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong to Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford (unofficial translation below). Our contacts noted that lifting Vietnam's Country of Particular Concer [...]	2006-12-13 01:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI3006	IAEA DG ELBARADEI'S VISIT BOOSTS VIETNAM'S NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei visited Hanoi December 9-11 to review the Agency's cooperation with the GVN. DG ElBaradei's objectives for the visit were to promote the potential for Vietnam's nuclear power program to become a region [...]	2006-12-13 08:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC PARM PREL KNNP VM
06HANOI3007	VIETNAM SEEKS TO BOLSTER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam recently co-hosted East Asia's first-ever conference on International Humanitarian Law, during which it pledged to take steps to strengthen its commitment to humanitarian law. Significantly, Vietnam's decision to host the conference is part and parcel of its [...]	2006-12-13 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN VM
06HANOI301	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 10, [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 85 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The GVN will launch [...]	2006-02-10 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR KFLU PINR SOCI TBIO VM
06HANOI3011	VIETNAM: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 07:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM VM
06HANOI3012	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES SESSION, CONTINUES TO [...] (C) During its recently concluded session, the National Assembly approved Vietnam's WTO-entry Protocol and debated and passed 11 laws and one resolution. These included a controversial new Law on Gender Equality and a Law on Residence. However, a long-standing draft Law on Associations was w [...]	2006-12-14 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL VM
06HANOI3014	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES WTO PROTOCOL RATIFICATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) voted 444-3 for a Resolution that ratifies Vietnam's World Trade Organization (WTO) Accession Protocol. Vietnam formally deposited its ratification in Geneva on December 12 and will become the WTO's 150th member on January 11, 200 [...]	2006-12-14 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON ECPS VM
06HANOI3018	Vietnam Moves to Abolish Decree 31 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On December 14, the National Assembly Standing Committee passed a resolution supporting a GVN proposal to abolish Decree 31, the measure that provides for "administrative detention" of those whose actions do not merit prosecution under the criminal code. Provided th [...]	2006-12-15 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI VM
06HANOI3019	VIETNAM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW LABOR LAWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly passed two important pieces of labor legislation in its fall session, one governing labor disputes and another regulating the country's burgeoning export labor industry. Labor experts note that the new strikes law could help open the door to greater freedom [...]	2006-12-15 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI3021	MFA Protests Ambassador's Remarks in Support of Greater [...] (SBU) During a roundtable with foreign correspondents on December 13, the Ambassador spoke on the issue of human rights, freedom of expression and the GVN's treatment of activists and others who peacefully voice their political views. Responding to a reporter's question about the activities of [...]	2006-12-18 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO VM
06HANOI3033	DURING HANOI VISIT, UNHCR COMMENTS ON 42 VIETNAMESE H'MONG [...] (SBU) According to a UNHCR official in Hanoi, Thai authorities have reportedly threatened to deport 42 Vietnamese ethnic H'mong recently arrested in Thailand. UNHCR is negotiating a solution with the Vietnamese and Thai MFAs calling for third-party resettlement. All parties appear to accept th [...]	2006-12-19 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF VM
06HANOI3059	COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS AND PROTESTANT ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) The Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) told Poloff on December 19 that it will issue recognition certificates to two previously unrecognized church organizations on December 23. The CRA also confirmed the existence of a controversial training manual on Protestantism. The man [...]	2006-12-22 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI3070	UNHCR: "NO GENERAL THREAT" IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; [...] (SBU) At a December 15 briefing to Hanoi-based diplomats, UNHCR highlighted that the overall environment for Vietnamese ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands was improving, despite an increase of arrivals to Cambodia in 2006. Refugee status recognition rates have dropped significantly in [...]	2006-12-26 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
06HANOI3071	TRADE MINISTER -- THANKS ON QUOTA ELIMINATION BUT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Trade Tuyen has sent a letter thanking USTR for clarifying the timing of the elimination of textile and apparel quotas. He also expresses appreciation for President Bush's signing of PNTR. At the same time, he notes continued concern about the development of a "Moni [...]	2006-12-26 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX ECON PREL WTRO VM
06HANOI3081	YEAR-END LABOR STRIFE SEEN LESS LIKELY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after a wave of labor unrest hit lower-paying foreign-owned factories in Vietnam, workers, businesses and government officials say that similar labor strife is less likely now. Labor experts state that tensions are lower because of last year's government-mandated wage i [...]	2006-12-28 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI3092	Vietnam Airlines Gets Serious About Flights to USA [...] (SBU) Summary: Anticipating a surge in U.S. business and tourist travelers to Vietnam, Vietnam Airlines (VNA) intends to begin flights to the United States in early 2008. It will submit a plan for the operation to the Prime Minister in the beginning of January, Vietnam Airlines officials told [...]	2006-12-29 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI3096	VIETNAM'S MOBILE PHONE SECTOR SHOWS STRONG GROWTH; ADVANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam is the world's second fastest growing telecommunications market behind China. Mobile phone subscribers in Vietnam are reported to now stand at 17 million, a 70 percent increase over December 2005. Military-owned Viettel Mobile, with more than five million subscribers, i [...]	2006-12-29 11:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECPS ECON KPRV VM
06HANOI325	PALESTINIAN ELECTION: VIETNAM SUPPORTS ASPIRATIONS [...] (SBU) Pol/C met with MFA West Asia and Africa Department Deputy Director General Duong Huynh Lap February 14 to deliver reftel points. Lap described Vietnam's relations with the Palestinian Authority and President Abbas as "very good." Since the PLO established an office in Hanoi in 1976, Vi [...]	2006-02-14 09:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS KPAL VM
06HANOI326	CARTOON CONTROVERSY: GVN CONDEMNS VIOLENCE; [...] (SBU) Pol/C met with MFA West Asia and Africa Department Deputy Director General Duong Huynh Lap February 14 to deliver reftel points. Lap relayed the GVN's regret at both the offensive cartoons and the violence they generated. Vietnam believes that this matter should be resolved through dial [...]	2006-02-14 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI KISL KPAO XF VM
06HANOI344	NEXT UN SYG: VIETNAM SUPPORTS ASIAN CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) POL/C met February 14 with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Vu Anh Quang to discuss reftel points. Quang reported that, while Vietnam believes that the next UN Secretary-General must be effective and competent and enjoy the wide support of the world com [...]	2006-02-15 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN VM
06HANOI358	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 16 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 91 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Ministry of Agri [...]	2006-02-17 01:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI368	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VICE-CHAIRMAN TO TRAVEL [...] (U) Post received a note dated February 16 from the Office of the National Assembly formally conveying the plans of the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly to travel to the United States. We will report delegation and itinerary details as they become available. 2. (SBU) Begin text of no [...]	2006-02-17 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC VM
06HANOI392	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH DPM VU KHOAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 21 meeting, IRF Ambassador Hanford and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan agreed that the recently concluded Human Rights Dialogue will help to spur on further positive developments in the bilateral relationship. On the issue of religious freedom, Ambassador Hanf [...]	2006-02-22 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI393	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, accompanied by IRF Ambassador John Hanford met, February 20 with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang. After reviewing the bilateral Human Rights Dialogue's morning session (septel),A/S Lowenkron urged the GVN not to constrain NGOs under an impending new [...]	2006-02-22 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI394	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: IRF Ambassador John Hanford met February 21 with Buddhist and Protestant leaders to discuss issues surrounding the practice and management of organized religion in Vietnam. Both the Buddhist and Protestant representatives acknowledged progress in the religious freedom situation [...]	2006-02-22 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI395	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS VIETNAM MPS VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John V. Hanford told Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong that he is encouraged by developments in Vietnam related to religious freedom, but remains concerned about the slow pace of church regist [...]	2006-02-22 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
06HANOI421	TAIWANESE ASK FOR HELP WITH DISCRIMINATION IN APEC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Hanoi (TECOH) representatives expressed concern over inequitable treatment they claim they are experiencing in both the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the World Health Organization (WHO),a result, they sa [...]	2006-02-22 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	APEC ECON IO PREL TW VM
06HANOI429	VIETNAM: Palestine, and Iraq Bombings [...] (SBU) Nguyen Diep Ha, desk officer in the Foreign Ministry's West Asia and Africa Department, told Poloff February 23 that Vietnam "respects the decision of the Palestinian people's choice to elect Hamas" and predicted that Hamas will "represent the Palestinian people well and will act in thei [...]	2006-02-23 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IZ PA VM
06HANOI453	RUSSIA AND VIETNAM KEEP UP THE ILLUSION OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Ephimovich Fradkov was Vietnam's first high-ranking foreign visitor since Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. The February 16-17 visit was the third by a Russian Prime Minister to Vietnam since 1997. The primary purposes of this visit were to strengthe [...]	2006-02-24 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RU VM
06HANOI461	STAFFDEL GROVE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior MFA officials cautioned visiting Senate Appropriations Committee Majority Clerk Paul Grove that continued USG pressure on Burma and Cambodia will only push those countries closer to China, and will not succeed in convincing them to become more responsible international a [...]	2006-02-27 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL PHUM KIRF SNAR KWMN KCRM OMIG VM
06HANOI504	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 3 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 105 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Prime Minister [...]	2006-03-03 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI505	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 3 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 105 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Prime Minister [...]	2006-03-03 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI510	Update on Prisoners of Concern; Prisoner Tran Van [...] (SBU) Summary: A passing reference during the recent U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue to the suicide of one of our prisoners of concern led to several confusing exchanges with the MFA and the eventual confirmation that Tran Van Luong, the former Director of Vietnam's Center for Applied Phys [...]	2006-03-06 08:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
06HANOI549	CONDITIONS FACING ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) An Embassy and DRL/IRF team recently visited the Northwest provinces of Lao Cai and Yen Bai to examine social conditions for ethnic minorities and to advocate for the rapid registration of ethnic minority Protestant groups. Protestant leaders from the region reported that local officials [...]	2006-03-09 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM VM
06HANOI551	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: AFTERNOON [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV PREF VM
06HANOI552	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV SOCI VM

06HANOI561	VIETNAM: MARCH 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] Summary. There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 105 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to issue statements that indicate no new AI outbreaks in poultry since December 17, 2005. A local newspaper re [...]	2006-03-10 11:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI566	A "FIVE-YEAR PLAN" FOR VIETNAM'S TELECOM AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN approved what amounts to a "five- year plan" for the ambitious development of its telecommunications and Internet sectors between now and 2010, with an estimated investment of USD 631 million to be financed by foreign and domestic private sources and overseas developmen [...]	2006-03-13 07:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KPRV VM
06HANOI582	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS CHAIRMAN THI OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met February 21 with the head of Vietnam's Committee for Religious Affairs. They agreed that the GVN has taken important steps to establishing religious freedom in most of the country; however the Northwe [...]	2006-03-14 03:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI584	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: UNHCR TO VISIT MARCH 22; UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary: A UNHCR team will visit Gia Lai Province March 22-23 to meet with the families of "double-backers." The team has also requested private meetings with two individuals who were allegedly mistreated by local authorities. The GVN has invited Assistant High Commissioner Erika Felle [...]	2006-03-14 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI596	PARTY'S 14TH PLENUM TO OPEN SOON; LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party's Central Committee will begin its 14th plenum March 18. What most likely will be the final gathering before the (still unscheduled) 10th Party Congress, this plenum will seek to address public commentary on the Party's draft Political Report and finalize s [...]	2006-03-15 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR VM
06HANOI601	A/DCM'S MEETING WITH MOFA VFM PHUNG ON WTO AND APEC [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting DCM Greg Stanford, accompanied by ECON/C and Econoff, met March 14 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung at his request to discuss WTO negotiations. Phung said senior Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials heard informally during a re [...]	2006-03-15 11:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON APEC ETRD WTRO VM
06HANOI612	VIETNAM RATIFIES CTBT [...] On March 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered Diplomatic Note 89/NG-TCQT informing the Embassy that Vietnam ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on February 23, 2006. President Tran Duc Luong was the ratifying official. MARINE [...]	2006-03-16 08:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM CTBT VM
06HANOI614	VIETNAM LIKELY TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT U.S.-INDIA [...] (SBU) On March 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department senior expert Vu Van Mien, a frequent and close contact on nonproliferation issues. Mien said he appreciated the briefing on the initiative, and noted that Vietnam was sur [...]	2006-03-16 08:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN VM
06HANOI615	VIETNAM AND PALESTINE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche March 10 to Nguyen Diep Ha, desk officer in the Foreign Ministry's West Asia and Africa Department. Ha said there has been no change in Vietnamese policy or the situation regarding Vietnam's relations with Palestine (Refs B and C). No one from the Palest [...]	2006-03-16 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PA VM
06HANOI625	VIETNAM: WILL LIKELY APPROVE ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 02:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ VM
06HANOI627	VIETNAM AND DPRK WORK TO IMPROVE TIES [...] (C) DPRK MFA Asia Director Ma Chol-su visited Vietnam March 2-5 as part of the two countries' continuing efforts to patch up relations following the mass defection incident of July 2004. During meetings in Hanoi with Government and Party representatives, the two sides agreed to pursue high-le [...]	2006-03-17 05:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM KN KS
06HANOI628	POLITICAL DEBATE, VIETNAMESE STYLE: THE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The public's response to the call for comments on the Communist Party's draft Political Report has been enthusiastic and, by Vietnamese standards, refreshingly open. Many commentators have taken on overtly political issues, expressing dissatisfaction with the Party's [...]	2006-03-17 06:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VM
06HANOI630	VIETNAM: MARCH 17 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases since November 9, 2005. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Minister of Agr [...]	2006-03-17 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI638	GVN REPORT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) On March 10, the GVN's Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) sent the Ambassador a report on religious conditions in Vietnam in 2005 (unofficial translation in paragraph 4). The first part of the report lists Vietnam's achievements in promoting religious freedom in 2005, and the second p [...]	2006-03-20 07:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM VM
06HANOI657	U.S.-VIETNAM BILATERAL WTO ACCESSION MARKET ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Working within a theme of liberalization, linkages, and legislation, U.S. and Vietnamese negotiators made significant progress in bilateral WTO Accession market access negotiations held January 16-18 in Hanoi. In the agricultural market access negotiations, tariff lines coveri [...]	2006-03-21 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PREL USTR VM
06HANOI667	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: AFTERNOON [...] (SBU) In an agreed continuation of the morning session on religious freedom and ethnic minority affairs of the February 20 U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, before beginning the afternoon schedule, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford presented the GVN side wi [...]	2006-03-22 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV VM
06HANOI669	U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: MORNING SESSION [...] (SBU) Delegations from the United States and Vietnam met for the two countries' first Human Rights Dialogue in over three years February 20. The morning session included opening remarks, Vietnam's presentation of its approaches to human rights, a discussion of criminal code, prison conditions [...]	2006-03-22 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI670	AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS WTO, HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador focused on Vietnam's WTO entry, practical developments in our human rights discussions, possible Congressional visits and developments in the bilateral relationship over the next six months during a March 21 lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang. VFM Bang [...]	2006-03-22 23:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD APEC PHUM AMGT OVIP CVIS CASC VM
06HANOI677	Towards a National Assembly That Makes Laws? [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of the National Assembly's evolving role as Government watchdog, its involvement in Vietnam's lawmaking process remains limited. Both the GVN and the National Assembly recognize that this is partially due to the Assembly's lack of resources, particularly professional [...]	2006-03-23 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI VM
06HANOI678	VIETNAM-CHINA TRADE: REPORT FROM LANG SON PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor met with provincial and customs officials in Lang Son province, one of two main transit provinces for goods to and from China on March 16- 17. Customs officials at Tan Thanh claimed that 80 percent of goods crossing the checkpoint were fruit, smuggling of pirat [...]	2006-03-23 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CM VM
06HANOI680	Vietnam: Officially Still Undecided on Venezuela [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 06:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNSC GT VE VM
06HANOI683	VIETNAM FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS ON CHINA, THE UNITED [...] (SBU) Summary: During a frank discussion with visiting Deputy NIO Terrence Markin and Poloff, senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Institute for International Relations (IIR) encouraged the United States to stay closely engaged in Southeast Asia, but avoid making Southeast Asia [...]	2006-03-24 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL APEC ASEAN CH VM
06HANOI685	VIETNAM - MARCH 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases since November 9, 2005. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The GVN has ordered [...]	2006-03-24 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI686	ARF SEMINAR: VIETNAM AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points March 24 to Phan Minh Giang of the MFA ASEAN Affairs Department. He reported that, in addition to himself, GVN attendees will be MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General (and delegation head) Le Hoai Trung and Ministry of Defense Se [...]	2006-03-24 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP VM
06HANOI697	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT IN HOA BINH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to Hoa Binh and Son La provinces west of Hanoi, the Ambassador discussed economic and issues development local leaders. The Hoa Binh officials were notably progressive in their approach to development, which bodes well for their province. However, Son La's o [...]	2006-03-27 08:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI715	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN HOA BINH [...] (SBU) Summary: On a March 13-15 visit, the Ambassador discussed religious freedom issues with the leaders of Hoa Binh and Son La Provinces (reftel). The difference between the Hoa Binh approach to religious freedom and Son La's attitudes was stark. Hoa Binh is a model for the kind of leader [...]	2006-03-29 04:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI736	GVN AVOIDS HARSH CRITICISM OF 2005 HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Unlike in previous years, the GVN has not launched an intensive media campaign against the 2005 Human Rights Report. This could reflect a decision to avoid possible repercussions with the U.S. Congress that would complicate a PNTR vote on WTO membership. It may al [...]	2006-03-31 08:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI739	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ETHNIC MINORITY ISSUES IN HOA [...] (SBU) Summary: On a March 13-15 visit, the Ambassador discussed ethnic minority issues with the leaders of Hoa Binh and Son La Provinces (reftels). Son La has a much larger potential problem with ethnic tension arising from the massive displacement of ethnic minority Thai communities by the [...]	2006-03-31 08:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI748	AMBASSADOR MEETS COUNTERNARCOTICS TASK FORCE IN SON [...] (SBU) Summary: On a March 14-15 visit to Son La Province, the Ambassador received a briefing on U.S. funded, UNODC-administered counternarcotics efforts in the region. Since the inception of this effort, coordination has improved among local, regional and cross-border security officials, and [...]	2006-04-03 07:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON SNAR VM
06HANOI767	LEADERSHIP RUMORS ABOUND FOLLOWING THE 14TH [...] (SBU) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl about the likely changes in Vietnam's leadership following the 10th Party Congress in April. They have grown especially intense since last week's close of the 14th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (CPV),which announced that it had [...]	2006-04-04 02:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI770	VIETNAM'S NOMINATION FOR FY06 OESI PROGRAM [...] (U) Mission Vietnam is pleased to submit a project proposal, developed by ESTHOff and Health Attache, for consideration under the FY06 funding for Oceans, Environment and Science Initiatives (OESI) program to promote democracy and good governance, leverage other funding, and advance U.S. nego [...]	2006-04-04 05:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV VM
06HANOI771	CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM: MINISTER FALLS, PARTY GETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The media is gleefully reporting a sensational corruption scandal involving millions of dollars in graft that has cost the Minister of Transportation his job. The case amplifies the recent wave of calls for anti- corruption reform that has dominated recent public discussion of [...]	2006-04-04 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR VM
06HANOI775	VIETNAM: HIGH-LEVEL GVN TIP REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: "Complicated developments" in trafficking in persons (TIP) in Vietnam (which is coded official language for a worsening of the situation) provoked a surprisingly high-level conference on TIP in Hanoi that involved two Politburo members and numerous other senior officials in a r [...]	2006-04-04 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HANOI782	VIETNAM: PSI ENDORSEMENT UNLIKELY SOON [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy Embassy pressure on the GVN has forced the issue of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) all the way to the Prime Minister's office, where we are told the decision has been made to authorize Vietnam's participation in PSI-related activities on a case-by-case basis, [...]	2006-04-05 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL VM
06HANOI783	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER HASTERT'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Mr. Speaker: Your visit to Vietnam comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship. Last year, the United States and Vietnam commemorated the tenth anniversary of normalized relations, the highlight of which was the very successful visit to the United States by Prime Minister [...]	2006-04-05 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN VM
06HANOI791	SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FOREIGN POLICY UNLIKELY AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's foreign policy evolution, a gradual process, is not likely to see any sharp changes or surprises at the upcoming 10th Party Congress. Instead, we will see an elaboration of existing policy, with efforts to improve relations with neighboring countries (ASEAN),maintai [...]	2006-04-05 06:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CVR VM
06HANOI797	VIETNAM AND PALESTINE [...] (SBU) In response to news articles quoting Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmud al-Zahar saying he plans to visit China and "tour other countries in East Asia," Poloff contacted Nguyen Diep Ha, desk officer in the Foreign Ministry's West Asia and Africa Department. Ha said there has been no change in [...]	2006-04-05 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PA VM
06HANOI800	VIETNAM - APRIL 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases since November 9, 2005. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The GVN announced t [...]	2006-04-06 02:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI802	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 05:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR UNCHR PHUM PREL UNGA VM
06HANOI815	VIETNAM, ASEAN FM MEETING, BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam will send an Assistant Minister to the Bali ministerial and is withholding judgment on what to do about Burma until it hears what Malaysian FM Hamid has to say. Vietnam is generally not inclined to support external intervention in Burma, but seems willing to go along w [...]	2006-04-10 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF BM VM
06HANOI817	VIETNAM: NO COMMENT ON DARFUR PKO NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA has not responded to our request to discuss the issue of troop and/or equipment support for a UN peacekeeping operation in Sudan. The Ministry of Defense received reftel demarche without comment, but asked unofficially whether China will participate and what is the expe [...]	2006-04-10 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU PKO VM
06HANOI823	VIETNAM'S EVENTUAL PKO PARTICIPATION LIKELY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA is in charge of preparing the political ground for Vietnam's eventual participation in international peacekeeping operations, which means winning internal consensus and gaining public opinion support. Neither task is complete yet, and the internal consensus- building wil [...]	2006-04-11 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU PKO MOPS VM
06HANOI833	Vietnam Tackling Abusive Export Labor Firms [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronted with problems related to a burgeoning export labor industry, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is taking action to regulate the industry and protect workers from potential abuse. In an effort to mitigate unemployment and develop its pool of skilled workers, the Governm [...]	2006-04-12 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HANOI835	HANOI DISCUSSES NEW LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On April 3, the GVN presented its ninth draft of a New Law on Associations to donor community Ambassadors, representatives of Vietnam's associations and international NGOs and other interested parties. Follow-on discussion was open and pointed. Controversial elemen [...]	2006-04-13 04:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI837	GVN TO PRESENT MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM AI STRATEGY; [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Marine attended the Monthly Donor Group Forum on Avian Influenza (AI) on April 7. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat and Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza David Nabarro were keynote speakers. Phat st [...]	2006-04-13 04:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI839	10th Party Congress: CPV Offers Preview, Aims for [...] (SBU) In a preview of the Communist Party's upcoming 10th National Congress, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan underscored that the Party's key focus will be on how to continue Vietnam's economic and social development efforts. Sticking close to well-known positions in a presentation to the diplo [...]	2006-04-13 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI848	Party Facing Turmoil on Eve of 10th Congress [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) Central Committee has scheduled an unusual 15th plenum to nail down still undecided senior leadership positions and address a widening corruption scandal. With a number of senior GVN officials implicated in the affair, the Party is scrambling to en [...]	2006-04-14 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI852	COUNTERNARCOTICS PROJECT PROPOSAL FROM UNODC [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Hanoi has received a three-year, USD 1.1 million project proposal from UNODC to improve the GVN's capacity to gather, use and share counternarcotics information and intelligence in order to build its capacity to interdict illegal drugs. Additional benefits for GVN borde [...]	2006-04-17 04:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR EAID VM
06HANOI853	HOUSE SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT MEETS VIETNAMESE PM [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert told Prime Minister Phan Van Khai that he is committed to working hard to pass Permanent Normalized Trade Relations (PNTR) for Vietnam because "it is the right thing to do" and because economic development and international integratio [...]	2006-04-17 06:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL ETRD WTO PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI862	SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE DELEGATION MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN NGUYEN VAN AN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert delivered a basic message in Hanoi: we support, in principle, Vietnam's economic development and openness and will work hard to pass Permanent Normalized Trade Relations for Vietnam because international economic i [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD WTO VM
06HANOI872	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: HANOI AUTHORITIES FACILITATING [...] (SBU) An expatriate Amcit who is a Jehovah's Witness informed Poloff on April 14 that representatives of the small congregation of witnesses in Hanoi recently were called in by local Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) officials and given two application forms for official registration as a P [...]	2006-04-18 05:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM VM
06HANOI875	VIETNAM: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE [...] (U) Post received a note dated April 7 from the Ministry of Trade formally conveying their response to Post's inquiry regarding the Independent Inquiry Committee investigation. 2. (SBU) Begin text of note: Ministry of Trade Socialist Republic of Vietnam Hanoi, April 7, 2006 The Min [...]	2006-04-18 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ VM
06HANOI885	TIP/Vietnam: Vietnam Ministries Get Action [...] (SBU) The Government of Vietnam has begun implementation of a new decision consolidating each responsible ministry's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) efforts and instructing government agencies to develop new programs to deal with the issue. 2. (SBU) Issued by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khi [...]	2006-04-19 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HANOI894	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: PROTESTANT EFFORTS TO REGISTER; [...] (SBU) House church leaders affiliated with the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) recently updated Poloff on their efforts to officially register the activities of their congregations in Vietnam's northern provinces. Progress in registration and other improvements in conditions for Protestan [...]	2006-04-20 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM VM
06HANOI895	Party Begins 10th Congress [...] (SBU) The Communist Party opened its 10th National Party Congress (NPC) April 18 with a five-year review of Party achievements and failures that included a reference to an ongoing corruption scandal that has claimed a number of high- level officials (Ref A). The final draft of the Party's Pol [...]	2006-04-20 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI896	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UNSC, NEXT SECRETARY- [...] (SBU) The DCM met April 19 with MFA International Organizations Department Acting Director General Vu Anh Quang to deliver reftel's points and letter from the Secretary to Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien. Quang said SIPDIS that the MFA values U.S. viewpoints on multilateral issues such as [...]	2006-04-20 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN UNSC KUNR PHUM GT VE VM
06HANOI911	Discussions of Agreements for the Dalat Reactor [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 13-15, 2006, a DOE-DOS team met with Vice Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang and other Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi to discuss the Vietnam's participation in the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) Initiative. The USG delegati [...]	2006-04-21 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY KTIA VM
06HANOI916	VIETNAM - APRIL 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the fact that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) does not have a BLS-3 laboratory, a credible source indicates that two animal health laboratories in Vietnam have been isolating the H5N1 virus. The Vice Director of the Ministry of Health's Drug Administration has confirm [...]	2006-04-21 12:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI943	Party Selects New (Old) Leadership; Senior [...] (SBU) The Communist Party closed its 10th National Party Congress (NPC) April 25 after re-electing Nong Duc Manh to the position of Party General Secretary. The Party's new Central Committee, elected April 23, also selected the new Politburo and Party Secretariat. Although many of those who [...]	2006-04-25 11:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI952	MDA - VIETNAM WILL VOTE YES IN JUNE [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A's points, MFA International Organizations Department First Secretary Ngo Thi Lien reported that Vietnam will vote "yes" at the International Conference in June. However, the GVN is still studying the Third Additional Protocol and has no plan at this time to sign it. [...]	2006-04-26 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ VM
06HANOI958	HCOC: Vietnam Still Not Ready [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A's points, MFA Department of International Organizations nonproliferation specialist Vu Van Mien said April 26 that Vietnam is still studying subscribing to the HCOC, but has "no plans to sign it in the near future." In principle, Vietnam supports the goals of the HC [...]	2006-04-27 03:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA VM
06HANOI964	Ambassador Meets Vietnam's Chief of Police, Signs [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Vice Minister of Public Security Le The Tiem signed April 26 the Amendment to the U.S.- Vietnam Letter of Agreement on Counternarcotics. Prior to the signing ceremony, the two discussed bilateral law enforcement cooperation and other issues, agreeing that both sides' [...]	2006-04-27 07:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR EAID ECON OSCI VM
06HANOI992	UNHCR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) UNHCR's Assistant Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller visted Gia Lai Province April 26-27 and met Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh April 28. While in Gia Lai, she met with six returnees (including two individuals who were singled out by Human Rights Watch),who described their [...]	2006-04-28 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI993	VIETNAM 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION (INTELLECTUAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI100	VIETNAM'S CHRISTIANS REPORT MERRY CHRISTMAS, OTHER POSITIVE [...] (SBU) We are encouraged by initial enthusiastic reports from northern Protestants and Catholics that Christmas 2006 was celebrated with incident. There have been no reports of official harassment of registered or unregistered Protestants anywhere in the north, and most house churches were allo [...]	2007-01-18 06:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1009	"ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...]	2007-05-30 00:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY
07HANOI1012	"ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...]	2007-05-30 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY
07HANOI1016	LIMP ENDING FOR WORLD BANK REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S PMU-18 [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Bank's review of corruption allegations and the Ministry of Transport's management of two Bank-funded projects is complete: the infamous Project Management Unit (PMU) 18 escaped any serious findings of corruption, but the Bank concluded that pervasive mismanagement abo [...]	2007-05-30 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL VM
07HANOI1026	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE POULTRY OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam is experiencing a new wave of H5N1 AI outbreaks in poultry. In May 2007, poultry outbreaks have been reported in 12 provinces and municipalities throughout the country. The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) public health response to the reported first human case since November [...]	2007-06-01 08:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1034	ELECTION SHOCKER: COMMUNIST PARTY COMES OUT ON TOP [...] (SBU) On May 29, the National Assembly released the results of its May 20 election, and the make-up of the legislature will not differ markedly from the previous assembly: of the 497 seats in the body, non-Communist Party candidates won 43 seats, women 127 seats and ethnic minorities 87 seats. [...]	2007-06-01 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM
07HANOI1050	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES UNDER [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports a second confirmed human case of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) since May 1 (reftel A and B). The media reports that two additional patients with severe respiratory illness are under investigation for AI at Hanoi's Bach Mai Hosp [...]	2007-06-04 10:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1051	ENCOURAGING VIETNAM TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE HCOC [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 00:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC PREL TSPA VM
07HANOI1055	TRIET'S PRC VISIT: ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE [...] (C) MFA and Chinese Embassy sources are billing President Triet's May 14-18 trip to China a success, both in maintaining the momentum of improved political relations between the two countries and in generating concrete results, particularly in the areas of trade and investment (Ref A). At the [...]	2007-06-05 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM CH
07HANOI1057	VIETNAM'S TRADE IN 2006: RAPID GROWTH IN LEAD UP TO WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to recently-released figures from the Government of Vietnam's General Statistics Office (GSO),Vietnam's 2006 trade increased 21.6 percent from 2005, reaching USD 84.02 billion. This growth reflects Vietnam's increasingly international economic policy orientation and e [...]	2007-06-05 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KTEX VM
07HANOI1061	DRL DAS KRILLA VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Krilla and Mark Mittelhauser, Deputy Director of the Office of International Labor and Corporate Social Responsibility, visited Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi May 20-23. This cable provides a current overview of the labor situation in Vietnam [...]	2007-06-06 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD VM
07HANOI1062	CPV GENERAL SECRETARY STOKES FRATERNAL TIES HALF A WORLD [...] (SBU) Vietnam's State-run press has characterized Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's official visits to Venezuela and Cuba from May 30 to June 1 and June 1 to June 3, respectively, as "successes" that have enhanced Vietnam's "solidarity, friendship and traditiona [...]	2007-06-06 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ETRD EPET ETTC VM CU VE
07HANOI107	VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 avian influenza (AI) human cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. H5N1 AI poultry outbreaks have occurred within the past 21 days in 19 districts in seven southernmost Mekong Delta provinces, namely: Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Hau Giang, Vi [...]	2007-01-18 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1070	ALL THE NEWS FIT TO BE PRESENTED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION'S [...] (SBU) The GVN recently issued a decree prohibiting all government and Party employees, except ministers, provincial governors or appointed spokespeople, from speaking to the media. The GVN's reported intent in passing the decree is to decrease "controversy" and prevent "conflicting information [...]	2007-06-08 07:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR KPAO VM
07HANOI1071	VIETNAM BUSINESS FORUM: ENTERPRISES DIALOGUE WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 30 Mid-Term Vietnam Business Forum, timed in connection with the June 1 Mid-Term Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting, foreign and domestic trade associations held a dialogue with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) on ways that Vietnam can capitalize on recent economic [...]	2007-06-08 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN KTEX VM
07HANOI1085	HANOI-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On June 5, the Australian Ambassador hosted the fourth Hanoi-based Chiefs of Mission human rights discussion. Participants included Chiefs of Mission (COM) or their designates from the United States, European Commission, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, France, Germany and Australia. [...]	2007-06-11 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI1088	ORDINANCE ON "GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY:" POWER TO THE [...] (SBU) The National Assembly recently passed the Ordinance on Grassroots Democracy, which is intended to allow villagers, with local Fatherland Front representatives participating, to convene meetings for the purpose of discussing and proposing solutions to local problems and nominating candidat [...]	2007-06-12 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
07HANOI1099	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TRIET TO DISCUSS U.S. [...] (SBU) During a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, President Nguyen Minh Triet strongly underlined his hope that his upcoming visit to the United States and meeting with President Bush will help to advance the bilateral relationship and deepen Vietnam's friendship with the United States. The [...]	2007-06-13 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON VM
07HANOI1101	2007 TIP REPORT HANDED OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff delivered the Vietnam TIP report country narrative and Ref A talking points to the MFA on June 13. Our interlocutor was pleased that the USG acknowledged the GVN's progress on combating TIP during the reporting period, but disappointed that more details on the GVN's stron [...]	2007-06-13 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO VM
07HANOI1109	HANOI ARCHBISHOP PAINTS MIXED PICTURE ON GVN-CATHOLIC [...] (SBU) On June 13, Poloff met Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet to discuss GVN-Church relations. Unprompted, the Archbishop began by noting the GVN's arrests and trials of scores of political activists. He told Poloff it is hard to describe how his followers feel about this matter. On a positiv [...]	2007-06-14 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1110	LE DUAN: THE MOSTLY VARNISHED TRUTH [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) recently sponsored several events to commemorate the life of former CPV General Secretary (GS) Le Duan. State-press has characterized Duan as a SIPDIS "bright example of revolutionary virtues," but topics such as his sidelining of CPV luminaries Ho [...]	2007-06-14 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM
07HANOI1112	GVN TO RELEASE LE QUOC QUAN [...] (SBU) Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang informed A/DCM June 14 that the GVN planned to release former NED fellow Le Quoc Quan later that same day. According to MFA Americas Desk officer Le Chi Dzung, because Quan was never formally charged, he will receive an "administrative reprimand," which [...]	2007-06-14 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1117	VIETNAM: HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES CENTER STAGE AT MID-TERM [...] (SBU) The World Bank and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) hosted an informal mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting on June 1 in Ha Long City. Senior GVN and donor representatives engaged on a variety of economic development issues. The agenda featured an overview of the economic situation a [...]	2007-06-15 08:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI1119	CONOCO PHILLIPS AND BP CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS IN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, officials of Conoco Phillips (CP) and the UK Ambassador briefed the Ambassador on the latest developments regarding China's pressure to stop work on gas projects licensed by Vietnam in the South China Sea in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. According to [...]	2007-06-15 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL VM CH
07HANOI1128	CRA EXPLAINS DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTING RELIGION LAW IN THE [...] (SBU) On June 14, Poloff met with the GVN Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) and discussed delays in the registration of religious congregations in the North and Northwest Highlands and aspects of the spread of Protestantism among ethnic minority communities. CRA, which has operational respo [...]	2007-06-18 08:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1131	GVN RELEASES LE QUOC QUAN [...] (SBU) On Saturday morning, June 16, the GVN released attorney, political activist, and former Reagan-Fascell Fellow Le Quoc Quan from detention in Hanoi. He joined his family the same day. Quan contacted Poloff by e-mail on Sunday, June 17 and told him that he had "lost weight" and was "tired [...]	2007-06-18 08:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1133	INL-FUNDED COUNTERNARCOTICS TASK FORCE UNIT DELIVERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Counternarcotics Task Force Unit (TFU) in Son La Province, set up as part of an INL-funded UNODC project, plays a key role in coordinating interagency efforts in the province's fight against drug trafficking. Although the project concluded in December 2006 (Ref A),the coord [...]	2007-06-20 02:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PINS VM
07HANOI1139	PEACE CORPS AND GVN FAIL TO CONCLUDE COUNTRY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following three days of meetings, Peace Corps and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were unable to conclude a country agreement concerning a Peace Corps program in Vietnam. Outstanding issues could conceivably be resolved in future discussions, but the GVN would have to gain inter-age [...]	2007-06-21 03:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID VM
07HANOI1143	USG INTEREST TO ADMIT PHAN VAN BAN UNDER SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC [...] (SBU) I, Jonathan M. Aloisi, Charge d'Affaires, attest to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services that Mr. Phan Van Ban, designated a "prisoner of concern" by the U.S. Department of State, should be admitted to the United States under Significant Public Benefit Parole as quick [...]	2007-06-21 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1144	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM WIFE OF JAILED DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary and Background. On June 20, Post received a letter addressed to President Bush from Vu Minh Khanh, wife of jailed dissident Nguyen Van Dai. In the letter, Khanh asks the President to intervene on her husband's behalf during his June 22 meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Mi [...]	2007-06-22 03:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF HUMANR PGOV PREL VM
07HANOI1147	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES AND FIRST DEATHS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) now reports a total of five confirmed human cases of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza A (AI) since May 1, including two deaths, the first since November 2005. There have been no associated cases among contacts and no common sources of infectio [...]	2007-06-22 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1149	Visit to Vietnam of Regional Financial Attache Baker: [...] (U) This is one of five cables reporting on the May 29-June 1 visit to Vietnam of the U.S. Treasury Department's Susan Baker, the Regional Financial Attache (FinAtt) based in Singapore. This cable provides a general summary of the visit, some notes on institutional reform and tax policy, and [...]	2007-06-22 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1150	Macroeconomic Developments in Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary. With capital inflows, inflation and credit growth reaccelerating, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is under increasing pressure to reign in liquidity. Because of official policies calling for stable interest rates and exchange rates, however, SBV has been forced to resort to bl [...]	2007-06-22 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1151	Update on Banking Sector Reform in Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary: State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) officials believe their efforts to reform the banking sector have put it on a firm path toward international standard supervision. However, they tried to distance themselves from the equitization process (over which they should have at least supervis [...]	2007-06-22 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1152	Vietnam's Securities and Capital Markets [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's securities authorities are still struggling with implementation of the new law. Vietnam's new Securities Law (SL) -- in effect since January 2007 -- is not being fully implemented, according to both GVN officials and market participants. Investors, including foreign i [...]	2007-06-22 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1153	Vietnam's State Capital Investment Corporation [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 10:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM

07HANOI118	HIGH-LEVEL GVN TURNOUT FOR WTO ACCESSION CELEBRATION AT THE [...] (SBU) In a marked departure from established protocol, two ministers and two vice ministers, as well as numerous other officials at the next lower level, attended a U.S.-hosted reception at the Ambassador's residence to celebrate Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Trade [...]	2007-01-19 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1189	POOR TEST SCORES PROMPT CALLS FOR REFORM OF VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) released data showing that 320,000 students failed this year's high school graduation examinations. This year's pass rate was 25 percent lower than last year's. Some GVN officials have claimed that the lower pass rate this year i [...]	2007-06-29 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI PGOV EAID VM
07HANOI1197	NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMAN CORRUPTION CASE: BAD TIMING AND FEW [...] (SBU) On June 26, the Supreme People's Court of Appeals (SPCA) upheld the guilty verdict of Mac Kim Ton, a former National Assembly (NA) member and Director of the Thai Binh Provincial Education Department (TBED),for "abusing power in the conduct of his official duties." Ton had been found gu [...]	2007-07-02 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1202	EU CHARACTERIZES GVN HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE AS A "MAJOR [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Embassy PolOffs, Hanoi-based EU diplomats lamented that its semi-annual human rights dialogue with the GVN, held on June 28 in Hanoi, was "extremely disappointing" and "superficial." Only Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officers composed the GVN delegation, which the [...]	2007-07-03 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1204	U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology's Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety and Control (VARANSAC) have expressed a strong willingness to sign a cooperative agreement with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on nuclear regulatory i [...]	2007-07-04 23:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY OTRA KGIT KNNP VM
07HANOI1212	IPR IN VIETNAM - STRONG GVN WILL BUT WEAK ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 19-20 visit, USTR Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation Rachel Bae met with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to discuss IPR issues relating to Vietnam's commitments under the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) and Vietnam's accession to t [...]	2007-07-05 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BEXP PGOV VM
07HANOI1215	THE EVOLVING NATURE OF VIETNAM'S CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) A Vietnam Institute of Development Studies (VIDS) study concluded that the structure of civil society in Vietnam is broad-based, with many different types of organizations, associations and groups operating in the country. Most of these organizations work at providing services to the poo [...]	2007-07-06 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON VM
07HANOI1218	PROPOSED CEREMONY ON CONVERSION OF DALAT REACTOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KTIA VM
07HANOI1224	PERSONNEL CHANGES AFOOT AT MINISTRY OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Prime Minister promoted two Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials to replace two of the four recently retired Vice Ministers on June 6. Vice Minister Nguyen Cam Tu, the former Director General of MOT's Americas Department, will be responsible for trade policy with the Americas. [...]	2007-07-09 07:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON VM
07HANOI1235	Second Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange Dioxin [...] (U) Summary. Post plans to convene the second Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on August 14, 2007, co-hosted by Office 33 of the Government of Vietnam (GVN). As agreed by the USG and the GVN, the JAC serves as a technical forum to enhance scientific coordination and cooperation between the Unit [...]	2007-07-10 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI1251	LE QUOC QUAN MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs met with attorney, former detainee and recent NED Fellow Le Quoc Quan at his law office in Hanoi. Quan was extremely happy to receive officials from the Embassy and appeared very healthy. Quan's daily, lengthy interrogations in prison focused on his relationsh [...]	2007-07-13 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1261	NO SECURITY - NO BUSINESS: READOUT FROM JUNE 2007 APEC [...] (U) Summary: On June 14-15 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the United States and the Government of Vietnam hosted the follow-on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bioterrorism workshop to protect the food supply from deliberate contamination, in support of the APEC Food Defense initiative "Mitigating [...]	2007-07-17 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER APECO EAGR ETRD CA JA RS AS TH VM ID MY
07HANOI1265	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - WAVE DYING OUT BUT SAMPLE SHARING [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports no human cases infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza A (HPAI) beyond the total of five confirmed cases since May 1. There have been no cases among contacts and no common sources of infection. Outbreaks of AI in [...]	2007-07-18 17:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1271	MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIETNAM FOUNDER HOANG MINH [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2007, PolOffs met with long-time political activist and founder of the outlawed Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV),Hoang Minh Chinh, at his home in Hanoi where he remains under house arrest. Chinh is suffering from prostate cancer, and appeared seriously ill. Nevertheless, h [...]	2007-07-19 16:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1276	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENS SESSION AS PEACEFUL LAND PROTESTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 17:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI128	RESULTS OF RECENT ASEAN SUMMIT IN STEP WITH GVN'S [...] (SBU) On January 18, MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director Vu Ho briefed Poloff on the recently concluded ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Cebu. For the GVN, key accomplishments were progress on establishing an ASEAN community and adopting an ASEAN charter, the ASEAN Counterterrorism Conven [...]	2007-01-23 04:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VM
07HANOI1283	VIETNAM MFA DISPUTES DETAILS OF ARTICLE ON CLASH [...] (U) A July 19 Straits Times article reported that a group of Vietnamese boats fishing in waters near the Spratlys came "under fire" from Chinese naval vessels on July 9. According to the article Vietnamese "military sources" reported that one fishermen was killed and several others were injure [...]	2007-07-20 17:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR PREL VM CN
07HANOI129	NORTHWEST DAM PROJECT "ON TRACK," WITH SOME FINE TUNING OF [...] (SBU) According to local media reports and Post contacts, the Son La Province hydropower dam project is on schedule, together with the resettlement of the 100,000 ethnic minorities whose villages are located behind the dam. The GVN denies that some resettled villagers have returned home, asser [...]	2007-01-23 07:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF ENRG ECON VM
07HANOI1300	DISSIDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Since May 2007, the GVN has released four high-profile political prisoners on our lists; nevertheless, many more remain sentenced to prison, detained without charges, missing, in exile in Cambodia, or under house arrest. Family members of some released or detained activists often live wit [...]	2007-07-24 17:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1301	HFAC STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Professional Staff Member Jonathan Cobb Mixter told GVN officials in Hanoi the recent wave of arrests and crackdown on political dissidents was causing serious concern on Capitol Hill and could make it harder to facilitate deeper USG engagement with Vietnam; some members [...]	2007-07-24 17:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON BM VM
07HANOI1311	CORRECTED COPY: HFAC STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable is a corrected copy of Hanoi 1301 of July 24, 2007. 2. (SBU) Summary: Visiting Professional Staff Member Jonathan Cobb Mixter told GVN officials in Hanoi the recent wave of arrests and crackdown on political dissidents was causing serious concern on Capitol Hill and could ma [...]	2007-07-25 16:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON BM VM
07HANOI1313	MEETING WITH ACTIVIST NGUYEN KHAC TOAN, FOUNDER OF THE [...] (SBU) In a July 16, 2007 meeting with Embassy PolOffs, Nguyen Khac Toan, former journalist and the founder of the International Labor Union of Vietnam (ILUV),discussed human rights abuses in Vietnam. ILUV is an outlawed labor union formed by Toan in October 2006 to protect the rights of Vietn [...]	2007-07-25 17:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD VM
07HANOI1322	LETTER FROM MOST VM THANG TO NNSA BIENIAWSKI [...] (U) This is an action request for DOE - please see para 5. 2. (U) On July 25, ESTHOff met with Mr. Le Doan Phac, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission (VAEC). In the meeting, Phac presented an official letter from Vice Minister of Scien [...]	2007-07-27 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGIT KNNP PARM OTRA VM
07HANOI1329	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR ICRC STANDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 14:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL ICRC PHUM VM
07HANOI1330	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 14:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL VM
07HANOI1331	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION; FIVE CT [...] (SBU) On July 25, Poloff met with MFA Department of International Law and Treaties Expert Nguyen Dang Thang to deliver reftel points pressing for the signing and ratification of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) by Vietnam. Thang explained the GVN policy of support for the world community [...]	2007-07-27 14:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARTM PREL VM
07HANOI1333	URGENT DEMARCHE FOR WHO SINGAPORE MEETING ON SHARING [...] (U) On July 27 ESTHOff and CDC Avian Influenza Advisor conveyed the points in ref A and delivered the non-paper entitled "Goals for Meeting of WHO Interdisciplinary Working Group" to the Ministry of Health's International Cooperation Department General Director Dr. Tran Trong Hai. Post also fa [...]	2007-07-27 15:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AORC PNIR PREL OTRA WHO VM
07HANOI1334	REVISED PROPOSAL ON NONPROLIFERATION ISM GENERALLY [...] (SBU) On July 23, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Specialist Phan Minh Giang to discuss reftel points concerning Vietnam's position on the initiative to develop an ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation. Giang said the GVN has no objection to establishing the ISM because it [...]	2007-07-27 15:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF PARM VM
07HANOI1340	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's point person on religion underscored progress in improving religious freedom, but also admitted that there is still work to be done. Vietnam plans to recognize a number of additional religious groups, including the Baha'i Faith while Protestant congregations in the Cen [...]	2007-07-30 15:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM
07HANOI1352	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRIET FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 31 farewell call on Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Ambassador noted the significant progress in bilateral economic and commercial ties as well as increased USG support for the GVN's reform efforts, while cautioning that important human rights concerns rema [...]	2007-08-01 14:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1355	VIETNAM HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 15:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP UNGA VM
07HANOI1356	VIETNAM REPRESENTATION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 15:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL VM
07HANOI1357	MEDIA REPORTS OF HUMAN STREPTOCOCUS CASES LINKED TO [...] (U) Vietnamese media recently reported 42 human cases of disease caused by infection with Streptococcus suis, a bacterial infection that can be contracted after coming into direct contact with an infected pig or eating pork or blood from an infected pig. The bacteria can cause internal hemorrh [...]	2007-08-01 16:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAGR KFLU VM
07HANOI1360	PRESS REVEALS VIETNAM'S NEW CABINET [...] (SBU) On August 2, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) will officially announce the make-up of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's Cabinet, approve the PM's plan to increase the number of Deputy Vice Ministers from three to five, and reduce the number of government ministries from 26 to 22, a move t [...]	2007-08-01 18:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM
07HANOI1365	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - HUMAN FATALITY DESPITE DECREASE IN [...] (U) Summary: On July 31, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reported a fatal case of a pregnant 22 year-old woman from rural Ha Tay province infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza. The case appears to be isolated and not related to an active poultry outbreak or human c [...]	2007-08-02 17:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1366	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE BANK GOVERNOR THUY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy as part of his farewell calls. The meeting covered a wide range of issues, including money laundering, anti-proliferation efforts, the stock market, equitization, inflation, the exchange rate, and areas for further coopera [...]	2007-08-03 07:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI1367	JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS DENIED ACCESS TO [...] (C) On July 18, Embassy PolOffs met together with relatives of jailed human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan. Dai and Nhan were tried and sentenced to prison on May 11 for "propaganda against the State." Each has filed a formal appeal, and an appeal trial date is pending. [...]	2007-08-03 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1374	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN [...] (SBU) The National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam (NCFAW) is taking on domestic violence issues, gender equality, and implementation of a national strategy on the advancement of women for Vietnam by the end of 2010. A key part of that strategy is to place more Vietnamese wom [...]	2007-08-03 17:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1379	CHEVRON VIETNAM EXECUTIVES DISCUSS ENERGY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chevron Vietnam Ltd has been negotiating for several years with Vietnam's Ministry of Industry (MOI) and the state-owned energy firm, PetroVietnam, over the Malay-Tho Chu Basin Natural Gas Concession Project. Chevron seeks to extract and sell a portion of the gas into regional m [...]	2007-08-03 17:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG TRGY EINV ETRD VM
07HANOI1380	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN [...] (SBU) The National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam (NCFAW) is taking on domestic violence issues, gender equality, and implementation of a national strategy on the advancement of women for Vietnam by the end of 2010. A key part of that strategy is to place more Vietnamese wom [...]	2007-08-04 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1381	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER DZUNG [...] (SBU) Summary. In a cordial August 3 farewell call on Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung, the Ambassador and the Prime Minister reflected positively on the progress in bilateral relations over the past three years, including growing trade ties and increased cooperation in areas such as [...]	2007-08-04 12:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EAID EAIR KHIV VM
07HANOI1382	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 2 farewell lunch he hosted for Ambassador and Mrs. Marine, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem noted the many achievements in U.S.-Vietnam relations during the Ambassador's tenure. The Ambassador agreed that improvements had been [...]	2007-08-06 07:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ETRD ECON VM
07HANOI1385	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DINNER WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and the Ambassador discussed a wide range of issues during a cordial August 3 dinner. The Ambassador used the occasion to underscore U.S. concerns concerned over governance and human rights, and raised the cases of imprisoned individuals eligibl [...]	2007-08-06 11:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV CONS KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1390	TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA [...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...]	2007-08-06 15:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1414	GVN PONDERS DELIVERABLES FOR A PM VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell meeting with the Ambassador, the Chairman of the Office of the Government (OOG) said that the GVN is mulling a number of "deliverables" for Prime Minister Zung's September visit to the United States. Among them, he cited long-pending deals on the purchase of Boe [...]	2007-08-08 14:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL VM
07HANOI1415	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES DEPART VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Four North Koreans who had taken refuge in the Danish Embassy in Hanoi left Vietnam for the ROK on July 27 via commercial air via Singapore without incident. UNHCR's Chief of Mission Vu Anh Son had met with the North Koreans, three women and one man, soon after they took refuge in the Da [...]	2007-08-08 15:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB KN VM
07HANOI1419	AMBASSADOR'S OUTCALL WITH VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) On 30 July, Ambassador Marine conducted a final call on Senior General Phung Quang Thanh, the Minister of Defense. In their discussion, the Ambassador raised a wide range of issues including high level visits, ship visits, fullest possible accounting (MIA),International Military educatio [...]	2007-08-09 11:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MARR VM
07HANOI1420	MEETING BETWEEN U.S. ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8 during the Pacific Armies Commanders' Conference (PACC) in Sydney, Australia General George Casey Jr., Chief of Staff, United States Army and Lieutenant General John Brown III, Commander, U.S. Army of the Pacific met with Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu Kham, Deputy C [...]	2007-08-09 11:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PTER VM
07HANOI1438	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NEWLY-ELECTED OOG CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. At his August 9 farewell call with Ambassador Marine, newly-elected Office of the Government (OOG) Minister Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that PM Dzung has decided that he will retain responsibility for oversight of foreign affairs within the OOG. In that role, he looks forwar [...]	2007-08-10 17:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM KIPR EAID VM
07HANOI1444	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NEW HUMAN FATALITY [...] (U) Summary: On August 7, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) reported the death of a 15 year-old boy from Thanh Hoa province infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza. The case appears isolated and not related to larger poultry outbreaks or human clusters. Outbreaks of AI [...]	2007-08-13 14:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1451	DUE DILIGENCE: MICROSOFT 2007 AWARD FOR CORPORATE [...] (SBU) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassment caused by the selection of your post's nominee? Embassy Vietnam is not aware of any information that might prove embarrassing to Post, to the U.S. Department of State, or to the USG with regard to the nomination of Microsoft for this [...]	2007-08-13 17:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV
07HANOI1454	ARRIVAL OF PETROVIETNAM LETTER ADVISING TRANSOCEAN TO CEASE [...] (SBU) On August 8, Dr. Tran Ngoc Canh, President and CEO of Petrovietnam, sent a letter to executives of the U.S. oil company, Transocean, advising Transocean to cease exploration drilling activities in block 2/4 in the South China Sea (reftel). Petrovietnam addressed the letter to Mr. J. Micha [...]	2007-08-14 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV EPET MARR PREL CN VM
07HANOI1461	HANOI ARCHBISHOP DISCUSSES CHURCH ISSUES WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) In an August 13 farewell call by the Ambassador, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet praised the Ambassador's contribution to international religious freedom, noting in particular recent progress in northern Ha Giang Province. The Archbishop agreed with the Ambassador's assessment that much [...]	2007-08-14 16:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VM
07HANOI1462	"VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Marine met with prominent cyber-dissident and former political prisoner Dr. Pham Hong Son, who is under house arrest, and his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, at their Hanoi home on August 9. Son, best known for his 2002 arrest and imprisonment for his translation and dissemination of a democ [...]	2007-08-14 17:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ELAB VM
07HANOI1463	UNHCR ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, STATELESS KHMERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 17:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM
07HANOI1464	AMBASSADOR'S ENGAGES VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP ON HEALTH ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of his series of farewell calls on Vietnamese leaders, Ambassador Marine met separately with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Truong Vinh Trong and former Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Trung Chien to discuss health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS. Ambassador Marine pushed [...]	2007-08-14 17:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1475	GVN'S PETROL PRICE LIBERALIZATION - A SHORT-LIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: A May 1 Government of Vietnam (GVN) regulation on oil and petrol management allows enterprises greater autonomy in setting retail petrol prices. The GVN made it clear, however, that this autonomy only extended so far - with Hanoi reserving the right to step in if petrol price in [...]	2007-08-17 17:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD ENRG VM
07HANOI1476	Second Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and Dioxin [...] (SBU) Summary. The second U.S.-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on the health and environmental effects of Agent Orange (AO) and dioxin reviewed the significant cooperation on environmental and health issues between the two sides since the first JAC in 2006, particularly related to the o [...]	2007-08-17 17:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI15	BANNED BOOKS REAPPEARING ON THE SHELVES [...] (C) The GVN recently allowed the publication of two previously banned books, and intellectuals credit the Government's "more progressive thinking" for the change. Coming on the heels of a museum exhibition last year that was highly critical of the GVN's past economic policies, the publication [...]	2007-01-04 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI150	PROTESTANTISM INCREASINGLY AN ETHNIC MINORITY RELIGION IN [...] (SBU) Historically, although most of northern Vietnam's small population of Protestants were made up of ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) people, Protestant growth amongst remote ethnic minority populations over the past 20 years has changed the demographics of the northern church. Today, the vast majo [...]	2007-01-25 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM
07HANOI1501	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRIET SETS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 17:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI152	PRESS REVEALS VIETNAM'S RICHEST PEOPLE [...] (SBU) Local papers recently published for the first time a list of the richest people in Vietnam. The list is a hot topic in cafes and Internet chat rooms, and many have welcomed this as a new sign of transparency and a possible source of inspiration to young entrepreneurs. That said, other i [...]	2007-01-26 07:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1542	CREATIVE PUSH FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH - HR [...] (C) Summary: Dissident and former National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Fellow Le Quoc Quan informed Poloffs during an August 24 meeting that he and eight other leading human rights dissidents are planning a protest at the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi. On the surface, the purpose of the protest [...]	2007-08-28 17:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM VM CH
07HANOI1550	NEW CZARS IN THE MAKING? THE NEW DPM PORTFOLIOS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung signed a Decision this week assigning duties and portfolios to himself and his five Deputy Prime Ministers (DPMs),two of which are newly-created positions. Broadly defined, the Prime Minister will oversee all Government of Vietnam (GVN) operatio [...]	2007-08-29 17:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN VM
07HANOI1551	FAO-GVN REVIEW AVIAN INFLUENZA STRATEGY IN AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) recently concluded that Vietnam's overall approach to the control and prevention of highly pathologic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry is sound and appropriate and recomm [...]	2007-08-29 17:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI156	HANI RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON PRESS [...] (SBU) Politburo member Truong Tan Sang recently called on the Communist Partyof Vietnam to strengthen "management of the press" by amending legal documents on press activities nd improving media workers' "political stances, kills and ethics." Sang's speech followed several high-profile GVN mea [...]	2007-01-26 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR VM KPAO
07HANOI1561	BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR VIETNAM'S "EQUITISATION" PROCESS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The auction of shares in insurance company BaoViet, Vietnam's largest public offering to date, revealed the problems and strategic shortfalls of Vietnam's new method of "equitising" State Owned Enterprises (S [...]	2007-08-30 17:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
07HANOI1562	VIETNAM LOWERS TARIFFS ON WIDE RANGE OF FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS [...] On August 3, 2007 the Government Office of Vietnam issued directive No.18/2007/CT-TTg entitled Urgent Measures to Restrain Market Prices. The directive made significant reductions for a number of foods and animal feeds, most of which have seen significant price increases recently on the world m [...]	2007-08-30 17:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO TBIO PINR SOCI VM USTR
07HANOI1563	DISSIDENT ATTORNEY LE QUOC QUAN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) In an August 24 meeting with PolOffs, dissident Attorney Le Quoc Quan discussed the current dominance of conservatives in the Vietnamese government and the struggles for pro-reformists. Among those in the pro-reform camp, according to Quan, are Vietnam's two new Deputy Prime Ministers. Q [...]	2007-08-31 15:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1570	Vietnam Starts to Organize Oil Pollution Policy [...] (SBU) Summary. Government of Vietnam (GVN) environmental officials say that the GVN has begun to better coordinate its response to oil pollution that plagued the nation's coastlines in the first half of 2007. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) now chairs an inter-ag [...]	2007-09-04 08:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EPET VM
07HANOI1579	AMBASSADOR LAYS OUT PRIORITIES WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) On August 31 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem welcomed Ambassador Michalak to Vietnam and stressed the importance of continued progress in bilateral relations. During the cordial 40-minute meeting, the Ambassador emphasized areas of common interest and prioritize [...]	2007-09-04 16:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1583	SOME COMMITMENTS ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS -- PRODDING VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam, widely praised for its progressive and aggressive approach toward opening its markets, is finding that fulfilling some of its WTO commitments may be harder than it thought. Entrenched local interests, poor coordination, and an overly-complex bureaucratic process can al [...]	2007-09-05 13:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI1594	VIETNAM TO DRAFT NEW TIP LAW, IMPROVE INTER-AGENCY [...] (SBU) On June 27, the GVN issued a new Directive to strengthen, midterm, the implementation of its six-year National Program of Action against Crimes of Trafficking in Women and Children. The new anti-TIP Directive calls for greater GVN inter-agency cooperation, greater scrutiny of export labo [...]	2007-09-07 09:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
07HANOI1595	GVN CONSIDERATION OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: According to an MFA official, the question of GVN endorsement of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism ("Global Initiative") has been submitted to relevant ministries for review and comment. After the MFA receives feedback from these ministries, it will prepare a re [...]	2007-09-07 11:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PTER PREL KGIC VM
07HANOI1599	SINO-VIETNAM TERRITORIAL DISPUTE ENTANGLES [...] (C) Summary. The Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea has now entangled multiple multinational energy companies, including four American and eight other foreign firms. Chinese coercion has persuaded British Petroleum (BP),ConocoPhillips, and Chevron-Petronas/Carigali to p [...]	2007-09-07 16:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI161	HANOI RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON PRESS [...] (SBU) Politburo member Truong Tan Sang recently called on the Communist Party of Vietnam to strengthen "management of the press" by amending legal documents on press activities and improving media workers' "political stances, skills and ethics." Sang's speech followed several high-profile GVN [...]	2007-01-26 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCOR VM KPAO
07HANOI1616	CORRECTED COPY: SOME COMMITMENTS ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam, widely praised for its progressive and aggressive approach toward opening its markets, is finding that fulfilling some of its WTO commitments may be harder than it thought. Recently published regulations impose new restrictions on foreign importers, potentially forcing [...]	2007-09-11 13:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI1617	CITIBANK SAVES LANDMARK DEAL DESPITE HEAVY-HITTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Citibank appears poised to rescue a landmark $100 million loan in Vietnam, after a rival financial company working with what Citibank believes are powerful government partners nearly sank the deal. The bank has had to sweeten the terms of the offer and may have to scale down plans [...]	2007-09-11 14:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV VM
07HANOI1623	FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador on September 10 to discuss the ongoing Sino-Vietnamese territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The Vice Foreign Minister urged the Ambassador to press Chevron to resume operations in Block 122; spe [...]	2007-09-11 17:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1624	MFA OFFICIALS STICK TO NAM, UNSC BUSINESS DURING TRIP TO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to an MFA official who was part of a three-person GVN delegation to the recent NAM meeting on human rights held in Tehran, the Vietnamese delegation focused on the NAM event. On the margins, the delegation also lobbied with other attendees on behalf of Vietnam's UN Secu [...]	2007-09-11 17:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC IR VM
07HANOI1627	AMBASSADOR MICHALAK AND MARD MINISTER PHAT DISCUSS AGRICULTURAL TRADE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 10 courtesy call with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat, Ambassador Michalak advocated on behalf of U.S. agricultural products, praised Vietnam's adherence to international agricultural standards, and thanked Phat for Vietnam [...]	2007-09-12 08:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO SOCI WTRO KFLU VM
07HANOI1636	SMALL BAHA'I AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES GROW IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Leaders of Hanoi's small Muslim and Baha'i communities say the religious freedom they enjoy is leading to a growth in their communities. They, like other faiths in Vietnam, in turn face greater pressure to find adequate facilities for their worshipers, leading to questions over land righ [...]	2007-09-12 17:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1637	MEETING WITH DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST - TRUTH BEHIND INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to an internet report posted on a Vietnamese-American human rights website alleging that the police broke up an August 30 meeting between Poloff and eight pro-democracy activists in Hanoi, the meeting with only one dissident - Mr. Nguyen Phuong Anh - was held at Mr. A [...]	2007-09-12 17:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HANOI1642	FOLLOW UP ON USCIRF VISIT DATES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 17:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM VM
07HANOI1651	UNHCR CLAIMS "BIG STEP FORWARD;" PLAN OF ACTION WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) In a new development, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has claimed a "big step forward" toward resolution of the 30-year old cases of more than 9,000 stateless Khmer persons in Southern Vietnam. According to UNHCR, in August, the Cambodian Government (GOC) informed [...]	2007-09-14 16:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM
07HANOI1653	CODEL CHAMBLISS ENGAGES VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) A bipartisan United States Senate delegation led by Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia held meetings in Hanoi August 29 with senior GVN leaders, including SRV President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Vice-Chairman of Vietnam's parliament, and Vice-Ministers of Defense and Public Security. The me [...]	2007-09-14 17:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CN OREP OVIP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1664	CIVAIR VIETNAM WILL GET BACK TO US ON OPEN SKIES DEMARCHE [...] (U) On September 17 we met with Vo Huy Cuong, Director of Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV)'s Air Transport Department to gauge the government of Vietnam's (GVN) interest in negotiating an Open Skies Treaty with the United States, per reftel instructions. We underscored in our de [...]	2007-09-18 17:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA VM
07HANOI1675	ARRIVAL OF CHINA LETTER ADVISING POGO OIL TO CEASE [...] (SBU) On September 8, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston sent a letter to the U.S. oil firm, Pogo Producing Company advising Pogo to cease exploration drilling activities in Block 124 in the South China Sea. The Block 124 lies along Vietnam's south central coast [...]	2007-09-19 17:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CN ECON EINV ENRG EPET MARR PREL VM
07HANOI1681	NEWLY-APPOINTED DPM HAI NIXES GANNON PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 18 meeting with Ambassador Michalak, new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai said that U.S. power-producer Gannon would not receive a license to build a clean coal-fired plant in central Vietnam. Hai also asked the Ambassador to urge ConocoPhillips to [...]	2007-09-20 13:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM KIPR EAID VM
07HANOI1682	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH VFM LE VAN BANG [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 14:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1683	UNDERGROUND DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SAY PARTY FEELING [...] (C) High-profile political dissidents Dr. Pham Hong Son and Nguyen Vu Binh, both recently released from prison and under house arrest, remain active with the moderate Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) underground pro-democracy group. On September 10, Embassy PolOffs visited separately and wit [...]	2007-09-20 14:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1693	VIETNAM REACTION TO IRF REPORT: INACCURATE BUT POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Vietnamese media coverage on the release of the 2007 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report was widespread, accurate and uniformly more positive than in previous years. Following a Mission press release alerting journalists to the report's release, initial stories were straightforwa [...]	2007-09-24 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OPRC KPAO VM
07HANOI1698	DEMARCHE ON CONTRIBUTION TO LEBANON TRIBUNAL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 09:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PTER LE VM
07HANOI1706	VIETNAM'S NASCENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE DEPARTMENT LACKS [...] 1. (U) Summary: Vietnam's new Environmental Police Department (EPD) reflects increasing awareness at high levels in the Government of Vietnam (GVN) of the environmental impacts of economic growth. The EPD has a broad mandate to target environmental violations throughout the country. However, [...]	2007-09-26 15:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI VM
07HANOI1727	REVISION OF VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Health (MOH) recently organized a workshop to discuss revisions of the Government of Vietnam (GVN) action plan on the prevention and control of human influenza. Under the cooperative agreement between U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of the Department of Hea [...]	2007-10-01 14:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR CASC KFLU VM
07HANOI1729	VIETNAM'S INFLATIONARY CONUNDRUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam is not sure how to tackle growing inflation, which reached a 20-month high of 8.8% in September. Government efforts to maintain simultaneously a stable exchange rate, low interest rates and open capital markets run smack into the "impossible trinity" of economic theory. [...]	2007-10-01 17:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
07HANOI1731	VIETNAM FRETS OVER ANTI-DUMPING POLITICS DESPITE CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese government (GVN) and apparel industry are confident that the data gathered by the Department of Commerce's import monitoring program will vindicate their claims that the country is not dumping apparel exports to the United States. In his meetings with concerned G [...]	2007-10-02 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM
07HANOI1746	AMBASSADOR PITCHES PRISONER AMNESTY, GOOD [...] (C) Meeting with the GVN's leading security official, the Ambassador raised a range of human rights issues, flagged the upcoming United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visit, and discussed a number of key security and property issues involving the Mission. In the [...]	2007-10-04 11:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ASEC KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1748	VIETNAM AND VATICAN PROMOTE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS [...] (SBU) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has agreed to the establishment of a long-awaited Joint Working Group (JWG) to develop official diplomatic relations with the Holy See. At an October 3 introductory call at the Ministry of Home Affairs' Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),CRA Chairman Ng [...]	2007-10-04 15:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT VM
07HANOI1749	BUILDING TIES AND URGING REFORM IN VIETNAM'S ICT SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy traveled to Vietnam to participate in the first-ever U.S.-Vietnam Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Commercial Dialogue on September 17-18. The Dialogue, an interagency [...]	2007-10-04 16:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD KIPR VM

07HANOI1756	NEW MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE SHARES HIS PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) This cable contains biographical information for INR/B in para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: New Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and the Ambassador discussed ways to enhance bilateral trade and investment, such as through a Bilateral Investment Treaty, GVN approval for pending U.S [...]	2007-10-05 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS KTEX ECON WTRO KIPR VM
07HANOI1759	VIETNAM: SUPPORT LIKELY FOR UNGA RESOLUTION CONDEMNING [...] (SBU) On October 4, Poloff met with MFA IO Department Human Rights Section Chief Dang Tran Nam Trung to deliver reftel points and a copy of the draft resolution "Condemning the Use of Rape as an Instrument of State Policy." Trung expressed appreciation to the U.S. Government for raising the is [...]	2007-10-05 14:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM UN KWMN SOCI VM
07HANOI1763	"WE EAT EVERYTHING ON FOUR LEGS EXCEPT THE TABLE": [...] (U) Summary: Domestic consumption and regional exports of wild animal products threaten Vietnam's once-abundant wildlife. Vietnamese craving for wild meat and animal-based traditional medicines seemingly trump conservation concerns. Lack of high-level political will hamstring Government of Vi [...]	2007-10-09 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SOCI EAGR VM
07HANOI1793	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - FIVE DUCKS DEAD: POSSIBLE ANIMAL [...] (SBU) After 21 days free of avian influenza, Government of Vietnam (GVN) sources in Hanoi and an official website report confirmed an October 10 outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A among ducks in Nhue Tu B village, Ham Giang commune, Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh Province. However, whi [...]	2007-10-12 17:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1794	VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO MANAGE MEDICAL WASTE [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent scandal involving the improper disposal of medical waste from Hanoi area hospitals highlights Vietnam's weak waste control infrastructure. While prominent press attention led to a quick GVN response, small penalties, limited enforcement capabilities and lack of funding [...]	2007-10-15 05:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM
07HANOI1798	AMBASSADOR AND MIC MINISTER HOP DISCUSS FUTURE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) This cable contains biographical information for INR/B in paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: In his introductory call on the new Minister of Information and Communications, Le Doan Hop, the Ambassador noted Vietnam's cooperation in the ICT dialogue, IPR enforcement and technology licens [...]	2007-10-17 00:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI1801	AMBASSADOR'S CALL WITH VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Defense Attache, met with Vietnam Minister of Defense, Senior General Phung Quang Thanh, on 19 September 2007 for an introductory call. After a warm welcome, Minister Thanh noted that Vietnam seeks to increase defense cooperation with the United States, [...]	2007-10-17 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PTER VM
07HANOI1810	CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE: VIETNAM'S DEADLY ROADWAYS [...] (U) Summary: Traffic accidents are Vietnam's unrecognized killers, leading to many more deaths than HIV/AIDS and avian influenza combined. As Vietnam has become increasingly prosperous, the number of motor vehicles, primarily motorbikes, on Vietnamese roads has skyrocketed. Large numbers of p [...]	2007-10-18 22:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELTN VM
07HANOI1813	INFLATION A CONCERN BUT NOT OUT OF CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: While people are not happy about higher prices, including double-digit percentage increases of some food staples, there has been little commotion in Vietnam in response to rising inflation. The strength of economic growth has mitigated the impact of inflation, while incomes con [...]	2007-10-19 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV VM
07HANOI1817	VIETNAM'S REGIONAL OVERVIEW: THE CENTER PLAYS CATCH-UP [...] (U) Summary: Central Vietnam understands that it needs to improve its competitiveness or risk falling further behind the booming urban clusters of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A visit to three central provinces showed the difficulties in assembling the necessary components of a successful inve [...]	2007-10-19 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND EINV ETRD OTRA PGOV VM
07HANOI1832	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WALKER CANDIDACY FOR IAAC [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UN UNGA VM
07HANOI1835	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE DEAD DUCKS IN NEW ANIMAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1836	USG AND GVN CONDUCT 2007 LABOR DIALOGUE IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) conducted their fifth labor dialogue on October 22 in Hanoi. Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs (DUS) Charlotte M. Ponticelli led the U.S. delegation a [...]	2007-10-26 05:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD EINV WTRO VM
07HANOI1838	VIETNAM'S REGIONAL OVERVIEW: THE TALE OF TWO NORTHWEST [...] (U) Summary: Northwest Vietnam has traditionally been Vietnam's poorest region. Natural topography, a widely-disbursed population, poor infrastructure, and, in part, provincial governance practices have prevented provinces in this region from keeping apace of economic development occurring el [...]	2007-10-26 07:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID EINV ETRD OTRA EIND KIPR PGOV VM
07HANOI1839	DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 08:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU VM
07HANOI1841	AMBASSADOR MICHALAK AND NEW VIETNAMESE MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (U) Summary: On October 25, Ambassador Michalak paid an introductory call on the new Minister of Health, Nguyen Quoc Trieu. After reviewing Trieu's strong political experience and connections, the Ambassador noted leading USG health cooperation priorities, particularly medication assisted thera [...]	2007-10-26 09:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP SOCI TBIO EAID KHIV KFLU VM
07HANOI1848	USCIRF MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN TAN DZUNG [...] (SBU) On October 23, five commissioners from the United States Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) discussed human rights and Vietnam's prisoners of concern with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. USCIRF members said that Vietnam will not enjoy full religious freedom until its citizens can [...]	2007-10-29 08:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1849	USCIRF MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1850	USCIRF MEETINGS WITH HANOI ARCHBISHOP AND ECVN PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1852	USCIRF MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 23, members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with GVN Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong. Members asked Huong about the registration of Protestant organizations, establishing independent Buddhist reli [...]	2007-10-29 09:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM
07HANOI1858	VIETNAM SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY CARLOS [...] (U) Your visit, coming almost one year after President Bush's, is well timed to press Vietnam to continue its rapid pace of opening to the world. The national leadership remains eager to learn from the United States on economic matters, and will be attentive to what you have to say. Your visi [...]	2007-10-30 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV KCOR PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1862	CHANGING VIETNAMESE ATTITUDES ON AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Changes in Vietnam and U.S.-Vietnam relations, combined with a maturing Vietnamese approach to public health, are leading to positive shifts in Vietnamese attitudes on the issue of Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminent dioxin. While long-standing Government of Vietnam (GVN) pro [...]	2007-10-31 03:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI1869	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, the Ambassador paid an introductory courtesy call on Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Khoi Pham. Pham said his ministry's main environmental challenges include the management of solid waste, air and water pollution, and natural disaster mitigat [...]	2007-11-01 03:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON KSCA TBIO VM
07HANOI1876	MARITIME: GVN WILL GET BACK TO US ON IMO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 30, Econoff met with Dr. Bui Thien Thu, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Transport, to ask for the government of Vietnam's (GVN) support for re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Categ [...]	2007-11-02 00:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK VM
07HANOI1883	VIETNAM'S MCC INDICATORS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post delivered MCC indicators and relevant talking points to Deputy Director General Ngoc of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on November 2. Ngoc asked whether Vietnam would become a threshold country. We explained that the MCC Board selectio [...]	2007-11-05 02:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ETRD KMCA MCC ECON VM
07HANOI1891	CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1892	2007-2008 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM [...] The following is Embassy Hanoi's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007-2008 INCSR. 2. Begin INCSR text: Vietnam I. Summary The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2007. Specific actions included: sustained effor [...]	2007-11-06 00:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR VM
07HANOI1919	A/S SILVERBERG CONSULTATIONS WITH GVN ON UNSC [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi November 2 to discuss Vietnam's upcoming role as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Silverberg reiterated our invitation for Vietnam to send offic [...]	2007-11-09 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR VM UNGA UN
07HANOI1920	VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SCATTERED OUTBREAKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Avian influenza outbreaks continue to flare up in various locations across Vietnam, with six provinces now reporting infected birds over the past month. All have been quickly and easily controlled. Officials have not yet linked the outbreaks, though they may represent the early [...]	2007-11-09 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1921	CHOLERA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1924	UPDATE OF SERIOUS ACUTE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam's acute diarrhea outbreak expanded from 11 to 14 provinces and municipalities throughout northern Vietnam over the past week, with many victims testing positive for cholera. However, informal information from one of Hanoi's major referral centers indicates the epidemic m [...]	2007-11-13 04:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1932	GVN LEADERS URGE BURMA'S PM TO PURSUE RECONCILIATION; [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 9, Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein arrived in Hanoi for introductory meetings with GVN leaders. According to Vietnamese officials, PM Sein's message focused on the Burma regime's cooperation with the UN, its progress on restoring order and its plans to transition t [...]	2007-11-14 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BM VM
07HANOI1935	HANOI REACTION TO USCIRF VISIT [...] (C) The recent visit to Vietnam by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has generated strong negative reactions within certain circles of the GVN. GVN criticism has centered primarily on what was widely considered inappropriate behavior by USCIRF members in [...]	2007-11-14 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1950	VIETNAM "OPEN FOR BUSINESS": GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez led a large-scale Department of Commerce Vietnam Business Development Mission to Hanoi on November 5 and 6. This first Cabinet level business development mission to Vietnam carried the theme of U.S. business support for Vietnam's economic [...]	2007-11-16 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP KIPR VM
07HANOI1957	MOIT EXPRESSES CONTINUED CONCERNS OVER APPAREL MONITORING [...] (U) The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) sent Post an October 31 Diplomatic Note addressed to the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging the United States not to self-initiate an antidumping investigation against Vietnam and to revoke its Textile and Apparel Import Monitoring Program. Full t [...]	2007-11-19 06:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM
07HANOI1961	GVN OPPOSES COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 01:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA UN VM
07HANOI1963	OOG CHAIRMAN PHUC WILL HEAD VIETNAM'S TIFA COUNCIL [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent Post a November 19 Diplomatic Note announcing that Office of the Government Minister Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as Chairman of Vietnam's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council (Reftel),will head the Vietnamese delegation to Washington f [...]	2007-11-20 03:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV VM
07HANOI1966	SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR [...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Secretary Mull: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. Your visit comes on the heels of Novem [...]	2007-11-20 07:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI1969	AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER ARREST OF AMCIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 11:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
07HANOI197	VIETNAM CONTINUES TO OPPOSE APPAREL MONITORING [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Trade (MOT) has again registered its strong opposition to the Department of Commerce's proposed monitoring mechanism on textile and apparel products from Vietnam. The reaction was prompted by the second Federal Register notice, published January 18, calling for public com [...]	2007-01-30 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ETRD ECON PREL WTRO VM
07HANOI1972	DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA VM
07HANOI1974	BOEING INKS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM AIRLINES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a ceremony and press event on November 16 in Hanoi, the Boeing Company signed a definitive agreement for the purchase of 12 787 Dreamliners with Vietnam Airlines (VNA) and the newly formed Vietnam Airlines Leasing Company (VALC). Prior to the evening signing ceremony, Boeing [...]	2007-11-21 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EIND EINV ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP KIPR
07HANOI1975	AMBASSADOR VISITS HAIPHONG ON THE OCCASION OF HISTORIC U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador made his first visit to Haiphong City, in part to participate in activities related to an historic port call by two U.S. Navy warships. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chairman of the Haiphong City People's Committee and expressed concern over an i [...]	2007-11-21 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KIRF TBIO KHIV PINS OEXC CVIS PGOV PHUM
07HANOI1978	AMBASSADOR AGAIN RAISES VIET TAN AMCIT ARREST CASE WITH [...] (SBU) On November 21, the Ambassador spoke again with VFM Phan Binh Minh to renew his protest concerning the arrest of U.S. citizen Leon Truong. VFM Minh confirmed that Mr. Truong has been arrested for violating Article 84 of the Criminal Code concerning terrorist activity, literally "to oppos [...]	2007-11-21 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI1993	IMPRISONED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS GET ONE YEAR SENTENCE [...] (SBU) After a six-hour appeal trial in Hanoi, the GVN Supreme People's Court (SPC) reduced the prison sentences of jailed human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan each by one year, following the initial recommendation by the Prosecutor. The probation term remained the same. In [...]	2007-11-27 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI1994	AMBASSADOR RAISES AMCIT ARREST CASES WITH VICE MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 27, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister for Public Security Nguyen Van Huong to reiterate requests for consular access to arrested U.S. citizens Mr. Leon Truong, Ms. Le Helen, and Mr. Le Van Phan, and to inquire about the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Nguyen Quoc Qua [...]	2007-11-27 10:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CASC CMGT VM
07HANOI2	HANOI'S NEW CIVIL SOCIETY LAW IN POLITBURO'S COURT [...] (C) Summary: The Politburo has recently debated the draft Law on Associations (LOA),the passage of which would lessen GVN control of associations and make it easier for citizens to form new ones. The Politburo's attention to this draft law is an indication of its importance and sensitivity, a [...]	2007-01-02 04:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HANOI2005	BURMA ENVOY GAMBARI AND GVN LEADERS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 26-27 visit to Hanoi, UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari urged senior GVN officials to take an active role in resolving the political situation in Burma. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presented a "somewhat strong" GVN position, including calling for th [...]	2007-11-28 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BM VM
07HANOI2006	AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S FIRST WEBCHAT DRAWS A MAJOR RESPONSE [...] (U) Summary: On November 20 - Vietnam's National Teacher's Day - Ambassador Michalak participated in his first online webchat with VietnamNet Online, Vietnam's most widely read and influential online news outlet. The almost two hour interview was carried live by video and audio stream on the [...]	2007-11-28 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI2009	U.S. ENGAGEMENT STIMULATES OTHER DONORS TO INCREASE AGENT [...] (SBU) Koos Neefjes, Senior Sustainable Development Advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),recently informed ESTHOff and HHS Attache that U.S. engagement on Agent Orange/dioxin issues in Vietnam had spurred other donors to increase funding and involvement in this area. In [...]	2007-11-29 02:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI2011	APPROVAL OF VIETNAM'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW POSITIVE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, 2007, the GVN National Assembly passed the long-awaited Law on Domestic Violence, aimed at preventing and punishing acts of domestic violence. Domestic violence continues to be prevalent in Vietnam, particularly in remote and rural areas. The passage of the Law [...]	2007-11-29 06:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI2012	VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY IN ITS DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports of contaminated foods in the marketplace have drawn public attention to Vietnam's struggle to improve its domestic food safety controls. Vegetables, fruits, and animal products contaminated with toxins are common in Vietnam and the number of food poisoning [...]	2007-11-29 06:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO EFIN VM
07HANOI2013	INFLATION IN VIETNAM HITS 10 PERCENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Consumer Price Index (CPI) has hit a record high of 10% year-on-year for the month of November, continuing an eleven-month trend of accelerating inflation. High inflation will likely continue because of the recent increase in fuel prices and retail price hikes for the [...]	2007-11-29 07:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV VM
07HANOI2019	FOREIGN MINISTER ENGAGES DONOR AMBASSADORS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, ambassadors from key donor countries engaged Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in an exchange on human rights issues. Discussion at the event, hosted by DPM Khiem, focused largely on the recent appellate hearing of two human rights l [...]	2007-11-30 07:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BM CONS VM
07HANOI2029	USCIRF MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI [...] (C) A delegation from the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Hanoi-based political dissidents, attorney Le Quoc Quan and Dr. Pham Hong Son, on October 22 and 23, respectively. According to both, all un-sanctioned political and religious organizations [...]	2007-12-03 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI2031	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECOND WORKING SESSION SETS [...] (SBU) Vietnam's 12TH National Assembly (2007 - 2011) passed several laws -- including a long-awaited law on domestic violence prevention (reftel) and laws on judicial assistance and special amnesty -- during its 25-day working session which ended November 21. It also set an ambitious legislat [...]	2007-12-04 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON ENRG VM
07HANOI2033	USCIRF MEETS WITH GVN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On October 22, a delegation of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Nguyen Van Son and deputies of the National Assembly (NA - Vietnam's parliament) to discuss the NA's oversight and legislative role in prot [...]	2007-12-04 05:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI2038	USCIRF VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE [...] (SBU) On October 22, 2007 a visiting United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation met with the wife of imprisoned political dissident Nguyen Van Dai, Vu Minh Khanh and the mother of imprisoned political dissident Le Thi Cong Nhan, Tran Thi Le, at a Hanoi resta [...]	2007-12-04 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI2040	USCIRF MEETING WITH VIETNAM'S COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 01:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI2041	A REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA POULTRY VACCINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Four years into its efforts to counter pandemic influenza, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has placed ongoing emphasis on a vaccination program to limit the possible spread of avian influenza (AI) caused by the highly pathogenic influenza A H5N1 virus. The nationwide program fo [...]	2007-12-05 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI2043	GVN SEEKS WAY FORWARD ON IPR CRIMINAL CIRCULAR [...] (U) In a December 5 meeting, National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) officials told visiting State Department DeskOff and Embassy EconOff that the Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to broker an inter-ministerial solution to the impasse over an out [...]	2007-12-05 10:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD VM
07HANOI2045	OOG'S CHAIRMAN LAYS OUT HIS AGENDA IN THE U.S. IN MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the Vietnamese delegation to the TIFA talks in Washington, Office of the Government Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, said that the GVN's top priority would be to overturn the apparel exports monitoring mechanism run by the Comme [...]	2007-12-05 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KTEX PHUM VM
07HANOI2051	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...]	2007-12-07 04:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI2053	MONRE MINISTER DETAILS VIETNAMESE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [...] (SBU) On December 7, Ambassador Michalak met with Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Nguyen Khoi Pham to highlight U.S. efforts to combat climate change and our desire to play a productive role in the ongoing UN Climate Conference in Bali (ref A). Pham noted the li [...]	2007-12-07 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
07HANOI2064	VIETNAM'S FIRST OIL REFINERY TAKES SHAPE IN QUANG NGAI [...] (U) Summary: On November 29, members of the Embassy's Economic Section traveled to Central Vietnam's Quang Ngai Province to meet with government officials and tour the site of what will be Vietnam's first petroleum refinery, located in the nearby Dung Quat Economic Zone. Quang Ngai Province i [...]	2007-12-11 04:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAID EIND EWWT SOCI TRGY EINV EPET ETRD
07HANOI2071	VIETNAM MARKS SUCCESSFUL CONTROL OF CHOLERA OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials recently announced the successful control of the outbreak of cholera (or, as the Government of Vietnam more generally referred to it, "severe acute diarrhea") that began in late October. International public health experts agree with the GVN that Vietnam's [...]	2007-12-14 04:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI209	HANOI ARCHBISHOP NOTES PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS FOR VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) On January 29, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet told the Ambassador that conditions for Catholics in northern Vietnam are steadily improving. Christmas 2006 was festive, and the Church was able to send priests to celebrate Christmas in one previously problematic northern province. That s [...]	2007-01-31 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
07HANOI2094	VIETNAM: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 07:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM VM
07HANOI2099	DESPITE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE, DENGUE CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Annual numbers of dengue cases continue to rise in Vietnam, particularly in the Mekong Delta region. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive national program to control dengue, it cannot eliminate the disease. Instead, ecological factors, including the growt [...]	2007-12-20 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED AMGT CASC KPAO VM
07HANOI210	COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET KICKSTARTS NAVAL [...] (C) During a recent visit to Hanoi and Hai Phong, Vietnam, the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Gary Roughead, proposed a range of new initiatives intended to broaden U.S.-Vietnam naval cooperation, including cooperation in the fields of Meteorological-Oceanographic (METOC) predict [...]	2007-01-31 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI2101	GPOI DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- GVN STILL CONSIDERING EVENTUAL [...] (SBU) On December 20, poloff discussed reftel points with MFA IO Department UN Section Chief Nguyen Thi Van Anh and Specialist Nguyen Vu Minh and also handed over a diplomatic note containing the points. Van Anh and Minh were quick to emphasize that the GVN is still considering and preparing f [...]	2007-12-21 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MARR MASS VM
07HANOI2112	MISSION VIETNAM COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HOYER AND [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Hoyer and delegation to travel to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from January 2-4, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to discuss bilateral issues with government officials. 2. (SBU) Embassy control officer is Politi [...]	2007-12-28 06:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA VN
07HANOI2113	MORE POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN REMEDIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. engagement continues to catalyze other donors to participate in dioxin remediation and related health projects. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) also continues to move forward on its clean up projects. At the same time, donors and the GVN are waiting for the United States [...]	2007-12-28 08:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
07HANOI2116	SHAKY RESPONSE TO NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials confirmed the death of a four year old boy from Avian Influenza (AI). However, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) response showed three significant communication failures; between animal and human health experts, between local and central officials, and betwee [...]	2007-12-28 11:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI221	PARTY PLENUM: WILL POLITICAL REFORMS ENHANCE GVN [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee recently met for the fourth time since last April's Party Congress to discuss policy and personnel directives. Central Committee members reached consensus on reducing from eleven to six the number of Party commissions that review [...]	2007-02-02 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI232	Vietnam's Ministry of Finance Reaches Out [...] (SBU) Summay: In a letter dated January 23 from Vietnamese Vic Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha to U.S. Treasuy Undersecretary for International Affairs Timoty Adams, Ha formally expressed the Government ofVietnam's (GVN) interest in receiving technical ssistance in developing three areas: tax [...]	2007-02-05 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV VM
07HANOI233	AUSTR BARBARA WEISEL DISCUSSES MOVING TRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Barbara Weisel expressed the United States' strong interest in building upon the current momentum in our bilateral trade relations. VM Tu reacted positively to AUSTR Wei [...]	2007-02-05 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX USTR VM
07HANOI234	DPM KHIEM'S VISIT TO UNITED STATES: MARCH DATES ACCEPTED [...] (SBU) On February 5, the DCM met with the MFA America's Desk Acting DG Pham Van Que. Que confirmed that DPM/FM Pham Gia Khiem would like to visit Washington DC, March 15-16 (text of diplomatic note at para 6). The main purpose of the DPM's visit is to prepare for President Nguyen Minh Triet's [...]	2007-02-05 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HANOI239	HCMC CONSULAR DISTRICT: GVN ASSERTS RIGHT TO CONTROL CONGEN [...] This is an action cable for EAP and L/EAP. Mission Vietnam requests Department approval of a draft diplomatic note in para 10. 2. Summary: In recent interactions, GVN officials -- citing the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs -- are challenging the right of Consulate General Ho C [...]	2007-02-06 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AMGT PREL CMGT KFRD VM
07HANOI24	GVN Struggles to Enforce Internet Gaming Regulations [...] (SBU) GVN regulations established to rein in online gaming by young people are for the most part ignored by both gamers and Internet cafe owners. The GVN's inability to adequately enforce its online gaming regulations reveals the broader challenges it faces in its attempts to manage the Intern [...]	2007-01-05 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI240	VIETNAM CONSIDERING EXPORT WORKER PROGRAM FOR UNITED [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and ConsChief met with officials at the Ministry of Labor Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to discuss recent news reports that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) was beginning a new program to export laborers to the United States. The reports quoted MOLISA officials as [...]	2007-02-06 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON CVIS PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
07HANOI241	Vietnam Ratifies ILO Forced Labor Convention; Other [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Minh Triet signed documents ratifying Vietnam's accession to the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Convention 29 on forced labor on January 29. The signing had been widely anticipated following a lengthy Vietnamese inter-ministerial review to [...]	2007-02-06 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
07HANOI256	HANOI CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (SBU) On January 31, EC Ambassador Markus Cornaro hosted the third in a series of Hanoi Ambassadors' human rights discussions. Among the issues discussed were: -- The overall human rights situation in Vietnam: Most COMs noted progress, but expressed some concerns regarding Protestants in the [...]	2007-02-09 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI260	VIETNAM CONSIDERING CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Rumors have surfaced that the Prime Minister is considering the imposition of capital controls as a measure to cooling off the overheated stock market. A contact in the State Securities Commission explained why that agency is opposed to the idea. The Citibank Country Officer fo [...]	2007-02-09 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI261	ABN-AMRO TRIES TO SETTLE CASE, CITIBANK COULD BE NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials of the Dutch Bank ABN-AMR provided an update on the bank's ordeal in trying to settle criminal and civil charges regarding allegedly unauthorized foreign exchange deals with the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank (Incombank) of Vietnam (Ref B). The ABN-AMRO repr [...]	2007-02-09 11:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI266	FULL YEAR STATISTICS FOR 2006-2007 INCSR - VIETNAM [...] The following is an updated "Law Enforcement Efforts" paragraph with full year statistics for the Vietnam section of the 2006-2007 INCSR. 2. Law Enforcement Efforts. According to GVN statistics, during 2006, there were 10,783 drug cases involving 16,686 suspected traffickers. Total seizu [...]	2007-02-12 08:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM VM
07HANOI271	VISIT TO VIETNAM BY SENIOR AG BIOTECH ADVISOR SHARON [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Sharon Wiener visited Vietnam from January 23 to 26 during an important moment in the country's agbiotech development. The advance of agbiotech is an official national priority in Vietnam. In August 2005, the Prime Minister issued a [...]	2007-02-12 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OTRA EAGR ETRD EAID KPAO VM
07HANOI273	THE GVN REPORTS ON TWO YEARS OF THE NEW FRAMEWORK ON [...] (SBU) On February 1, the GVN issued its second report on the implementation of its new framework on religion. Comments at the official unveiling were largely desultory, though the GVN did make an unusual acknowledgement that it has faced difficulties implementing its policies at the local leve [...]	2007-02-13 03:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM VM
07HANOI275	PM'S VATICAN VISIT TO BE FOLLOWED BY PAPAL VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's January 25 visit to the Vatican has elicited guarded optimism from Catholics and GVN officials alike that both sides are moving closer to normalizing diplomatic relations. Recent efforts by the GVN to upgrade an important shrine in southern Vietnam may i [...]	2007-02-13 08:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
07HANOI280	VIETNAM'S NOMINATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTIVITIES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam submits this activity proposal for consideration under the Avian Influenza Action Group's (AIAG) program to promote public diplomacy and communicate U.S. foreign policy objectives (reftel). The proposal, "Capacity Strengthening for Public Health Journalism to Co [...]	2007-02-14 04:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO KFLU KPAO KSCA EAGR AID AMGT VM
07HANOI286	PRM A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEES, RESETTLEMENT WITH MFA [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met with MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu in separate meetings. During the meeting with AFM Minh, A/S Sauerbr [...]	2007-02-14 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM
07HANOI287	A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES POPULATION, SOCIAL ISSUES AND TIP [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with the GVN's Commission for Population, Family and Children and the National Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs. Commission Vice-Chairman Nguyen Ba Thuy discussed Vietnam [...]	2007-02-14 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KWMN PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI288	PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with representatives of UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Hanoi. In her UNHCR meeting, UNHCR officials discussed in familiar terms the organizat [...]	2007-02-14 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF KWMN SOCI VM CB
07HANOI290	TREASURY LETTER DELIVERED ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. While no senior Vietnamese officials were willing to talk on the phone with Treasury about capital controls, a cooperative Office of Government official was amenable to receiving written comments. Embassy delivered a letter from Treasury DAS Dohner to Mr. Hung that discussed t [...]	2007-02-14 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI291	PM DZUNG'S ONLINE CHAT: POWER TO THE PEOPLE? [...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung went online for over two hours to answer questions on a variety of topics, including corruption, the economy, the media and even his personal life. The GVN says the Internet chats are geared toward increasing its "transparency of ope [...]	2007-02-14 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCOR KPAO PHUM VM
07HANOI294	Vietnamese Official Discusses MCA, TIFA Proposal, Apparel [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 7 meeting with USTR, Commerce Department, and Embassy representatives, Office of the Government International Relations Department Director Mr. Bui Huy Hung pressed USTR on details for a potential Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),expressed concer [...]	2007-02-15 03:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAID KTEX VM
07HANOI297	NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY AGENCY DISCUSSES SISTER LAB [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese officials signaled a strong willingness to sign a cooperative arrangement with the United States on information exchange and cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy during the team visit of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Global Securit [...]	2007-02-15 06:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KIPR KNNP KGIT VM
07HANOI300	HUNG RESPONDS UNOFFICIALLY BUT POSITIVELY TO TREASURY [...] (SBU) Responding to the letter from Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Dohner we delivered on February 14 (Ref B),Mr. Bui SIPDIS Huy Hung, International Relations Director in the Prime Minister's Office informally conveyed to us a message acknowledging his reception of the letter. [...]	2007-02-15 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI301	UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) In a February 12 meeting with the Charge, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan and UNHCR colleagues described their ongoing efforts to work with the GVN to resolve the situation facing several thousand stateless ethnic Cambodians, resident in [...]	2007-02-15 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
07HANOI302	JOINT DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, the CDA joined with the Australian, New Zealand and Japanese ambassadors to deliver points on PSI to Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, as instructed in reftel. In response, VFM Bang reiterated the GVN's policy of case-by-case cooperation to interdict suspected [...]	2007-02-15 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PREL VM

07HANOI303	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAKS QUELLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has announced the successful containment of H5N1 outbreaks in poultry after experiencing 21 outbreak-free days. During January 29-31, Senior Advisor for East and Southeast Asia Charles Patterson traveled with ESTHOff, CONGEN ECONOff and CDC Influ [...]	2007-02-15 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI308	MISSION RECOMMENDS THAT VIETNAM REMAIN ON THE 2007 SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mission recommends continued placement of Vietnam on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Watch List for 2007 because intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement is still weak, and piracy and counterfeiting in many product categories remain per [...]	2007-02-22 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR VM
07HANOI309	MISSION RECOMMENDS THAT VIETNAM REMAIN ON THE 2007 SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR VM
07HANOI310	USG OFFICIALS DISCUSS TIFA, IPR AND TRADE IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from USTR and the Department of Commerce discussed a range of current trade issues with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials during a Febrary 6-9 visit to Hanoi, including: a potential Tade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); itellectual property rights (IPR) e [...]	2007-02-22 06:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECPS KIPR EAGR USTR VM
07HANOI312	SUBJECT: MFA DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF THREE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA briefed Embassy Hanoi on February 19 regarding the cases of three prominent political activists. The MFA reported that Father Nguyen Van Ly, an activist resident in Hue, is under investigation and is under administrative restrictions. Separately, Vietnamese officials s [...]	2007-02-22 08:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI325	VIETNAM OFFICIALS EAGER TO ENTER GSP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with USTR visitors, Government of Vietnam officials expressed a strong interest in applying for the GSP program as soon as possible. USTR GSP Executive Director Marideth Sandler explained the GSP program and eligibility criteria to a 25-person forum of government of [...]	2007-02-23 07:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID ELAB KIPR VM
07HANOI337	ADDITIONAL EXCHANGES ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Following Embassy's delivery of initial letter from Treasury DAS Robert Dohner to Mr. Hung in the Prime Minister's office, there was an additional exchange between them on the issue of capital controls. Hung appreciated Treasury's comments, informed his superiors, and expected [...]	2007-02-23 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI362	U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese officials signaled a strong willingness to enter into a cooperative agreement with the United States on nuclear regulatory issues during U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield's visit to Hanoi on February 5. Officials told Commissioner Merrifield that [...]	2007-02-27 08:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY TECH OTRA KNNP VM
07HANOI367	VFM LE VAN BANG ON UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL VISITS, OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is placing great stock in the upcoming visit of DPM/FM Khiem to the United States as "preparing the atmosphere" for President Triet's own travel to the United States later this year, VFM Le Van Bang told the Ambassador February 26. The DPM's visit will also provide the o [...]	2007-02-27 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON VM
07HANOI370	VIETNAM TOURISM BOOMS, BUT "HIDDEN CHARM" UNDER THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's tourism industry is set to boom in the coming years, with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials expecting the number of foreign tourists to rise roughly 15 percent annually from 3.6 million in 2006 to 6 million by 2010. Despite the positive trend, tourist industry exec [...]	2007-02-28 04:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON EINV ETRD VM
07HANOI373	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - FIRST POULTRY OUTBREAK IN NORTH [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced the containment of an H5N1 outbreak in poultry in northern Hai Duong Province that occurred on February 16, the first day of the Tet Lunar New Year. A smaller poultry die-off that occurred in early February in northern Ninh Binh Province [...]	2007-02-28 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI374	VIETNAM GVN COMMENTS PUBLICLY ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Both privately and via public statements, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials have reiterated assertions that Vietnam has no current plan to impose capital controls on foreign investors to cool down the country's stock market. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung provided th [...]	2007-02-28 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI404	VIETNAM SUPPORTS MAINTAINING ITA DUTY-FREE COVERAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 1 meeting, the Ministry of Trade's (MOT) Multilateral Trade Policy Department Deputy Director General, Luong Hoang Thai, expressed support for the U.S. position on maintaining duty-free coverage of information technology (IT) products covered under the World Trade Orga [...]	2007-03-02 07:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO VM
07HANOI408	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS EXBS PROGRAM EQUIPMENT TO GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador highlighted the GVN's support for our EXBS Program cooperation in a ceremony March 1 to hand over new equipment to increase the effectiveness of customs officers. The GVN officials praised EXBS Program assistance, noting that it helps them meet key training prio [...]	2007-03-02 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL VM
07HANOI410	BURMA: MFA INQUIRES ABOUT NEXT SPECIAL ENVOY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC VM
07HANOI411	MOST VICE MINISTER TO MEET WITH DOE/NNSA ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Vice Minister of Science and Technology (VM) Tran Quoc Thang, who is traveling to Washington as part of the delegation of Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, is seeking meetings with USG officials to discuss a range of issues. VM Thang will arrive in Washington in advance of DPM Khiem' [...]	2007-03-02 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KIPR KNNP KGIT VM
07HANOI418	VIETNAM MFA PREPARING REPORT ON IRAN'S COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 04:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY
07HANOI425	PM DZUNG INSTRUCTS GVN AGENCIES TO PURCHASE COPYRIGHTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung issued Instruction No. 04/2007/CT-TTg calling on government agencies to strengthen software copyright protection in compliance with Vietnam's international copyright protection commitments. This new policy delegates specific respo [...]	2007-03-05 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO VM
07HANOI43	Violence Against Women a Serious Problem [...] (SBU) Violence against women is a serious problem in Vietnam, but to date the GVN has done little to study or combat it. In spite of Vietnam's economic growth and increasing economic independence for women, traditional attitudes about women's roles persist, and domestic violence does not recei [...]	2007-01-10 06:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN SOCI PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI436	JOINT DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On March 7, Poloff met with MFA International Law and Treaty Department specialist Nguyen Dang Thang to discuss reftels' points and urge GVN participation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the "Initiative"). Per Ref A's instructions, Russian Embassy First Secretary S [...]	2007-03-07 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VM
07HANOI440	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PHAM GIA KHIEM'S AMCHAM LUNCHEON [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem delivered a less-than-spectacular performance at an off-the-record American Chamber of Commerce-hosted luncheon on March 7, 2007. Though the self-interested questions of luncheon participants were partly responsible for the q [...]	2007-03-07 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ETRD OVIP VM
07HANOI449	EAP/MLS OFFICE DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MEETINGS WITH GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP/MLS Office Director Rob Rapson and the DCM met with GVN officials March 8 on the eve of the departure of Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and his delegation to the United States. His exchanges covered recent arrests of dissidents in Vietnam and details [...]	2007-03-08 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP PREL ECON ETRD OEXC VM
07HANOI451	POLITICAL PRISONER PHAN VAN BAN CONFIRMS DESIRE [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador at Nam Ha Prison in Ha Nam Province, south of Hanoi, prisoner of conscience Phan Van Ban expressed his desire to reunite with his family in the United States if released from prison. The Ambassador passed on a letter to Ban from his son and discuss [...]	2007-03-08 10:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI452	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAK IN HANOI [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has experienced four poultry outbreaks since February 13. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has now confirmed that H5N1 was the cause of two poultry outbreaks on farms in one of Hanoi's rural communes. Earlier this week, a poultry outbreak occurred at a farm in Ha Tay Prov [...]	2007-03-08 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI48	VIETNAM: IDEAS FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN AND INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] In response to Ref A (and in addition to the contacts listed in Ref C),Post recommends the following influential women for possible participation in future female empowerment-related events: A. Ms. Pham Thi Thu Hanh Vice Chairwoman Council for Women Entrepreneurs Vietnam Chamber of Commer [...]	2007-01-10 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL RP UNGA
07HANOI484	GVN OFFICIAL SAYS INL-FUNDED OPDAT TRAINING "IMPROVED [...] (SBU) On March 7, Poloff discussed the results of INL-funded OPDAT training with Nguyen Hai Phong, Director of the Supreme People's Procuracy's Department for Crimes and Drug Cases. Phong is also a member of the National Assembly. The OPDAT training consisted of two week-long seminars held i [...]	2007-03-13 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR PGOV VM
07HANOI486	U.S. AID -- INFLUENCING THE FUTURE OF VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. foreign assistance programs in Vietnam, though low in dollar figures, are having a huge, direct impact in shaping Vietnam's reform program. Government of Vietnam (GVN) decision-makers seemingly cannot stop praising our flagship STAR (Support for Trade AcceleRation) program, [...]	2007-03-13 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM
07HANOI501	DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 06:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL UNGA VM
07HANOI504	STREET CHILDREN: VIETNAM'S NOT SO HIDDEN [...] (SBU) Unreliable data, allegations of periodic government round-ups and employment in the black market and other illegal sectors are prominent features of Vietnam's street children problem. Although the GVN is quick to defend its record, many observers note that the government's slow developme [...]	2007-03-15 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN SOCI PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI505	Vietnam's New Law on Residence - Old Wine in a New Bottle? [...] (SBU) Vietnam's newly revised Law on Residence, due to take effect on July 1, 2007, loosens many regulations governing "ho khau," a cumbersome residency registration requirement in existence for many years. Without ho khau in a particular locality, it is often difficult for individuals and fam [...]	2007-03-15 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM ECON PREL VM
07HANOI530	DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE - GVN NOT WILLING TO [...] (SBU) On March 20, Poloff met with MFA West Asia and Africa Department Southern Africa Desk Officer Cao Vu Mai to deliver reftel points on building international support for democracy in Zimbabwe. Poloff also left a copy of the Secretary's and Department Spokesman's statements. When asked for [...]	2007-03-21 01:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ZI VM
07HANOI535	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES SPRING SESSION [...] (SBU) The 11th and final session of the 11th National Assembly (2002-2007) convened on March 20. With its elections in the offing (May 20),the National Assembly's (NA) shortened spring session will continue the legislature's focus on corruption, waste and mismanagement, and will include a rev [...]	2007-03-21 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON ENRG VM
07HANOI547	HEAT WAVE, DROUGHT HITS VIETNAM POWER AND AG PRODUCTION [...] (U) Summary: Record high-temperatures and Vietnam's worst drought in 20 years may lead to power outages and damage agriculture production, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials say. Northern Vietnam's Red River and the rivers feeding northern Vietnam's hydropower and agriculture systems are fl [...]	2007-03-22 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON EIND EINV EPET ETRD VM
07HANOI55	VIETNAM READY TO SIGN MARITIME AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) The Director General of the Vietnam Ministry of Transport (MOT) Pham Thanh Tung informed Econoff on January 10 that the Government of Vietnam was ready to sign the U.S.-Vietnam Maritime Transport Agreement (MTA). "Internal formalities have been finalized and we are ready for signing," he [...]	2007-01-11 06:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD EIND EINV VM
07HANOI550	GVN RESPONSE TO U.S. ARF INITIATIVES AND ITS ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, Poloff presented reftel points and proposals on ARF initiatives at the MFA ASEAN Department. While the reaction to the nonproliferation Inter-Sessional Meeting ("ISM") and cooperation statement initiatives was positive, the proposal to create ISM working groups rep [...]	2007-03-22 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF MARR PARM VM
07HANOI575	UNSCR 1747 IRAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 03:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC IAEA UNSC VM
07HANOI58	VIETNAM HEEDS SECTION 1377 REVIEW COMMENTS; STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 2, Post provided the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) with the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) and Voice on the Net (VON) Coalition's comments submitted as part of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) 2007 1377 Telecom Trade Agreement Review [...]	2007-01-11 06:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD USTR WTRO VM
07HANOI585	GVN AGREES TO LET DIPLOMATS WATCH FATHER LY TRIAL ON [...] (SBU) On March 28, Poloffs met with America's Desk Deputy Director Nguyen Hoang Nam at his invitation to discuss developments in the upcoming trial of Father Nguyen Van Ly. In addition to reiterating standard GVN points that Ly is being prosecuted for violations of Vietnamese law, Nam confirme [...]	2007-03-27 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI595	STOCK MARKET PREDICTIONS [...] (U) Summary: At the second annual Euromoney Institutional Investor Investment Forum held March 19-20 in Hanoi, a panel of investment experts in Vietnam offered their opinions on and predictions for VietnamQ volatile stock market. While all panelists agreed a market correction will occur with [...]	2007-03-28 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EINV ETRD ECON VM
07HANOI598	GVN REPEALS DECREE 31 PROVISION ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROBATION [...] (U) Summary: In a long-awaited move, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has amended the infamous Decree 31, repealing the repressive provision on Administrative Probation, often used to punish perceived political dissidents. With minimal publicity, the amended law took effect on March 21 with the [...]	2007-03-28 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI VM
07HANOI599	GVN READY TO MOVE ON PHAM VAN BAN [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) On March 29, MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh called in the CDA to confirm that Vietnam will facilitate the USG request that Phan Van Ban be released and is ready to move forward. In order to facilitate the "co [...]	2007-03-28 11:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS VM CVIS
07HANOI6	Women's Rights, Civil Society Bolstered by Passage of New [...] (SBU) The causes of women's rights and civil society took a step forward recently when the National Assembly passed Vietnam's first-ever Law on Gender Equality. The law is an acknowledgement by Vietnam's leadership that sex discrimination is a serious problem and aims to redress wage and other [...]	2007-01-03 04:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM HUMANR KWMN SOCI VM
07HANOI611	MISSION VIETNAM CONTACTS -- PANDEMIC INFLUENZA NATIONAL [...] Pursuant to reftel, Mission Vietnam has designated the following persons as its main points of contact on avian and pandemic influenza: -- Mr. Nathan Sage, ESTH Officer (State Hanoi Representative),who may be reached at (84)(4) 772-1500 (ext. 2233),mobile (84)(90) 345-7801 or e-mail at Sa [...]	2007-04-01 04:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU MARR MASS CASC
07HANOI622	CONSULAR DISTRICTS AND CONSULATES: ANOTHER PROTEST; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a March 29 meeting with the CDA, MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh presented another protest complaining of the "out of district" activities of Congen HCMC officials. After rece [...]	2007-04-02 04:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AMGT VM
07HANOI641	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES COMMERCIAL DELIVERABLES, TIFA, NEC, HR, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Office of the Government (OOG) Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 4 to promote positive Vietnamese government action on commercial projects by U.S. firms and to address a number of prominent bilateral issues, including: Trade and Investment Fram [...]	2007-04-05 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KOCI CVIS CASC AMGT
07HANOI645	DEMARCHE ON NATANZ FEP CEREMONY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-08 08:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC VM
07HANOI652	GVN MAKES EXCUSES FOR APRIL 5 INCIDENT, DISSIDENT FAMILY [...] (SBU) On April 6, a local security official told Poloff that the altercation at the Ambassador's residence on April 5 (reftel) was the result of "local officials acting without orders, to protect the Ambassador." As for the five invitees to the Ambassador's residence, over the weekend we were [...]	2007-04-08 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC VM
07HANOI666	VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 08:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PREL KNNP PARM KN IR VM
07HANOI675	CODEL ORTIZ DISCUSSES GROWING U.S.-VIETNAM TIES, EMR [...] (SBU) On April 6, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Yeu separately told Codel Ortiz that U.S.-Vietnam relations are growing across the board and are bound to expand more in the coming years. Both leaders cited recent landmar [...]	2007-04-11 07:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON VM
07HANOI684	LIKELY MFA RESHUFFLE WOULD SEND NEW AMBASSADOR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts are suggesting that the MFA's leadership will soon undergo a reshuffle, probably in May. If these reports bear out, three current vice foreign ministers will become ambassadors in Washington, Beijing and Tokyo, and high-level responsibility for the U.S. portfol [...]	2007-04-11 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI686	EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 00:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU KPAO SENV VM
07HANOI687	UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...]	2007-04-12 00:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX
07HANOI69	POLITBURO COMMISSIONS STUDIES ON POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Vietnam's 14-member Politburo has tasked a little-known group of intellectuals and former and current Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) leaders to examine Vietnam's (and other countries') political systems and recommend possible political reforms in accordance with Vietnam's "polit [...]	2007-01-11 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VM
07HANOI707	PRESS REVEALS VIETNAM'S RICHEST PEOPLE [...] (SBU) Local papers recently published for the first time a list of the richest people in Vietnam. The list is a hot topic in cafes and Internet chat rooms, and many have welcomed this as a new sign of transparency and a possible source of inspiration to young entrepreneurs. That said, other i [...]	2007-04-16 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI720	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES PRISONER AMNESTY, REORGANIZES [...] (SBU) The National Assembly (NA) convened March 20 for its 11th and final session prior to its May 20 elections. Prior to wrapping up its abridged spring session on April 2, the legislature debated a new draft Amnesty Law and, in discussions with the Office of the Government and the Ministry o [...]	2007-04-18 06:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI725	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SPORADIC ANIMAL OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Since mid-February, sporadic outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) have occurred in isolated poultry flocks. The outbreaks have been readily controlled by the Government of Vietnam (GVN). No human cases were found. Local media reports that the 2007 poultry vaccination program i [...]	2007-04-18 11:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI73	VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 human avian influenza (AI) cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. According to the Government of Vietnam (GVN),Kien Giang province in the Mekong Delta has become the fourth province to experience to an AI poultry outbreak. Two f [...]	2007-01-12 03:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI733	VIETNAM ANTI-TIP PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam recommends the para 3's five anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposals for G/TIP FY 2007 funding. 2. (SBU) Post will forward to G/TIP the proposal and budgetary materials related to the five proposals. Mission recommends full funding of all five of these str [...]	2007-04-20 07:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN VM
07HANOI752	POLICE INTERFERENCE AGAIN MARS AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) crackdown on political dissent continues. On April 23, the Ambassador's second attempt at hosting an event at his residence with family members of political dissidents was blocked by the police. Four of the five invitees were either prevented from leavin [...]	2007-04-24 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI761	NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENRG VM
07HANOI763	PSI: VIETNAM PARTICIPATES IN OUTREACH FORUM [...] (SBU) On April 25, Poloff met with MFA International Organizations Department officer Nguyen Thi Van Anh to obtain a readout on her attendance at the PSI Outreach Forum held in Auckland on March 29. (Note: Anh had been traveling until only recently. End Note.) The focus of the forum was to p [...]	2007-04-25 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP VM
07HANOI772	COMMERCE A/S DAVID SPOONER ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER APPAREL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a much anticipated April 19 visit, Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner addressed concerns over the U.S. Textile and Apparel Products from Vietnam Monitoring Program with Vietnamese garment and apparel manufacturers, U.S. im [...]	2007-04-25 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HANOI777	UNHCR Hanoi Welcomes Action Plan [...] (SBU) On April 27, Pol/C shared reftel's contents with UNHCR's Hanoi Chief of Mission Vu Anh Son. Son welcomed the news, noting that his leadership in Bangkok feels the same. The new plan should help to diminish the pull-factor for ethnic minorities to cross into Cambodia, he observed. Son p [...]	2007-04-27 06:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM
07HANOI782	MFA DELIVERS MESSAGE: STOP SUPPORTING POLITICAL ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) On April 27, the Ambassador was called in by MFA Americas Department Director General Pham Van Que to receive a message from the "highest GVN authorities" concerning the Ambassador's and Embassy's "support for political activists." The text of the message is provided in paragraph four b [...]	2007-04-27 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI79	GVN ON BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On January 14, Pol/C drew on Ref B points and delivered Ref C points during a meeting with Vuong Hai Nam, Deputy Director General of the MFA's Asia II (Southeast Asia) Department, and Ha Thi Ngoc Ha, Deputy Director General of the ASEAN Department. Both noted that neither Vietnam nor ASE [...]	2007-01-12 08:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC VM
07HANOI80	UNCERTAINTY OVER DECREE 31 REPEAL [...] (SBU) On December 14, 2006, the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) passed a resolution supporting the repeal of the GVN's Decree 31 (reftel). Specifically, the resolution called on the GVN to cease using administrative detention (in which security officials can summarily detain citize [...]	2007-01-12 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR VM
07HANOI815	IPR PROGRAM REVEALS BASIS FOR CLOSER COOPERATION WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 3-6, USAID Star Vietnam and the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted a program in Hanoi focused on criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) with the Supreme People's Procuracy. During the week, IPR experts from the U.S. Department of J [...]	2007-05-04 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR VM
07HANOI816	HOW ECONOMIC DECISIONS GET MADE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In place since June of 2006, Vietnam's Prime Minister and his deputy have taken greater control of economic policy and its implementation, increasingly dominating the traditional consensus decision-making process of the Politburo. While Hanoi-based economists state that the Commu [...]	2007-05-04 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI828	"DISSIDENT WRITERS" RECEIVE STATE AWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Hoang Cam, Le Dat, Phung Quan and Tran Dan, four writers who belonged to an anti-government intellectual circle in the 1950's, and who were long censored and even jailed by the GVN, recently received one of Vietnam's top artistic prizes for their work. However, GVN officials hav [...]	2007-05-07 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI83	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS RANGE OF CURRENT BILATERAL TOPICS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with the DCM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Director General Pham Van Que said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has not yet decided on dates for travel to the United States. Que proposed several potentia [...]	2007-01-12 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AMGT ABLD ECON ETRD VM
07HANOI830	VIETNAM 2007 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche points by a phone call to Ministry of Trade (MOT) Multilateral Trade Policy Department Director General Tran Quoc Khanh on April 30 and in person to MOT Americas Trade Policy Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Hong Dzuong on May 2. Due [...]	2007-05-07 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI836	Triet Visit: MFA Confirms June 22 Meeting with President, [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nguyen Minh Triet has "officially accepted" June 22 as the date of his meeting with President Bush, and is also considering the MFA's recommendations that he stop in New York and Los Angeles and issue a Joint Statement with President Bush. Furthermore, the GVN is pulli [...]	2007-05-08 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI839	HUMAN RIGHTS: GVN PROPAGANDA AGAINST JAILED DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) Over the weekend, Vietnam aired two television reports on jailed dissident lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, respectively. The Dai expose was unusual for its inclusion of a long "interview" with Dai himself in prison in which he tearfully admitted to taking money from foreign- [...]	2007-05-08 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HUMANR PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI849	U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL BOTH OPTIMISTIC AND CONCERNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Eighteen U.S. business representatives delivered a message of optimism mixed with concern during a mission of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) to Hanoi on May 3 and 4. The highlight of the mission's two-day series of meetings with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials, mo [...]	2007-05-09 08:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BTIO EINV WTRO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI866	ANOTHER DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST DETAINED IN ONGOING GVN [...] (SBU) On May 10, Poloff met with Do Ba Tan, husband of detained writer and activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy, in order to discuss Thuy's case. Thuy was arrested on April 21 on charges of anti-state propaganda. Her husband vehemently denies such charges. While her husband has not been allowed to [...]	2007-05-11 07:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HANOI869	VIETNAM'S PREPARATIONS FOR CITES COP 14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 9, ESTHOff met with Nature Conservation Expert of Vietnam CITES Management Office in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Ms. Ha Thi Tuyet Nga to discuss Vietnam's positions on Document 52 of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Inte [...]	2007-05-11 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA VM
07HANOI872	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE THI [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the Hanoi People's Court sentenced democracy activists Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan to five and four year prison terms, respectively, for "distributing propaganda against the State." The trial, which lasted four hours, was orderly. Journalists and the diploma [...]	2007-05-11 10:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
07HANOI888	GVN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACE CORPS; STICKING POINTS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: EconCouns met with officials of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 14, 2006, to obtain an update on the Government of Vietnam's (GVN's) intentions on the esta [...]	2007-05-15 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID VM
07HANOI890	(U) SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE ACCESS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) As requested (reftel),below is the Mission's assessment of the position of the Government of Vietnam (GVN) with regard to sharing H5N1 avian influenza (AI) samples. 2. (SBU) The GVN supports the World Health Organization (WHO) policy on sharing of (AI) viral samples and readily shares a [...]	2007-05-15 10:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AORC PREL PNIR KFLU WHO OTRA VM
07HANOI897	SCENESETTER FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER HILL [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi May 23-24. Your visit will be a key event in the lead-up to the June visit to Washington by President Nguyen Minh Triet. Indeed, I expect your visit to prove instrumental in determining the success of that visit by underscoring [...]	2007-05-16 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI898	AMBASSADOR AND VFM BANG DISCUSS TRIET VISIT, HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 dinner with Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Le Van Bang and other MFA officials, the Ambassador stressed that time is short for the two sides to reach agreements on potential deliverables to ensure a successful visit by President Nguyen Minh Triet. The two sides discusse [...]	2007-05-16 11:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIRF OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI90	GVN REPORTEDLY DOES NOT WANT U.S. RESETTLEMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: According to UNHCR, the GVN does not object to the third-country resettlement of the 42 Vietnamese Hmong in Thailand. However, the GVN has caveated its position by requesting that UNHCR not resettle the Hmong in the United States for fear of creating a draw for more Hmong to leav [...]	2007-01-16 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA VM
07HANOI912	HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR HANDS OVER FY 2007 VIETNAM OPERATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 9, the Ambassador formally presented to Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Vietnam Operational Plan for fiscal year 2007. The Ambassador urged greater GVN coordination to ensure that HIV-positive individuals res [...]	2007-05-17 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV TBIO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI917	IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 07:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC VM
07HANOI919	IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 08:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC VM
07HANOI920	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPORTANCE OF UNSCR 1267 CT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN EFIN VM
07HANOI921	VIETNAMESE GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 20 [...] (SBU) After an extensive vetting process, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) approved 880 candidates to contest 500 seats in the May 20 National Assembly (NA) elections. In spite of the Party touting early on that "many more" independent (non-Communist Party) candidates would run this time a [...]	2007-05-18 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM
07HANOI923	APEC Workshop, Implementation Action Plan on Influenza [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from APEC member economies, the U.N. Systems Influenza Coordinator, the World Health Organization, the UNDP-supported Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza (Vietnam),and the Asian Development Bank met May 7 and 8 in Hanoi to discuss progress and future directio [...]	2007-05-18 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECIN KFLU APECO PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI928	REVISED U.S. ARF PROPOSALS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 03:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF KNNP PTER VM
07HANOI931	EU, CANADA CONDEMN HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION [...] (SBU) In recent days, the EU and Canada have issued statements expressing concern about the human rights situation in Vietnam and calling on the GVN to release all non-violent political prisoners. The GVN rejected in familiar terms the EU's statement, noting that Vietnam has always respected th [...]	2007-05-21 08:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI932	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE, STATE BANK: OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: This message provides overview and general comment on Ambassador Marine's May 17 and 18 meetings with Vietnam's Minister of Finance and State Bank Governor. A series of five septels will report on individual agenda items. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Marine met Minister [...]	2007-05-21 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EAID KIPR PGOV CASC VM
07HANOI935	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: When asked about GVN thinking on ways to address overheating in securities markets by the Ambassador during separate meetings on May 17 and 18, the State Bank Governor and the Finance Minister showed no hesitation in embracing the market approach (but did not explicitly rule ou [...]	2007-05-21 10:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI936	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador reviewed ongoing U.S. financial sector technical assistance programs in separate meetings May 17 and 18 with State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy and the Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh. Both officials expressed appreciation for and asked for more assistance. Governor [...]	2007-05-21 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
07HANOI937	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: ADOPTION FEES [...] (U) This message reports the content of the Ambassador's meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Finance regarding the lack of a published fee schedule for inter-country adoptions. The discussion was held May 17 and was part of a lengthier agenda (ref a). 2. (SBU) Background: The adoption fee [...]	2007-05-21 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CIVS KOCI PREL ECON VM
07HANOI940	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: PEACE CORPS [...] (SBU) This message reports the content of the Ambassador's meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Finance regarding the taxation element of a draft Peace Corps country agreement. The discussion was held May 17 and was part of a lengthier agenda (reftel A). 2. (SBU) Background: Post has held d [...]	2007-05-22 07:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI944	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: This message reports the content of the Ambassador's separate meetings with Vietnam's Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh and State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy on May 17 and May 18, respectively. The Ambassador's two interlocutors reaffirmed the GVN's commitment to combating financi [...]	2007-05-22 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON VM
07HANOI945	MICROSOFT SIGNS LANDMARK SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 21, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung witnessed the signing of a multi-faceted agreement committing all GVN agencies to use licensed software. For its part, Microsoft will increase its investment to develop Vietnam's information a [...]	2007-05-22 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD ECPS VM
07HANOI973	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - PERSISTENT SPORADIC ANIMAL [...] (U) Summary: After a month-long period of no highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreaks in animals, limited outbreaks in poultry have been reported in five provinces, including Hanoi. One suspected human case, a 30-year old man from Vinh Phuoc Province, is recovering but still in critica [...]	2007-05-24 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI997	CONSULAR DISTRICTS: GVN REITERATES ITS CASE [...] (U) Summary: The GVN continues to protest the normal activities of U.S. consular officers based in HCMC, holding that we need prior approval to work in areas in southern Vietnam outside of HCMC itself. The DCM discussed the latest diplomatic note (text below) with the Director General of the M [...]	2007-05-25 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AMGT VM
07HANOI998	GVN SEEKS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED TEXT AND EARLIER DATES FOR [...] Action Request - Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary/Comment/Action Request: EconCouns met with Ministry of Education and Training and MFA officials on May 24 to notify them of planned travel of Peace Corps (PC) officials to negotiate a Country Agreement. The Vietnamese welcome the team, [...]	2007-05-25 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID VM

08HANOI100	UNHCR SAYS MONTAGNARD CAMPS MAXED; STATELESS KHMER PLAN [...] (SBU) In a January 23 farewell call with Ambassador Michalak, retiring UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan reviewed the progress UNHCR had made in Vietnam over the last several years. Working cooperatively with the GVN, the USG and the international donor community, Utkan said UNHCR had h [...]	2008-01-30 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF CB VM
08HANOI1002	VIETNAM REFUSES TO CONDEMN RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] (SBU) On August 28, the Ambassador spoke with Vice FM Pham Binh Minh to urge that Vietnam's PermRep publicly and forcefully condemn Russia's August 26 decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Per reftel, the Ambassador stressed that the Security Council, if it meets in special sessio [...]	2008-08-28 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL CG RS VM
08HANOI1007	POLICE DETAIN SEVEN CATHOLICS INVOLVED IN PROTESTS OVER [...] (SBU) Local police on August 28 arrested four individuals in connection with ongoing Catholic land-dispute demonstrations in Hanoi's Thai Ha parish; another three were later taken into custody after they protested the arrests. The state-controlled press has continued a daily drumbeat of critic [...]	2008-08-29 10:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1010	QSCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI1013	VIETNAM LIKELY NOT TO &OBSTRUCT8 REQUEST FOR ICJ [...] (C) On September 3, Deputy PolCouns met with MFA IO Section Chief Do Hung Viet to convey U.S. concerns about the prospect of a Serbian-sponsored UNGA resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the lawfulness of Kosovo's declaration of independence. P [...]	2008-09-04 03:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV VM
08HANOI1016	NORWEIGAN-FLAGGED VESSEL SPOTTED NEAR DISPUTED [...] (C) The Australian military has informed U.S. PACOM of the presence of a Norwegian-flagged 3D/4D seismic survey vessel, the GEO ATLANTIC, in the vicinity of disputed South China Sea Block 5-2, offshore Vietnam. According to the Australian military, the GEO ATLANTIC belongs to Fugro GeoServices [...]	2008-09-04 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PREL VM
08HANOI1018	CODEL SHELBY TOUCHES DOWN IN HANOI [...] (U) Summary. Senator Shelby met with Vietnamese economic officials, international organization and business representatives, and the National Assembly on August 22 in Hanoi. The Senator delivered a useful message on the need to reform the State owned enterprise sector, make capital available [...]	2008-09-05 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI1021	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES: VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN VM
08HANOI1027	VIETNAM'S PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET ENDORSE FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and members of his cabinet embraced further liberalization for Vietnam's economy and expressed their desire to look for additional ways to increase bilateral ties with the Un [...]	2008-09-09 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN EINV VM
08HANOI1039	(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 0915; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein DPolCouns Mike Goldman (Notetaker) VIETNAM DPM/FM Pha [...]	2008-09-12 08:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM
08HANOI1040	(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 0915; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein DPolCouns Mike Goldman (Notetaker) VIETNAM DPM/FM Pha [...]	2008-09-12 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM
08HANOI1041	(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 1700; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein PolOff Christian Marchant (Notetaker) VIETNAM PM Nguy [...]	2008-09-12 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON ERTD AMGT VM
08HANOI1042	(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 lunch [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 1200; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel DCM Virginia Palmer D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein PolCouns Brian Aggeler (Notetaker) VIETNAM VFM Pham Binh [...]	2008-09-12 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV AMGT
08HANOI1043	(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 14:00; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Asst. Kaye Lee D Special Asst. Ted Wittenstein Jane Bocklage (Embassy Notetaker) Vi [...]	2008-09-12 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV AMGT CONS MARR CH VM
08HANOI1044	(U) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's September 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 14:00; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Asst. Kaye Lee D Special Asst. Ted Wittenstein Jane Bocklage (Embassy Notetaker) Vi [...]	2008-09-12 08:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV AMGT CONS MARR CH VM
08HANOI1045	(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 11, [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 16:30; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein Marine and Naval Attache Major Tim Riesner Poloff James O [...]	2008-09-12 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP MARR MASS PREL CH VM
08HANOI1048	AMBASSADOR WOLCOTT DISCUSSES CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, the Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, led an interagency delegation to meet with several high-ranking Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to advocate for U.S. nuclear energy cooperation and nonproliferation initiatives. [...]	2008-09-15 00:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON TRGY BEXP PARM KNNP VM
08HANOI1049	DAS MARCIEL AND VIETNAM'S POLICY PLANNING DG DISCUSS KIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting EAP DAS Scot Marciel, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Bui Thanh Son offered Vietnam's perspectives on engagement with Burma and the difficulties Vietnam faces in coordinating a more robust ASEAN position on territorial issues [...]	2008-09-15 00:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI1056	(SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's Dinner with Vietnamese [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 19:00 p.m.; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Amb. Michael Michalak Amb. Scot Marciel, EAP DAS DCM Virginia Palmer D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein Press Officer Angela Aggeler (Embassy Notetaker) [...]	2008-09-15 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC ECON ETRD
08HANOI1057	DAS MARCIEL MEETS HANOI ARCHBISHOP, DISCUSSES CHURCH LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EAP DAS Scot Marciel had a very warm meeting with Archbishop Joseph Ngo that focused on Catholic land rights claims in Hanoi. The Archbishop reviewed the Catholic Church's long-running attempts to regain its land and the lack of response from the government. He criticized the [...]	2008-09-15 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI1060	STATE BANK AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING INFLATION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a candid discussion with EAP DAS Scot Marciel and visiting Department of Treasury representatives, State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Vice Governor Nguyen Van Binh defended the SBV's efforts to fight inflation. He emphasized that despite pressure to shore up Vietnam's state-owned [...]	2008-09-16 01:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI1061	STATE BANK AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING INFLATION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a candid discussion with EAP DAS Scot Marciel and visiting Department of Treasury representatives, State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Vice Governor Nguyen Van Binh defended the SBV's efforts to fight inflation. He emphasized that despite pressure to shore up Vietnam's state-owned [...]	2008-09-16 06:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI107	MISSION WELCOMES OECD INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The Embassy welcomes the opportunity for enhanced engagement in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with potential Southeast Asian partners, and looks forward to further information from the Department on this initiative. Vietnam has the goal of becoming an [...]	2008-01-31 00:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD AORC OECD BR CH ID IN SF XC VM
08HANOI1071	FOUR BLOC 8406 DISSIDENTS ARRESTED, SIX MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security officials in Hanoi, Haiphong and Thai Binh arrested four well-known dissidents on September 10 and 11. Those arrested - Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Pham Van Troi, Nguyen Van Tuc, and Ngo Quynh - are affiliated with the political movement Bloc 8406 and have sought to use public p [...]	2008-09-17 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI1072	PHARMA, IPR AND MARKET ACCESS TOP TIFA AGENDA [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The United States and Vietnam held the latest round of discussions under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Hanoi [...]	2008-09-17 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KIPR ECON EAGR ECIN EIND POL VM
08HANOI1077	VIETNAM LAUNCHES ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING MANUAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Steering Committee of Vietnam COMMIT (Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking) has officially launched the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) training manual on the prevention and suppression of human trafficking with participation of representatives of mini [...]	2008-09-18 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM
08HANOI108	NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT VICE-MINISTER INTERESTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak met with Vietnamese Senior Vice-Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Nguyen Cong Thanh to highlight U.S. efforts to combat climate change. Thanh, who oversees MONRE's climate change portfolio, stated that MONRE has begun to craft a National Ac [...]	2008-01-31 08:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
08HANOI1084	VIETNAM CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN 2008 U.S.-VIETNAM LABOR [...] On September 19, 2008, Embassy Hanoi received a letter from Vice Minister Huynh Thi Nhan, of the Vietnam Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA),confirming participation in this year's U.S.-Vietnam Labor Dialogue, tentatively scheduled for October 17, 2008 in Washington, DC. [...]	2008-09-19 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON VM
08HANOI1086	LARGE PRAYER VIGIL NEAR HANOI CATHEDRAL, AP REPORTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Between 150 and 200 Catholic priests and an equal number of supporters gathered in prayer outside the former residence of the Papal Nuncio to protest ongoing destruction of property claimed by the Church. According to priests, riot police and construction teams arrived in the [...]	2008-09-19 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CASC VM
08HANOI1088	THIRD ANNUAL JAC GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary. During the third annual Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on Agent Orange/dioxin, JAC members reviewed U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on Agent Orange-related issues over the past year, discussed ongoing remediation and health projects, and provided recommendations for future activities, [...]	2008-09-22 00:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI1093	CATHOLICS PROTEST GVN ACTION, POLICE SEIZE LAND AT THAI HA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The standoff between Catholic parishioners and the Hanoi city government continued to escalate over the weekend, as the Hanoi Archbishop led a special mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral attended by 12,000-15,000 and the state-controlled media continued to attack the Archbishop. Con [...]	2008-09-22 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1094	DESPITE POPULAR RESENTMENT, VIETNAM,S CHINA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hostility toward China remains a powerful, if latent, force in Vietnamese society, fed by historical animosities and simmering resentment over what is widely viewed as Chinese bullying on South China Sea territorial disputes. Yet despite a pervasive undercurrent of anti-Chinese [...]	2008-09-23 01:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH VM
08HANOI1095	IMF SAYS GVN ECONOMY NOT OUT OF THE WOODS [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team concluded its twelve-day assessment of Vietnam's macroeconomic situation and briefed the Hanoi donor community on September 16, 2008. While a number of economic indicators including the current account balance have improved, core inflation remains high and the bank [...]	2008-09-23 03:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI1096	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ABKHAZ AND SOUTH OSSETIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 06:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL CG RS VM
08HANOI1101	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - LE QUOC QUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent dissident attorney Le Quoc Quan remains under open-ended "administrative detention" and is called in for regular questioning by police. Still, he is generally able to meet others without hindrance and can travel outside Hanoi, although he was prohibited from traveling [...]	2008-09-24 06:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI1102	VIETNAMESE THINK-TANK PUSHES CHANGE, RANKLES [...] (C) An independent institute bringing together well-connected Vietnamese experts is emerging as an influential voice of reform, calling for political liberalization and increased economic efficiency with a frankness rare in this one-party state. According to the President of the Institute for [...]	2008-09-24 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI VM
08HANOI1108	VIETNAM ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. FDI AT BREAKNECK SPEED, [...] (U) This cable is part of an ongoing series on developing economic stories in Vietnam. U.S. INVESTMENT ROLLING IN AT AN UNPRECEDENTED PACE --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) U.S. investment in Vietnam in the first eight months of 2008 grew at an unprecedented pace. Auth [...]	2008-09-25 00:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI1109	DCM Covers Cooperation, Disputes with Vietnam's MPS [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Major General To Lam addressed a wide range of issues in their September 23 meeting. Lam noted excellent bilateral cooperation in counterterrorism and nonproliferation, and discussed MPS's requests for assistance. The DCM pressed for pr [...]	2008-09-25 00:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON MOPS PREL VM
08HANOI111	GVN RESPONSE TO UPCOMING U.S. ARF INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) On January 31, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Assistant Director General Tran Duc Binh and ASEAN Department Specialist Phan Minh Giang to deliver reftel points and to handover the Counterterrorism Transnational Crime (CTTC) Workplan proposal and U.S. comments to the draft Review of [...]	2008-01-31 08:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF PTER VM
08HANOI1111	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - PHAM HONG SON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent internet dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son believes that the Communist Party is not his enemy but his competitor. Unlike other prominent political activists, he discourages the use of public demonstrations to achieve greater attention to human rights issues. His comparative [...]	2008-09-25 01:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI1113	VIETNAM CIVAIR: SCENESETTER FOR OCT 6-8 OPEN SKIES TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam's civil aviation negotiator for upcoming negotiations with the U.S. stated that he is willing to discuss Open Skies, but noted that fifth freedom passenger services between Japan and Vietnam continue to be a concern. All-cargo liberalization is less problema [...]	2008-09-26 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EIND EINV ETRD VM
08HANOI1118	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - NGUYEN KHAC TOAN RAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fiery and vocal advocate of large-scale demonstrations, author Nguyen Khac Toan remains under house arrest. Unlike other dissidents in "administrative detention" who are relatively free to travel and to meet with visitors, Toan is subject to constant supervision by the police [...]	2008-09-30 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI1120	AMBASSADOR, HANOI ARCHBISHOP DISCUSS CHURCH LAND DISPUTES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting the Ambassador September 30, Hanoi Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet noted improvements in the Church's ability to recruit seminary students and assign priests, but voiced dismay over ongoing land disputes. The Ambassador assured the Archbishop of active U.S. support for [...]	2008-09-30 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI1122	CRA CHAIRMAN COMMENTS ON CATHOLIC LAND ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During the DCM's September 29 introductory call on Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Chairman Nguyen The Doanh, he asserted that the Hanoi People's Committee is taking the lead in responding to the Catholic land disputes, but warned that the Catholics should not stir up "soci [...]	2008-09-30 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1125	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK KIMMITT AND THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit for the first-ever U.S.-Vietnam defense dialogue will be an important milestone in the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that has now begun to [...]	2008-10-01 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1127	GVN DISCUSSES ECONOMIC SITUATION, BIT AND BUSINESS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: In meetings with the DCM, officials at the Ministries of Finance, Planning and Investment, and Industry and Trade, and the Office o [...]	2008-10-02 01:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI1133	DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM ON UNSC 1835 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR MNUC PARM VM
08HANOI1134	DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM ON IAEA BOARD MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA PARM MNUC VM
08HANOI1135	CPV EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN: HANOI'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 30, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador that the Party is pleased with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's late June visit to the United States because of the substantive agreements reached. On the DPRK, the Chairman relay [...]	2008-10-02 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI1138	DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On October 3, Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA Department of International Organizations Deputy Director General Pham Vinh Quang. Quang had just returned from the UN and said he had heard the Serbian representative's speech on this issue. Serbia has refrained from using fo [...]	2008-10-03 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNGA KV VM
08HANOI1139	REVIEWING THE TRADE AGENDA: TRANSPAC, BIT, IMPORT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Hanoi discussed a number of trade and investment agenda items with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials from the ministries [...]	2008-10-03 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECIN ECON PGOV VM
08HANOI114	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, the Ambassador met with Minister of Transport Ho Nghia Dung to promote an Open Skies Treaty, request GVN funding for the follow-on phases of the USTDA Aviation Safety Technical Assistance Project, and advocate for ratification of the Cape Town Convention on aircra [...]	2008-01-31 08:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EIND EINV ETRD VM
08HANOI1144	AMBASSADOR MEETS IMPRISONED DISSIDENTS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with two of Vietnam's most prominent political prisoners, dissident attorneys Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, on October 2 and 3 respectively. Both appeared healthy and described prison conditions not out of keeping with the norm in Vietnam. Dai was in [...]	2008-10-06 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HANOI1158	Effects of U.S. Financial Crisis on Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary: The short term effects of the U.S. financial crisis in Vietnam have been minimal; local banks, while suffering from domestic troubles, are not heavily invested in sub-prime debt. Longer term questions remain, however, as a global downturn may affect exports and both direct and i [...]	2008-10-09 06:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI1162	AGRICULTURAL ACCESS IS ENOUGH TO SWAY VIETNAM IN TRADE DEAL [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam and Japan broke an impasse in their free trade negotiations, with Japan yielding on some of Vietnam's demands for preferent [...]	2008-10-10 04:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM
08HANOI1163	SENSE AND SENSIBILITY IN VIETNAM'S RUSSIA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Russia occupy an important, but by no means central place in Vietnam's foreign policy. An influential generation of policymakers continues to hold surprisingly warm feelings toward Russia, and ties have improved steadily since the Yeltsin years. But long gone are [...]	2008-10-10 07:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD RS VM
08HANOI1164	VFM HUNG LETTER REGARDING DISSIDENT PHAM HONG SON AND [...] (SBU) In an official letter dated October 6, VFM Doan Xuan Hung denied the Ambassador's request that well-known internet dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son be allowed to travel to the United States. According to Hung, Dr. Son, who was awarded a NED Reagan-Fascell Fellowship, does not qualify for a pas [...]	2008-10-10 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI1165	GVN OPENS PARKS AND LIBRARY ON DISPUTED CATHOLIC LAND AND [...] (SBU) Hanoi city authorities held ribbon cutting ceremonies opening two new parks on land disputed by the Catholic Church on October 3 and 8. The parks were built very quickly using hundreds of public employees at both the Papal Nuncio's residence on Nha Chung Street and at the site adjacent t [...]	2008-10-10 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1166	GVN TO PUT ANTI-CORRUPTION REPORTERS ON TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: The trial of two journalists for their reports on a major corruption scandal is slated to take place in Hanoi on October 14 and 15. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) changed the charges against the two from "abuse of power in performing official duties" to "abusing democratic freed [...]	2008-10-10 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM
08HANOI1171	Vietnam Stock Market Drops on Global Financial Turmoil [...] (U) The psychology of a global financial downturn has Vietnam's stock market giving back gains made since it bottomed out in May, when the country's domestic macroeconomic problems reached a height. As noted in reftel A, Vietnam's stock market had a bumpy ride over the past week and a half. [...]	2008-10-14 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI1173	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT PATRICK [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Kennedy: Ambassador Michalak and Mission Vietnam look forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of the importance of our growing bilateral relationship, and the need to adequately support it with the construction of a New [...]	2008-10-15 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ABLD VM
08HANOI118	GVN LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced that it is seeking legal action following ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi confiscated after the communist takeover in 1954 (reftel). The Church says it intends to take actio [...]	2008-01-31 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1182	OLYMPIC-SIZE YAWN MASKS REAL ANXIETIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Olympic fever in Vietnam was decidedly low-grade, with local media providing simple, straightforward coverage focused almost entirely on sports. There was little commentary on the Games in the official press, and most urban residents seemed to greet the events with a shrug. [...]	2008-10-16 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI1184	USAID-SUPPORTED WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent USAID-supported workshop on the prevention of wildlife trafficking detailed the massive scope of the problem but a lack of enthusiasm from Vietnamese attendees showed that signatures on international conventions and the passage of wildlife protection laws will not be eno [...]	2008-10-16 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SOCI EAGR VM
08HANOI1185	VIETNAMESE JOURNALISTS WHO EXPOSED CORRUPTION FOUND GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: After a day and a half of testimony, the Hanoi People's Court on October 15 found two reporters who exposed a major corruption scandal guilty of "abusing democratic freedoms." The court sentenced Thanh Nien newspaper's Nguyen Viet Chien to two years in prison and sentenced Tuoi [...]	2008-10-16 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI1186	U.S. AND VIETNAM AGREE TO OPEN SKIES CARGO REGIME [...] (U) Summary: The United States and Vietnam agreed to an Open Skies regime for all-cargo services on October 7 following two days of talks in Hanoi. The two sides renewed the 2003 Air Transport Agreement for three years and agreed to eliminate designation and frequency restrictions on passenge [...]	2008-10-17 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EIND EINV ETRD VM
08HANOI1187	A LESSON IN DOUBLE-SPEAK - HANOI AUTHORITIES BRIEF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 15, the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen The Thao summoned senior diplomats to provide the official version of events surrounding the Catholic Church land claims at Thai Ha parish and the former residence of the Papal Nuncio. After a long, technical e [...]	2008-10-17 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1188	GVN DEEMS FIRST DEFENSE DIALOGUE A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a variety of sidebar conversations during and following the first-ever U.S. Political Defense Dialogue in Hanoi (reftel),Government of Vietnam (GVN) interlocutors indicated that the talks went very well. While sensitivities on defense issues remain, GVN participants affirmed [...]	2008-10-17 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1189	GVN DEEMS FIRST DEFENSE DIALOGUE A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a variety of sidebar conversations during and following the first-ever U.S. Political Defense Dialogue in Hanoi (reftel),Government of Vietnam (GVN) interlocutors indicated that the talks went very well. While sensitivities on defense issues remain, GVN participants affirmed [...]	2008-10-17 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI119	GVN TO RELEASE IMPRISONED CYBER DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Imprisoned journalist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was tried and sentenced today by the Hanoi People's Court to nine months and 10 days or time served and is expected to be released imminently, according to Thuy's husband, who attended the trial. Foreign diplomats were not allowed to attend the [...]	2008-01-31 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1193	VATICAN NAMES TWO NEW BISHOPS, GVN SCHEDULES ORDINATIONS [...] (SBU) On October 15, Pope Benedict XVI named two auxiliary bishops for Vietnam -- one each for the archdioceses of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The new bishop in Hanoi, Father Laurent Chu Van Minh, is viewed as a close ally of Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet, and until now has served as recto [...]	2008-10-20 08:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1196	VIETNAM'S SMEs THIRSTY FOR CAPITAL [...] Summary: Tight monetary policy has limited access to credit for Vietnam's small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are feeling the pinch, with many complaining that bank lending has dried up completely. The GVN is aware of the issue and is taking steps to improve access to credit, including [...]	2008-10-21 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI120	GVN LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced that it is seeking legal action following ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi confiscated after the communist takeover in 1954 (reftel). The Church says it intends to take actio [...]	2008-01-31 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1201	VIETNAM ECON HIGHLIGHTS: PM STRESSES ECONOMIC STABILITY, [...] (U) In his state of the nation address before the National Assembly on October 16, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung vowed to take a cautious approach to resolving the economic challenges of the coming year. Dung began his address by acknowledging that the country's macroeconomic stability was "t [...]	2008-10-22 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR VM
08HANOI1204	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE, END USE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftel, the Embassy made inquiries with the Vietnam Marine Police to assess the end use of items stated on the license request and conducted a site visit to Van Xuan General Import Company to assess its business operations, on-site security, and general reliability as a reci [...]	2008-10-23 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC VN
08HANOI1205	POLICE MOVE FORWARD ON CHARGING THAI HA PROTESTORS - PRAYER [...] (SBU) Hanoi police have concluded their investigation into eight individuals who participated in tearing down a small retaining wall around disputed land near the Thai Ha parish in Hanoi, according to online reports and Catholic priests at the parish. The police have recommended to prosecutor [...]	2008-10-24 01:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1206	GVN CUTS RATES ON FEARS OF SLOWDOWN [...] (U) In a surprise move on October 21, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) issued Decision 2316 lowering the base interest rate to 13 percent from 14 percent. The SBV also cut the discount rate to 12 percent from 13 percent and the re-financing rate to 14 percent from 15 percent. The base interest [...]	2008-10-24 07:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI1208	Vietnam's Marine Police Seeking Equipment, Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 21 meeting in Hai Phong, Rear Admiral Pham Duc Linh, Director General of the Ministry of Defense's Department for the Vietnam Marine Police (VMP),explained the mission of the VMP, expressed their interest in U.S. equipment to build their patrol capabilities, and h [...]	2008-10-24 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PINS SNAR VM
08HANOI1210	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL WILLARD, COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit is well timed to follow up on the recent U.S.-Vietnam defense dialogue and to highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that has now begun to gather momentum in the wake of Vietnamese Prime Mini [...]	2008-10-24 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1211	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Dr. Gordon: Your visit to Hanoi for the inaugural round of U.S.-Vietnam Policy Planning Discussions comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral vis [...]	2008-10-27 06:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI1215	U.S. AND VIETNAM AGREE TO OPEN SKIES CARGO REGIME [...] (U) Summary: Delegations from the United States and Vietnam agreed ad referendum to an Open Skies regime for cargo services on October 7 following two days of talks in Hanoi. The new agreement will renew the 2003 Air Transport Agreement for three years and the delegations intend to meet withi [...]	2008-10-28 04:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EIND EINV ETRD VM
08HANOI1217	WELL-PLACED VIETNAMESE CONTACTS DOWNPLAY PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party of Vietnam's 181 Central Committee (CC) members met October 2-4 to hash out "guidance" for the government on Vietnam's current economic situation. This was the third plenum to take place this year. Well-placed contacts told us CC members came together to promot [...]	2008-10-28 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI1228	CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: At the October 28 Donor Committee on Climate Change meeting, the Danish Ambassador detailed Prime Minister Dung's plan for the roll out of Vietnam's National Target Program to Respond to Climate Change. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat reiterated the se [...]	2008-11-03 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
08HANOI123	HIGH PRICED IPOS HURTING VIETNAM'S EQUITISATION PROCESS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's process of "equitisation," or partial privatization, of large state-owned enterprises began in July, 2007. High initial auction prices have discouraged strategic investors from buying in to Viet [...]	2008-02-01 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
08HANOI1230	HANOI FLOODED, GOVERNMENT RESPONSE CRITICIZED [...] (SBU) Major dailies, online news services, and popular blog sites criticized Hanoi city officials for what they described as an inadequate response to the severe flooding that hit much of northern Vietnam October 31 - November 3 (reftel). As the deluge became more serious, news outlets critic [...]	2008-11-03 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI1241	VIETNAM NEGOTIATES DEAL WITH GAZPROM, BYPASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: State-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and Russian energy firm Gazprom signed a lease agreement for four blocks in the South China Sea. ExxonMobil (EM) had been in periodic discussions with PVN for more than a year to negotiate a deal for the new acreage before PVN unexpectedly awarded the [...]	2008-11-06 05:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
08HANOI1242	Vietnam Macroeconomic Update - Week of November 3 [...] (U) Summary: Signaling a shift toward mitigating the effects of the global financial crisis, the State Bank of Vietnam cut the base interest rate again, this time to 12 percent. Total registered foreign direct investment for the year to date increased to $59.3 billion, up 429% against the s [...]	2008-11-06 05:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI1243	U.S.-VIETNAM POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Meeting for the inaugural round of U.S.-Vietnam policy planning discussions, S/P Director David Gordon and the MFA's DG for Policy Planning, Bui Thanh Son, engaged in a candid, cordial, and at times freewheeling exchange of views on the implications of the global financial cri [...]	2008-11-07 03:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN VM
08HANOI1247	VIETNAM MISSION RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ANALYSIS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PINR KHIV VM
08HANOI1248	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VIETNAM URGED NOT TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) In a November 7 discussion, the MFA International Organizations officer responsible for UN Third Committee and human rights issues, Phung Thi Lan Huong, said that while Vietnam as a matter of principle remains firmly opposed to country-specific resolutions, she would pass along our stro [...]	2008-11-07 09:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1250	VIETNAM FAVORS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) During his October 31 visit to Vietnam, S/P Director Gordon met with officials at the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to discuss the global financial situation and President Bush's G-20 Summit series. Quoting Alan Greenspan, he described the rapidly spreading crisis as a "global tsunami" th [...]	2008-11-07 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI1251	ADDRESSING THE ECONOMIC AGENDA DURING U.S. VISIT BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 8-20 visit to the United States by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai, offers a significant opportunity to engage on some of the most important issues in our bilateral agenda with Vietnam's top economic official. DPM Hai has jurisdiction over key portfolio [...]	2008-11-07 10:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI1253	THAI BINH COMMUNES: ONCE DYSFUNCTIONAL, NOW EXEMPLARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to several villages in Thai Binh Province, Poloff found local officials striving to implement the "Grassroots Democracy Ordinance," which enshrines greater transparency in budgets and allows more villager participation in local decision-making. According to the [...]	2008-11-10 03:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI1258	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY OES ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Cat Tien National Park. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of the importance of our growing bilateral environmental relationship, especially as we seek to build on the progress made duri [...]	2008-11-12 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI1260	SOWING THE SEEDS OF A BIOTECH DISCUSSION IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission Vietnam sponsored a series of biotechnology conferences that generated frank discussions among Vietnamese farmers, policymakers and academics about basic research and field testing, and led to calls from conference participants for the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to develo [...]	2008-11-13 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ETRD EAID ECON VM
08HANOI1261	CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF WASTEWATER VIOLATIONS HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary. The recent targeting of Vedan Vietnam, a Taiwanese-owned manufacturer of monosodium glutamate for illegal discharges of untreated wastewater into the Thi Vai River in southern Dong Nai province, highlights the growing scope of environmental degradation in Vietnam resulting from unc [...]	2008-11-13 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO ECON POL SOCI VM
08HANOI1264	AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT VIETNAM'S DRAFT PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Information & Communications (MIC) Le Duan Hop on November 6, 2008. The Ambassador expressed concern about the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) draft press law, urged that private sector companies in Vietnam participate in the upcoming 2008 ICT [...]	2008-11-14 05:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECON TSPL KCOR KPAO SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL TBIO
08HANOI1265	VIETNAM'S DISTRIBUTION SECTOR READIES FOR FOREIGNERS [...] (U) Summary. In less than two months, Vietnam will open its distribution and retail sectors to fully foreign-owned firms. Preparations for these important changes have not been problem-free, and both the GVN and the private sector have at times seemed to talk past each other. There is also a v [...]	2008-11-14 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINT KTDB VM
08HANOI1266	VIETNAM RESISTS CALL FOR ASEAN MEMBERS TO PRESSURE BURMA [...] (SBU) In a November 17 conversation with MFA DDG for Asian Affairs Ta Duy Chinh, DPolCouns expressed U.S. indignation at the Burmese regime's recent convictions of lawyers and democracy activists, the continuing house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, and the junta's refusal to engage in genuine pol [...]	2008-11-17 07:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC BM VM
08HANOI1267	VIETNAMESE SCIENCE MINISTER SUPPORTS NUCLEAR INITIATIVES, [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In his meeting with Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong, Ambassador Michalak pressed for quick movement by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to sign a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Cooperation in Nu [...]	2008-11-17 08:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM

08HANOI1270	VIETNAM'S PRIVATE SECTOR PUSHES PM TO MAKE IMPORT-EXPORT [...] (U) Summary: Leaders and representatives from Vietnam's private sector urged the Prime Minister at a November 7 regional summit to reduce import-export red tape, or lose competitiveness to other regional players. Specific recommendations included implementation of single-window customs and e- [...]	2008-11-18 04:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI1276	Religious Freedom Update - Central Highlands and Danang [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Christians in the Central Highlands' Gia Lai province celebrated 65 years of Protestantism, and over 20,000 faithful thronged to the two-day celebration outside of Pleiku. Evangelical Church of Vietnam South (SECV) President Truong highlighted the warming of relations between Pr [...]	2008-11-18 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1285	RENEWED TENSION AT THAI HA PARISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two months of relative quiet, tensions flared again briefly at the Thai Ha Catholic Redemptorist parish in Hanoi. According to parish priests, on November 15, local officials, accompanied by dozens of members of a local "citizen's brigade," demanded to speak with Thai Ha' [...]	2008-11-20 05:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1286	STROLLING DOWN RED CARPET: VIETNAMESE LEADERS SEEK [...] (C) Summary: Over the past month, Vietnam's leaders have been especially busy carrying out Vietnam's "friends with all" foreign policy, visiting Beijing and Moscow and welcoming top leaders from around the world. According to an expert on Vietnam's foreign relations, the advisory councils of [...]	2008-11-20 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI129	GVN AND CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEK TO DEFUSE LAND DISPUTE [...] (U) Summary: In a reversal of the GVN's move last week to seek legal action against ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi, both the GVN and the Catholic Church have made conciliatory statements and pledged to work together to resolve th [...]	2008-02-04 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1290	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) In a November 24 conversation with MFA IO Division Head Pham Hai Anh Deputy PolCouns expressed U.S. concern over the disproportionate number of unhelpful and biased resolutions criticizing Israel under consideration at the UN General Assembly. Per reftel, DPolCouns urged Vietnam, as a me [...]	2008-11-24 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY VM
08HANOI1291	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PLENARY SUPPORT FOR COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA VM
08HANOI1293	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BROADER HEALTH COOPERATION WITH VICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Michalak and Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien met to discuss their vision for the future of U.S.-Vietnam health cooperation. Tien spoke highly of her recent trip to the United States, during which she met with professionals from U.S. government agencies, u [...]	2008-11-24 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI KHIV KFLU VM
08HANOI1298	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GRILLS GVN ON SOES, SETS BUDGET AND VOWS [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly (NA),in its October 15 to November 15 session, came down hard on mismanagement in Vietnam's state-owned sector, approved a 2009 budget deficit of $5.1 billion, and reformed Vietnam's luxury tax regime, which will affect U.S. automakers adversely but create op [...]	2008-11-25 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM
08HANOI1315	VIETNAM'S PERSPECTIVES ON DECEMBER ASEAN SUMMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anxieties about political unrest notwithstanding, Vietnam considers the December 15-18 ASEAN summits to be among the most important diplomatic events of the year and will be sending a large delegation. MFA and think tank contacts confirm that the global financial crisis will be [...]	2008-12-02 07:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC EFIN ECON BM VM
08HANOI1316	VIETNAM SHIFTS FOCUS TO MAINTAINING GROWTH [...] (U) Summary: Inflation control has been Vietnam's top policy priority since the spring of 2008. In light of discouraging economic numbers and the financial crisis, the GVN is now shifting its priority to preventing economic slowdown and sustaining growth. Growth targets have been revised downw [...]	2008-12-02 08:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON VM
08HANOI132	Vietnam Adoptions - GVN acknowledges growing problems and [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 11 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 1, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Justice, Hoang The Lien, to deliver the dipnote contained in ref A. The Ambassador also delivered a letter to the Minister of Justice requesting a legal opinion on the proc [...]	2008-02-04 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CASC CMGT KOCI VM
08HANOI1320	VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO MELAMINE CONTAMINATION SHOWS [...] (U) Summary. Recent discoveries of melamine contamination in milk products, eggs and animal feed imported from China highlight gaps in Vietnam's food safety import programs. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) eventually located, sampled, and tested thousands of products, its initial react [...]	2008-12-03 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI1329	PRIVATE SECTOR TELLS VIETNAM TO RAISE ITS GAME DURING [...] (U) Summary: Local and foreign businesses told the Government of Vietnam to streamline red tape, intensify consultations with the private sector, accelerate investment licensing and shore up its competitiveness as ways to blunt the impact of the global economic crisis. The mining and energy s [...]	2008-12-05 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EIND ELAB ENRG KCOR VM
08HANOI133	COVERING THE SPRATLYS; SILENCE IS OFFICIALLY GOLDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: While international media widely covered the visit of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to one of the disputed Spratly Islands over the weekend, Vietnamese media were largely silent. The Vietnam News Agency, the Government wire service, carried a story in which the Foreign Mini [...]	2008-02-05 00:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI1331	VIETNAM'S DIVERSE BUT POLITICALLY LIMITED CIVIL [...] (U) The responses below are keyed to questions in Ref A. This cable is not meant for Internet distribution and should remain within USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Most of Vietnam's growing and varied civil society organizations administer to the poor and disadvantaged. They have limited i [...]	2008-12-05 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI VM
08HANOI1332	AGENT ORANGE: DESPITE OBSTACLES, BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At the first meeting of the Environmental Task Force (ETF),set up under the U.S.-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and its contaminant dioxin (JAC) (Reftel),the United States and Vietnam made substantial progress towards developing a remediation work plan for Da [...]	2008-12-08 11:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI1336	FROM THE PM DOWN, VIETNAM,S LEADERSHIP LEANING TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the Ambassador on December 5 that he supported Vietnam,s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Separately, officials from the Foreign affairs and the Trade and Industry ministries confirmed that the Prime Minister has told his Cabin [...]	2008-12-09 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON POL VM
08HANOI1338	NO JAIL TIME FOR EIGHT THAI HA PROTESTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a day of testimony December 8, the Dong Da People's Court in Hanoi convicted eight Thai Ha protestors for destruction of public property and disturbing the public order. Seven of the parishioners were given suspended sentences; one was issued a warning. None will serve ja [...]	2008-12-09 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HANOI1339	HANOI CORE STATEMENT ON HEALTH TOUCHES ON BROADER AID [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) and several development partners have drafted a Statement of Intent (SOI) to improve the Vietnamese health care system, through improving development assistance, coordinating GVN and donor efforts, and increasing transparency and accountability. Th [...]	2008-12-09 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PGOV SOCI KHIV KFLU VM
08HANOI134	DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 04:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM LE VM
08HANOI1342	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAUCUS, DEC 16-20, 2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has eased the path [...]	2008-12-09 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI1347	VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) MFA officials and contacts at the MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will substantially support U.S. priorities for Cuba [...]	2008-12-11 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU VM
08HANOI1348	BEHIND JAPAN'S SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Japan,s decision to freeze low-interest loans to Vietnam until it takes &meaningful8 steps to eliminate corruption in public works programs, publicly announced by Japan,s ambassador at a major meeting of donors and top Vietnamese officials, was a major embarrassment to Vietnam. W [...]	2008-12-11 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON PGOV VM
08HANOI1349	Vietnam's 2008 Consultative Group Meeting [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's fifteenth annual Consultative Group meeting took place on December 4 and 5 in Hanoi against a broader media backdrop of the corruption scandal that led Japan to suspend nearly a billion dollars in bilateral development assistance (septel). The core theme throughout the [...]	2008-12-11 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID VM
08HANOI1350	CZECH REPUBLIC DETAILS DIOXIN CLEANUP EFFORTS AT FORMER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 11 meeting with Emboffs, David Jarkulisch, Commercial and Development officer at the Embassy of the Czech Republic, detailed November meetings between Czech technical and development experts and their Government of Vietnam (GVN) counterparts to negotiate dioxin rem [...]	2008-12-12 08:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI1352	VIETNAM MAKES PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR MOU [...] Summary: Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Officials told ESTHOff that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) was making progress on consideration of the proposed bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on nuclear cooperation and provided initial feedback. MOST wants to wrap up the MOU fi [...]	2008-12-12 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
08HANOI1357	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S DECEMBER VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: Your December 22-January 2 visit to Vietnam comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral visits, the United States and Vietnam have [...]	2008-12-15 09:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
08HANOI1358	VIETNAM EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS PROCESS UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA VM
08HANOI1359	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PGOV PHSA KCRM SO XA XW VM
08HANOI1360	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In what we hope will be a regular monthly exchange, the Ambassador raised UNSC Security Council Resolutions on Somalia (septel),Vietnamese membership in the Trans Pacific Partnership, human rights, adoption, the Megaports Initiative and our proposed MOU on civilian nuclear pow [...]	2008-12-15 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD TRGY VM
08HANOI1363	VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON SOMALI PIRACY RESOLUTION, [...] (C) While not completely satisfied with the current UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy, Vietnam acknowledges that the version currently "in blue" goes some way to address Vietnam's concerns. In a follow-up to the Ambassador's December 15 conversation with VFM Pham Binh Minh (reftel),in which [...]	2008-12-16 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW VM
08HANOI1365	Vietnam's Ruby Industry [...] (U) This cable is in response to State 127059. 2. (SBU) Vietnam has two operational mines that are actively producing rubies. One mine is located in Yen Bai province and the other in Nghe An. Both mines are privately owned and produce approximately 15-20 kilograms of mixed gemstone ore, in [...]	2008-12-16 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI1367	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 02:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM UNSC LE SY EUN VM
08HANOI1368	STAFFDEL NELSON REVIEWS FOOD SAFETY ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. A Staff Delegation from the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, consisting of Chief Investigator David Nelson and Investigative Counsel Krista Carpenter, visited Hanoi from December 4 to 8 to meet with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to review U.S. foo [...]	2008-12-17 04:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI1370	INTERIOR DELEGATION JOINS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY TO [...] (U) Summary: From November 17-22, a delegation from the U.S. Department of the Interior, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary Timothy Petty, visited Hanoi and the Mekong Delta to promote U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on responses to climate change. In Hanoi, a member of the delegation signed the ch [...]	2008-12-17 08:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI1372	STAFFDEL NELSON REVIEWS FOOD SAFETY ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. A Staff Delegation from the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, consisting of Chief Investigator David Nelson and Investigative Counsel Krista Carpenter, visited Hanoi from December 4 to 8 to meet with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to review U.S. foo [...]	2008-12-17 08:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI1382	AUSTR ASSESSMENT: VIETNAM GSP AND LABOR REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: AUSTR Lewis Karesh's December 3-7 visit to Vietnam focused on labor reform, especially freedom of association and collective bargaining, the statutory requirements for GVN to receive GSP status. After a series of frank discussions regarding labor issues, the GVN indicated that [...]	2008-12-18 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN EINT ELAB VM
08HANOI1388	VIETNAM: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Post reviewed the four categories of counterterrorism information described in reftel and discussed same with GVN counterterrorism authorities. No acts of international terrorism have occurred in Vietnam, nor is Vietnam designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. There is no informatio [...]	2008-12-19 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC VM
08HANOI1389	SENIOR DEPUTY AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS ASSEMBLY'S EVOLVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the influential Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations Vu Xuan Hong insists that National Assembly (NA) deputies should play a stronger "supervisory" role in Vietnam's system and wants more international NGOs to work in the country. In a December 11 conversa [...]	2008-12-19 10:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI VM
08HANOI1390	Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Hue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The DCM marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by meeting with the Archbishop of Hue, as well as dissident priests from the banned political movement Bloc 8406 and leaders of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. The Archbishop stressed the [...]	2008-12-19 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1391	Vietnam: Further Effects of Global Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. financial crisis and the resulting global economic slowdown continue to have ramifications in Vietnam (reftels). The GVN is preparing a fiscal stimulus in response to growing negative economic numbers, though the size and details are still under consideration. Demand [...]	2008-12-22 02:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON VM
08HANOI1399	GVN TURNS DOWN AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF 99 YEAR NEC LEASE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The GVN has once again unequivocally stated that they cannot agree to any formula for extending NEC lease terms beyond the maximum of 99 years for diplomatic organizations permitted by their Land Law, and the 99 year term for the future USG NEC site specified [...]	2008-12-22 10:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT KREC VM
08HANOI1401	SENATOR BAUCUS URGES VIETNAM TO OPEN MARKET TO U.S BEEF, [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu, Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang and Education Vice Minister Banh Tien Long on December 16-17, 2008. Baucus urged Vietnamese officials to open the [...]	2008-12-23 08:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI1402	TAM DAO BEAR RESCUE CENTER: MODERN, WELL-RUN AND [...] (U) Summary: Animals Asia Foundation, a Hong Kong based NGO, recently completed construction of the first stage of a bear rescue center in the Tam Dao National Park. The state of the art facility can provide long-term housing for nearly 50 bears and has sufficient facilities to provide care f [...]	2008-12-23 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SOCI EAGR VM
08HANOI1403	BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VIETNAM'S PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (U) Summary: At the first meetings of the Market Economy Working Group, the United States and Vietnam discussed the latter's progress in transitioning to a market economy. The U.S. delegation, led by the Department of Commerce, emphasized that substantial work remains to be done to reduce the [...]	2008-12-24 04:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB KPRV KTEX PGOV VM
08HANOI1404	VIETNAM FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH BY STAFFDEL LUSE, SENATE [...] (U) Summary: Keith Luse, Senior Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Vietnamese officials, scientists, policy makers, and NGO representatives to analyze food security issues and identify partnership opportunities in Vietnam from December 6-11. Vietnamese pa [...]	2008-12-24 07:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID VM
08HANOI1405	VIETNAM'S AMBITIOUS NUCLEAR POWER PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has ambitious plans to develop its civilian nuclear power sector. In the face of rapidly expanding demand for power and few other domestic sources of energy, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) wants to move quickly to construct the nation's first nuclear power plants. Ack [...]	2008-12-24 07:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SENV BEXP BTIO VM
08HANOI1406	HUE PROVINCIAL LEADERS TALK GREEN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hue provincial officials are pushing for clean industry. In discussions with the DCM, Provincial People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Thien argued that green development is necessary both to protect Hue's large and growing tourist industry and to differentiate Hue from its l [...]	2008-12-29 02:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM VM
08HANOI1408	SENATOR WEBB'S DECEMBER 23-24 MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging set of meetings in Hanoi December 23-24, Senator Jim Webb emphasized the considerable progress made since he first re-engaged with Vietnam as a civilian in 1991. Speaking with officials from the National Assembly (NA),MFA and Ministry of Industry and Trade (M [...]	2008-12-30 04:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
08HANOI1409	VIETNAM EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA PKO, BUT MUST [...] (SBU) On December 30, Deputy PolCouns met with Ngo Thi Xuan Ha of the MFA's International Organizations Division to urge Vietnam to support the U.S.-sponsored resolution authorizing a peacekeeping operation for Somalia. Building on an earlier conversation between the Ambassador and VFM Pham B [...]	2008-12-30 05:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PHSA SO VM
08HANOI1412	REFORMERS DISCUSS ECONOMIC SLUMP, PCI SCANDAL AND [...] (C) Summary: During a December 29 dinner discussion with the Ambassador, three founding members of the reform-minded Institute for Development Studies expressed doubt that a proposed stimulus package of $6 billion would be implemented in full. They argued that small and medium business owners, [...]	2008-12-30 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD ECON SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI1413	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON CORRUPTION CASE [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Mitsuo Sakaba shared with Ambassador Michalak his concerns about the PCI corruption case (Ref A) and its possible implications for Vietnam's domestic politics. Although Vietnam was initially reluctant to cooperate in investigating the case, Sakaba sa [...]	2008-12-30 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI1417	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Michalak met with Director of the External Relations Department at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),Lieutenant General Pham Thanh Lan, December 18 to discuss MIAs (both U.S. and Vietnamese),U.S. support for demining activities, Agent Orange remediation activities, and [...]	2008-12-31 07:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR VM
08HANOI145	VIETNAM SHRUGS OFF CUBAN AND VENEZUELAN ECONOMIC TIES [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cuba does not appear to be in a rush to learn about Vietnam's successful free market experiments, according to officials from Vietn [...]	2008-02-05 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL VM
08HANOI147	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US-VN DIALOGUE GROUP ON AGENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 1, Ambassador Michalak met with the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange-Dioxin (Dialogue Group). Formed by the Aspen Institute, with support from the Ford Foundation, the Dialogue Group made its second visit to Vietnam to observe containment measures at the [...]	2008-02-12 01:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI151	VIETNAM ANTI-TIP PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FY 2008 FUNDING [...] (SBU) Post recommends the following two anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposals for G/TIP FY 2008 funding: I. APPLICANT: Save the Children U.K. (SCUK) - Vietnam Office REQUESTED FUNDING AMOUNT: US $241,682 (two-hundred forty-one thousand and six-hundred eighty-two dollars) PRO [...]	2008-02-12 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG VM
08HANOI152	DEEPENING COOPERATION ON LEGAL REFORM: THE AMBASSADOR MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Judicial Affairs Committee Chairwoman Le Thi Thu Ba discussed with the Ambassador how the USG and GVN can deepen cooperation on judicial and legal reform in Vietnam. Laws on enforcement of civil and criminal court judgments must be revised so th [...]	2008-02-12 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI155	DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM ON TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On February 13, Econ Counselor demarched the Government of Vietnam on labeling for textile, apparel, footwear, and travel (TAFT) goods (reftel) through Nguyen Hong Duong, Deputy Director of the Americas Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. We gave Duong a copy of the U.S./EC [...]	2008-02-13 09:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON VM
08HANOI156	PM TAPS TRADE MINISTRY TO TAKE OVER MAIN TIFA DUTIES [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed the Trade and Industry Minister to take over the lead of the U.S. - Vietnam Trade and [...]	2008-02-13 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN EINV PGOV VM
08HANOI159	IMPLEMENTING GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY: THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Ordinance on Grassroots Democracy (OGD),which took effect last April, is a small step towards participatory local government within the context of the GVN's top-down, centrally controlled government structure. In a recent visit to provinces in [...]	2008-02-14 04:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI160	CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS: DIFFERENT LOCATION, SAME ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: While there has been apparent progress in defusing the dispute over the former Vatican residence in Hanoi, another dispute has arisen at Thai Ha parish in Hanoi where the GVN's approval of construction of a state-owned sewing factory on the disputed property triggered a wave of pro [...]	2008-02-14 05:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI169	FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH VICE MINISTER OF MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During FBI Director Robert Mueller's January 30 meeting with Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong, the Vietnamese agreed to simplify and intensify information sharing in criminal matters and enthusiastically welcomed prospects for enhanced training pr [...]	2008-02-14 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PGOV PREL PTER PINS VM
08HANOI175	IRI Explores Possibilities in Vietnam [...] (U) Summary: While the conversations were mainly introductory and exploratory, the unprecedented level of interaction by Government of Vietnam (GVN) offices during the International Republican Institute's (IRI's) recent visit was a positive sign the GVN may be more willing to meet with NGOs an [...]	2008-02-15 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI177	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - VIETNAM'S SECOND AI FATALITY OF [...] (U) Summary: Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials confirmed the second and third human Avian Influenza (AI) fatalities of 2008, both from northern provinces close to Hanoi. A 40-year old male from Hai Duong province died on February 13 after cooking and eating dead chickens. A 27-year old ma [...]	2008-02-15 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI178	VIETNAM SUPPORTS CONTINUED DEBATE ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on February 17 to Mr. Mai Pham Dung, head of the MFA's Security Council Team. Dung responded that the position of GVN is well-founded on principles of collective resolution of conflicts and respect for territorial integrity and international law, which wou [...]	2008-02-17 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL YI VM
08HANOI184	HUNDREDS ATTEND FUNERAL FOR VIETNAMESE DISSIDENT LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 16 funeral for Dr. Hoang Minh Chinh, a former Communist Party ideologue and GVN vice minister turned dissident and democracy activist, drew hundreds of relatives and supporters as well as a heavy police presence. Many dissidents reported that they were prevented fro [...]	2008-02-19 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HANOI193	VIETNAM'S 2007 ECONOMY: HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH, RECORD [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 8.5 percent in 2007, the highest economic growth rate in the last ten years. 2007 was also a record year for Vietnam's foreign direct investment (FDI) since the country opened its economy with USD 20.3 billion new and additional commitm [...]	2008-02-20 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM
08HANOI194	VIETNAM SHOULD REMAIN ON THE 2008 SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam recommends continued placement of Vietnam on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Watch List for 2008. One year after acceding to the World Trade Organization, Vietnam has continued efforts to put in place an effective legal regime to [...]	2008-02-20 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI197	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - ANIMAL OUTBREAKS SPREAD, POSSIBLE [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam has confirmed recent localized animal outbreaks in seven provinces scattered throughout the country and has noted reports of dead poultry found in rivers and streams in northern Vietnam -- a sign of a possible new bird flu outbreak during a prolonged cold [...]	2008-02-21 04:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI203	UNHCR SAYS GVN TROUBLED BY ONGOING MONTAGNARD EMIGRATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Giuseppe de Vincentis and Vietnam Officer-in-Charge Vu Anh Son met with the Ambassador on February 19 to discuss the need for a timely solution to the growing UNHCR Montagnard camp population in Cambodia. De Vincentis said UNHCR was not in a [...]	2008-02-21 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF CB VM
08HANOI206	FROZEN ASSETS: RECORD COLD SNAP HARMS CROPS, LIVESTOCK AND [...] Summary: Now entering its sixth-week, a record long period of cold weather is killing livestock and crops in northern and central Vietnam, threatening the food source and economic well-being of some of Vietnam's poorest populations. With temperatures from the city of Hue north to the border w [...]	2008-02-22 06:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR VM
08HANOI209	UPDATE ON JAILED AMCIT DISSIDENT NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Amcit Nguyen Quoc Quan, jailed in November 2007, is still "under investigation" and has yet to be charged. Meanwhile, a prospective defense lawyer has reported receiving threatening messages warning him not to represent Dr. Quan. The Ambassador raised Dr. Quan's case again with [...]	2008-02-22 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI210	SBV MOVES AGAIN AGAINST EXCESSIVE LIQUIDITY [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced on February 18 that it will issue VND 20.3tril ($1.2bil) in compulsory promissory notes. This third effort to control inflation follows its earlier actions to raise the reserve ratio and set higher interest rates. Forty-one commercial banks will [...]	2008-02-22 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
08HANOI22	CODEL HOYER'S MEETINGS WITH GVN LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 3, a thirteen-member Congressional delegation, led by Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Representative Roy Blunt, discussed bilateral priorities during meetings with President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen P [...]	2008-01-07 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KIPR OTRA OVIP UNSC ECON VM
08HANOI225	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead, especially after bad weather in China forced the la [...]	2008-02-26 09:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
08HANOI226	Baby Buying: Selling Infants to China Sparks Outrage; Some [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past week, major Vietnamese media outlets have highlighted the case of four individuals arrested for smuggling newborn infants to China, among other abuses related to trafficking in children. One was an investigative report on a local baby-selling ring in Ha Tay provinc [...]	2008-02-26 10:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CASC CMGT KOCI VM CN
08HANOI23	CODEL HOYER'S MEETINGS WITH GVN LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 3, a thirteen-member Congressional delegation, led by Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Representative Roy Blunt, discussed bilateral priorities during meetings with President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen P [...]	2008-01-07 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KIPR OTRA OVIP UNSC ECON VM
08HANOI243	VIETNAM TRADE IN 2007: U.S. EXPORTS UP 73 PERCENT, TOTAL [...] Summary. Vietnam's total trade with the world broke the $100 billion mark in 2007, capping 16 consecutive years of expanding trade with a 29 percent increase over 2006. U.S. exporters also gained in 2007 as U.S. exports grew 73 percent, three times as fast as Vietnamese exports to the United [...]	2008-02-29 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EFIN EFIS EIND EPET ECON KTDB KTEX VM
08HANOI245	FINANCE MINISTER ON MACROECONOMIC POLICY, ASEAN AND [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh recognized the difficulty of reconciling Vietnam's goals [...]	2008-02-29 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAIR EFIN PGOV VM
08HANOI248	SBV TRIES TO SLOW CREDIT GROWTH TO FIGHT INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the main ways that the GNV is trying to tackle the dramatic spike in inflation is by slowing the growth in bank lending. Vietnamese bank lending has been growing at a double-digit pace since 1994, with a larger share of the loan growth coming from joint-stock commercial [...]	2008-02-29 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VM
08HANOI273	EMBASSY REQUESTS PERMISSION TO VISIT FOR SPOUSE OF JAILED [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill in their March 3 meeting (septel) that SIPDIS the ministry is prepared to assist in facilitating a visit by Ms. Huong Mai Ngo to her husband, imprisoned Amcit dissident Nguyen Quoc Quan. Following up on [...]	2008-03-06 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI277	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 2-3 visit to Hanoi, Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with the GVN Ministry of Foreign Affairs (paras 2-12) and National Assembly (paras 13-15),the Communist Party of Vietnam (paras 16-20),religious leaders (paras 21-23),n [...]	2008-03-07 04:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OTRA ECON ETRD CONS VM
08HANOI279	PASTORS GRANTED RARE PERMISSION TO VISIT POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports confirmed that a group of Protestant pastors led by HCMC-based Mennonite pastor and dissident Nguyen Hong Quang were allowed to visit jailed human rights lawyers and high-profile political dissidents Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, at their respective pr [...]	2008-03-07 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC VM
08HANOI285	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR VIETNAM [...] Pursuant to reftel, the following is an updated Budget Transparency Report for Vietnam, current as of March 11, 2008. Post will also e-mail the text to Andrew Snow and Richard Figueroa in EEB/IFD/OMA as requested. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT As part of its overall reform efforts, Vietnam is [...]	2008-03-11 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
08HANOI286	AMBASSADOR VISITS VIETNAM'S LEADING POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, the Ambassador met with jailed political activist and Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly ("Father Ly") at Ba Sao Prison south of Hanoi. The almost 75-minute meeting with Ly took place in the presence of the prison warden and his deputies, who were cordial and cooperative [...]	2008-03-11 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KIRF VM
08HANOI288	VIETNAM'S RAPID INTERNET AND IT GROWTH (C-AL8-00160) [...] (SBU) Summary: The Internet is a growing source of news, entertainment, communication and political expression in Vietnam. Internet usage has grown at a rate of 36 percent per year over the past ten years, resulting in nearly 19 million Internet users in Vietnam today - roughly 22 percent of Vi [...]	2008-03-12 10:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS PINR EINT TINT ECON TSPL PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
08HANOI29	VIETNAM AIRLINES WILL EQUITISE PARTLY IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam Airlines' (VNA) new CEO Pham Ngoc Minh told the Ambassador that VNA will partly equitise in 2009 and revealed VNA's ambitious plan to become one of the preeminent air carriers in Southeast Asia. The Ambassador thanked Minh for Vietnam's recent purchase of Boeing aircraf [...]	2008-01-09 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EIND EINV ETRD BEXP VM
08HANOI296	GVN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CZAR SAYS HANOI WANTS INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6, the Ambassador met the head of Vietnam's Government Inspectorate (GI) Tran Van Truyen, a key player in the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) fight against corruption and an ally of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Truyen said he welcomed cooperation with the USG, and adde [...]	2008-03-13 07:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI303	GVN REACTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Dung delivered the GVN's reaction to the 2007 Human Rights Report on March 13, calling it "regrettable" that the report is based on "false and prejudiced" information but adding that it is "normal" that the USG and GVN have differences on human ri [...]	2008-03-14 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI304	VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: SCATTERED POULTRY OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Provinces in each region of the country have reported poultry outbreaks in the past few weeks. Though localized and easily controlled, the number of outbreaks continue to rise and are occuring at a rate higher than during the same period last year. A 23-year old woman died on Feb [...]	2008-03-14 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI306	VIETNAM SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND [...] (U) Your visit is a good opportunity to encourage Vietnam to continue the process of opening to the world and reforming internally. Vietnam's national leadership remains eager to learn from the United States on economic and governance reform, and will be attentive to what you have to say. You [...]	2008-03-17 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR
08HANOI309	GVN REACTS TO LABOR CASES IN JORDAN, MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is reacting to two recent high-profile labor cases, one involving 176 female garment workers on strike in Jordan and one regarding Vietnamese worker deaths in Malaysia. On March 13, Dao Cong Hai, Deputy Director General, Department of Overseas Labor of the GVN Ministry o [...]	2008-03-17 04:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI312	FOLLOWING UP WITH VIETNAM ON TAFT AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS [...] (SBU) On March 13, acting Econ Counselor followed up with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) on the proposal on labeling for textile, apparel, footwear, and travel (TAFT) goods, in a joint demarche with his EU counterpart in Hanoi. The GVN said that it "warmly welcomed" the proposal and "shares i [...]	2008-03-17 09:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON VM
08HANOI319	VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NEW HUMAN FATALITY IN HA [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the death of an 11-year old male adolescent from Liem Tiet Commune, Thanh Liem District, Ha Nam Province, approximately 40 kilometers south of Hanoi. The patient developed symptoms on March 4 after having contact with sick and dead poultry. Accordi [...]	2008-03-18 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI33	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the year ahead, which with focused effort should bring a further deepening in the bilateral relationship. While the relationship is broadening and [...]	2008-01-10 06:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP VM
08HANOI338	VIETNAM ON THE UNSC: CONSULTATION PAYS OFF [...] (C) Summary: While Vietnam does not have an immediate stake in the majority of Security Council matters, the GVN takes its engagement with the world community, and particularly its membership on the Security Council, seriously. Although lacking experience in such fora, the GVN wants and expec [...]	2008-03-25 05:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VM
08HANOI345	DNSA PRICE'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs Daniel M. Price visited Hanoi for official meetings on March 20-21. He received assurances of Vietnam's interest on a BIT, on addressing IPR issues, and on USG technical assistan [...]	2008-03-26 08:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR OVIP PGOV VM
08HANOI349	INVESTMENT MINISTER READIES FOR U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Planning and Investment Minister Vo Hong Phuc met with the Ambassador on March 26 to discuss his April 6 - 12 visit to the United States. Phuc and the Ambassador discussed the itinerary and the issues that were likely to come up during the visit, including concerns ab [...]	2008-03-27 00:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OVIP PGOV VM
08HANOI356	MFA ON JORDAN LABOR CASE AND IOM ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns held a detailed one-hour meeting on March 27 with MFA Consular Department Chief of Overseas Consular Affairs Vu Le Ha regarding resolution of the case of over 200 Vietnamese factory workers on strike in Amman, Jordan. PolCouns stressed the benefit of involving the Inter [...]	2008-03-27 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM

08HANOI358	TIFA MEETINGS FOCUS ON TRADING RIGHTS, IPR AND MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Vietnam conducted Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Hanoi from March 19 - 21, during which the sides followed up on a full range of WTO implementation and other issues including IPR, market access for pharmaceuticals and cultural prod [...]	2008-03-28 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EFIN KIPR EIND EPET KTDB VM
08HANOI359	VIETNAM PREPARES TO BUILD FIRST MDB-FINANCED DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is set to begin construction in 2009 on the Song Bung IV hydroelectric dam, Vietnam's first multilateral development bank-financed hydropower project. USAID Senior Environmental Policy Advisor Leslie Johnston recently traveled to Vietnam to condu [...]	2008-03-28 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY SOCI IBRD AID VM
08HANOI36	ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL ESF FOR VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Omnibus Appropriations Bill signed on December 26 contains the appropriation of $5.0 million in additional ESF for Vietnam. The Senate Report on the 2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill contains the following language with regard to this appropriation: "The Committee [...]	2008-01-10 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID VM
08HANOI369	SCENESETTER, PART I OF III, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. It is for official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the Internet. 2. (U) Mission Vietnam very much looks forward to your visit to Vietnam in mid-April, as your personal engagement will support directly our effe [...]	2008-03-31 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI37	FORD FOUNDATION GRANTEES HOST AGENT ORANGE DISABILITY FORUM [...] (U) Summary. On December 18, the Ford Foundation funded a national disabilities workshop focusing on Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminant dioxin. Various speakers highlighted the need for collective Government of Vietnam (GVN) and international support for the disabled suffering from war leg [...]	2008-01-10 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI370	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT: VIETNAM SCENESETTER, PART II OF III [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. It is for official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Secretary Leavitt, this cable supplements Ref A and highlights the overarching health-related challenges facing Vietnam. We are proud [...]	2008-04-01 01:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI372	FOREIGN ELECTRONIC AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS FLOCKING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Samsung's recently-announced plans to build a $670 million mobile phone manufacturing plant is the latest in a series of major investments in Vietnam by international electronics and technology firms. A number of these new investments are planned for Hanoi and surrounding provin [...]	2008-04-01 04:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV TINT ECON TSPL KIPR ELAB VM
08HANOI377	PM DECLARES WAR ON INFLATION, WB STILL OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (U) Summary: With inflation in Vietnam hitting 19.4 percent year-on-year for March, the Prime Minister has very publicly made lowering inflation on of his top priorities, and has just released a seven-point plan to ease inflationary pressures. Despite the domestic macroeconomic challenges an [...]	2008-04-01 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM
08HANOI383	CHOLERA REAPPEARS IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Three months after the Government of Vietnam (GVN) announced the successful control of an outbreak of cholera (ref A),the disease has reappeared in several provinces in northern Vietnam, including Hanoi. Though international health experts predicted the likelihood of small, ep [...]	2008-04-03 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI385	VIETNAM FORMALLY AGREES TO HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Vietnam's MFA formally agreed to hold the next round of the bilateral Human Rights Dialogue on May 29, 2008 in Hanoi, Vietnam. In dipnote 158/NG-TCQT, the unofficial translation of which follows below, the MFA also reports that its delegation will be represented by an unspecified Assistan [...]	2008-04-04 02:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI388	VIETNAM'S MARKET HAS FALLEN AND IT CAN'T GET UP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's stock market has dropped dramatically in the first quarter of 2008, prompting the Government of Vietnam to take a number of steps to try to stabQe the market. A plan to have the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) buy shares did not prevent further declines. Nar [...]	2008-04-04 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM
08HANOI389	POSSIBLE DETENTION OF AMCIT VIET TAN MEMBER IN HO CHI MINH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
08HANOI394	VIETNAM CUTTING RICE EXPORTS; STORIES DIFFER ON SCALE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam, the world's second largest rice exporter in 2007, announced it will cut 2008 rice exports by 11 percent, and may reduce rice export volume by a further 11 percent, pending yields of early-year harvests. Despite recent international press reports identifying a domestic [...]	2008-04-07 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI395	DETAINED VIET TAN MEMBERS RELEASED; NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
08HANOI398	BORDER PROVINCE WITH CHINA: HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: A small, mountainous province bordering China, Lang Son's location is both a blessing and a curse. Its four border gates with Vietnam's huge neighbor to the north have encouraged trade and development, leading to increased economic growth. However, local authorities also blame i [...]	2008-04-08 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI400	STRIKING OVERSEAS WORKERS RETURN FROM JORDAN; PAID STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, the last group of 157 striking overseas Vietnamese garment workers (Refs, A-C) were repatriated from Jordan and 156 arrived at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport. According to knowledegable third party sources, en route to Hanoi one of the returnees broke off from the group in [...]	2008-04-08 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI406	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT, VIETNAM SCENESETTER, PART III [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Secretary Leavitt, this cable highlights the overarching health-related successes and challenges facing our work under the President's Emerge [...]	2008-04-09 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI407	A/S SPOONER ADDRESSES GVN CONCERNS ON APPAREL MONITORING [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a three-day technical exchange on trade remedies with the Vietnamese government (GVN),Import Administration Assistant Secretary David Spooner met with senior Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) officials on April 3 to discuss the Department of Commerce's Import Monit [...]	2008-04-09 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM
08HANOI408	VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS CONCERNED, NOT ALARMED, AT [...] (SBU) The current outbreak of severe acute diarrhea continues to spread. Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director General of the Preventative Health and Environmental Agency of the Ministry of Health (MOH),recently announced tests confirming the presence of cholera in patients in two additional northern [...]	2008-04-09 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI409	DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HEALTH CONFIRMS H5N1 RISK FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese Department of Animal Health (DAH) confirmed that chicken and cattle smuggled into Vietnam from Guangxi province in China have tested positive for Avian Influenza (chickens) and Foot and Mouth disease (cattle). Many of these animals are destined for sale throughout [...]	2008-04-09 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI414	POLITBURO MEMBER SEEKS ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING FOR PARTY [...] (SBU) In an April 9 meeting with Ambassador, Politburo member Nguyen Van Chi asked for U.S. help in selecting American institutions with expertise in anti-corruption work which could cooperate with Vietnam to enhance its capacity in that regard. The Ambassador and Chi discussed Hanoi's fight a [...]	2008-04-10 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI415	VIETNAM'S LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC DAM RISES IN SON LA [...] (U) Summary: As part of an ambitious plan to add 50,000 megawatts of electricity to the national grid by 2015, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is building what will be the country's largest hydroelectric dam in northwestern Vietnam. The 2,400 MW Son La Hydropower Project (SLHP) will enter ser [...]	2008-04-11 01:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY SOCI IBRD AID VM
08HANOI417	GVN REQUESTS THAT USG TREAT NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior MFA official predicts that imprisoned AMCIT Nguyen Quoc Quan will soon be tried, after which his wife will be able to visit him in prison. He further implied that Nguyen Quoc Quan would then be released, but warned that this could not be seen to occur "under U.S. press [...]	2008-04-11 08:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CASC VM NGUYEN QUAN QUOC
08HANOI421	FIRST CHOLERA CASE IN HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) Ho Chi Minh City reported its first case of cholera in the current outbreak, a 71 year old woman from Thu Duc district. According to Dr. Nguyen Van Chau, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department, the woman was admitted to Ho Chi Minh City Medical Hospital on April 6 suffering fr [...]	2008-04-11 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI422	ADOPTION FRAUD SUMMARY - VIETNAM [...] Summary : Adoption related fraud in Vietnam is a large and growing problem. The combination of a decentralized administrative system, a legal framework that lacks procedures for oversight and accountability, and an unregulated donation system have combined to produce an adoption system rife [...]	2008-04-11 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD ASEC VM
08HANOI423	HANOI DOES NOT WANT STRENGTHENED 1540 COMMITTEE RENEWAL TO [...] (SBU) On April 11, Poloff and U.K. Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Specialist Nguyen Vu Minh to deliver Ref. A points on supporting a strengthened renewal of the UNSC 1540 Committee's mandate. French Poloff was unable to participate. 2. (S [...]	2008-04-11 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08HANOI429	VIETNAM SIGNS ANTI-TIP COOPERATION MOU WITH THAILAND [...] (SBU) On March 24, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Royal Thai Government (RTG) on strengthening cooperation between the two countries on eliminating trafficking in persons (TIP) and providing assistance to TIP victims. According to Senior Lie [...]	2008-04-14 08:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB PREL KWMN KCRM SMIG TH VM
08HANOI435	ENGAGING VIETNAM ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent high-profile labor dispute involving Vietnamese workers in Jordan threatens to distract attention from the steady and increasing progress Vietnam continues to make on its anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts. Despite the significant efforts the GVN has made particu [...]	2008-04-14 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI446	RENEWED CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS AT THAI HA PARISH [...] (SBU) Catholic parishioners have been gathering again over the last three weeks at Thai Ha parish in Hanoi to protest construction work on a disputed plot of land adjacent to the church. Large prayer vigils had initially taken place in January and February, before the Tet Lunar New Year holida [...]	2008-04-17 07:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI448	Unexpected Progress on Catholic Church Land Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unexpected move, central Quang Tri Provincial authorities announced a Government of Vietnam (GVN) decision to return the La Vang property to the Catholic Church following meetings in late March and early April between GVN authorities and the Catholic Episcopal Council of [...]	2008-04-18 04:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI450	PRISON LABOR AND CASHEW NUTS IN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ASEC ELAB EAGR ILO ECON VM
08HANOI451	PAYING HEED TO BUSINESS CONCERNS, VIETNAM OPENS THE DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Hoping to put to rest one of the most controversial WTO-implementing regulations to date, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) will further open its distribution sector ahead of schedule and allow foreign-invested businesses in Vietnam to sell imported goods directly to multiple distr [...]	2008-04-18 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KTDB VM
08HANOI457	INVESTMENT IN VIETNAM UNDETERRED BY GLOBAL SLOWDOWN [...] (U) Summary: Foreign investment continues to pour into Vietnam in record numbers. In just the first three months of 2008, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has approved 148 new foreign investment projects valued at $5.1 billion, a 43 percent year-on-year increase. Foreign investors made commit [...]	2008-04-21 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EINV ETRD VM
08HANOI458	Anti-Olympics Blogger Arrested [...] (SBU) Summary. Reports from friends and colleagues indicate that Hoang Hai (AKA prominent blogger "Dieu Cay" has been arrested. After reportedly hiding out for about a month, the police located and arrested Hai in central city of Da Lat over the weekend of April 19-20. While the specific reas [...]	2008-04-22 01:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI459	GVN ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) officials briefed the DCM about the recent unrest in the Central Highlands and asked for USG assistance in cutting off support for the demonstrations from U.S.-based organizations, in particular the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. In the [...]	2008-04-22 04:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI46	ECONOMIC GROWTH TRUMPS PUBLIC HEALTH: VIETNAMESE ROOFING [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam increasingly relies on asbestos in its construction sector, despite the internationally recognized harmful health impacts from asbestos exposure. In the absence of effective worker safety provisions, many workers in Vietnam's growing number of asbestos-cement processing fa [...]	2008-01-16 01:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM
08HANOI460	UPDATE ON JAILED AMCIT NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 04:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR ASEC CONS VM
08HANOI464	SOME IN GVN APPARENTLY UNWORRIED ABOUT SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. An MFA expert on maritime issues recently described the situation in the South China Sea in 2008 as "stable and quiet." He expressed no concern about the possibility of a reoccurrence of last year's fishing and oil drilling disputes with China. On the other hand, he focused on [...]	2008-04-22 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBGT PHSA VM
08HANOI471	VIETNAM TAKES ON OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT BROKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is completing investigation of a recent series of export-labor fraud cases, 80 percent of which involved Vietnamese laborers recruited to work in South Korea. Over 100 individuals, involved in the 2006-2007 labor brokerage fee scam, have been prosecuted for taking advant [...]	2008-04-23 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI475	VIETNAM ECON HIGHLIGHTS: GVN SETS SIGHTS ON LOWER TARGETS, [...] (U) This cable is part of an ongoing series on developing economic stories in Vietnam. GVN ABANDONS GROWTH AND INFLATION TARGETS ----------------------------------------- 2. (U) Lower-than-expected growth and higher-than-expected inflation and trade deficit figures are forcing the GVN to [...]	2008-04-24 08:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ACOA ECPS EFIN EIND ETRD PGOV VN
08HANOI478	VIETNAM NOT READY TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 04:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA VM
08HANOI482	EXPANDING HANOI'S JURISDICTION HIGHLIGHTS VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) The GVN's handling of the expansion of Hanoi municipality underscores the fact that, despite recent talk of decentralization, decision-making in Vietnam remains very much a top-down affair. As Hanoi's explosive growth continues, the Communist Party of Vietnam has initiated a jurisdiction [...]	2008-04-25 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI484	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak discussed possible deliverables for a visit to the United States by Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh on April 25. The Ambassador noted that we need to make progress on human rights before the visit. The Ambas [...]	2008-04-25 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI493	GVN STRETCHES HISTORICAL RECORD TO ENHANCE CLAIM FOR SOUTH [...] Summary: A recent ceremony to honor past heroes in Vietnam's fight for the Spratly and Paracel Islands received primetime attention on national television, highlighting Vietnam's historical claim to the islands. The ceremony was dedicated to the "tens of thousands" of 19th century Nguyen Dyna [...]	2008-04-28 08:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA PBTS SOCI VM
08HANOI494	PRO-DEMOCRACY YOUTH GROUP PLANS ANTI-CHINA [...] (C) On April 28, Poloff met with a pro-democracy youth group leader in Hanoi to discuss the group's plans for anti-China protests during the Olympics torch run in HCMC on April 29. Ms. Nguyen Trang Nhung of Viet Youth for Democracy (VYD) said April 29 protests were planned for both HCMC and H [...]	2008-04-28 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH VM
08HANOI498	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Tackling rising food prices is part of Vietnam's larger challenge of addressing soaring inflation rates, which hit 21.5 percent year-on-year in April. International agricultural experts say that they are not worried about food security, even among Vietnam's rural poor, noting t [...]	2008-04-29 04:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID VM
08HANOI499	Thai Ha Church Land Ownership Dispute Continues [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite numerous calls from Hanoi authorities to cease, Catholic believers continue to gather at a site adjacent to Hanoi's Thai Ha Catholic parish church, in a dispute with the Government of Vietnam (GVN),now in its fourth month (Refs A, B). While the numbers of congregants ga [...]	2008-04-29 07:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI503	OLYMPIC TORCH IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Olympic torch arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on April 28 in advance of the planned torch relay set to begin at six o'clock p.m. on April 29. Despite anti-China protests planned by activists in both HCMC and Hanoi (Ref A),a heavy police presence will almost certainly ens [...]	2008-04-29 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM
08HANOI508	DHHS SECRETARY LEAVITT FOCUSES ON PRODUCT SAFETY, INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Hanoi, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt successfully advocated for the United States and Vietnam to draft a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on product safety in preparation for the upcoming visit to the United States by Vietnamese Pr [...]	2008-05-05 06:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KPAO KFLU KHIV VM
08HANOI516	STILL LUCID AT 97: GENERAL VO NGUYEN GIAP TALKS EDUCATION [...] (SBU) On April 25, the Ambassador and General Vo Nguyen Giap discussed efforts to increase educational exchanges between the United States and Vietnam. After imploring the Ambassador to work to bring the overall relationship to an even higher level, Giap echoed the Ambassador's desire to see m [...]	2008-05-05 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI517	DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE - VIETNAM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam has considered activities for May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People. We will continue to raise our concerns about Cuba discreetly to key players in the GVN. In view of local considerations, however, we have not scheduled any public outreach activities. 2. (S [...]	2008-05-05 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL EUN CU VM
08HANOI528	VIETNAM OUTREACH ON ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak has named the promotion of human rights as his top priority in Vietnam. In support of the President's freedom agenda, the Ambassador has raised human rights with the highest levels of the Vietnamese government, including both the President and Prime Minister. [...]	2008-05-06 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI530	PRIME MINISTER FLOATS ANTI-DEFICIT AND INFLATION MEASURES, [...] (U) Summary: In his annual "Government Report" before the National Assembly, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung threw his support behind measures to reduce the fiscal and trade deficits, such as reducing public borrowing and slowing down "unnecessary" imports. He also vowed to keep price caps on k [...]	2008-05-07 00:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VM
08HANOI531	GVN URGES DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION IN DEALING WITH [...] (C) On May 7, poloff discussed reftel points about the constitutional referendum in Burma with MFA Asia II Department Section Chief Ta Duy Chinh. Chinh welcomed the opportunity to hear U.S. views on the issue of "achieving reconciliation in Burma." He said the GVN supports genuine dialogue i [...]	2008-05-07 08:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM VM
08HANOI532	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR VM
08HANOI533	VIETNAM RETHINKS QUESTIONABLE REVISIONS TO LAW ON DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: Initial drafts of a revised Vietnamese Law on Drug Prevention and Control (LDPC) contained several elements of concern to Vietnam's international donors. In particular, the draft law would have: (a) mandated that injecting-drug users (IDU) be detained for five years; (b) contain [...]	2008-05-07 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP SOCI TBIO EAID SNAR KHIV VM
08HANOI535	AMBASSADOR EXCHANGES VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CHINA WITH [...] (SBU) On May 2, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador the ERC welcomes the positive developments in U.S.-Vietnam relations, especially in trade, investment and education. He appealed for Vietnam to be granted GSP and agreed that many recently opened [...]	2008-05-08 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM
08HANOI536	NGUYEN QUOC QUAN: REQUESTS FOR CONSULAR AND SPOUSAL VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 7, 2008 ConOff met with Le Ba Dong, Chief of the Foreign Consular Relations Section at MFA, at MFA's request. Dong confirmed to ConOff that the trial of Nguyen Quoc Quan is scheduled for May 13. He then noted that, because of the proximity of the trial and the fact that [...]	2008-05-08 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CASC VM NGUYEN QUAN QUOC
08HANOI537	POSSIBILITIES FOR USG COLLABORATION WITH VIETNAM ON CLIMATE [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's unique position as a growing emitter facing imminent and serious impacts from climate change makes it a particularly attractive partner for collaboration with the United States. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that Vietnam will be one of the c [...]	2008-05-08 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TBIO KGHG VM
08HANOI538	GVN WILL URGE BURMA TO ALLOW RELIEF TEAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL BM VM
08HANOI54	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY JOHN D. [...] Embassy Hanoi warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Deputy Secretary John D. Negroponte and delegation to travel to Hanoi, January 18-20, 2008. 2. Hanoi Control Officer: Brian Aggeler, Political Counselor Tel: (84-4)850-5000 ext. 5119 Cell: (090) 346-0114 Fax: (84-4)850-5098 U [...]	2008-01-16 08:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT OVIP VM
08HANOI541	POLITBURO MEMBER COMMENTS ON AMBASSADOR'S PRIORITIES AND [...] (SBU) On May 5, influential Politburo member and Standing Member of the Secretariat Truong Tan Sang met the Ambassador to discuss U.S.-Vietnam relations, the Ambassador's priorities for his tenure in Vietnam and economic issues. The "consensus" within Vietnam's governing circles is that Hanoi [...]	2008-05-08 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM
08HANOI55	ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM - PM AGREES TO "GUILLOTINE" TO CUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an unprecedented three-year action plan known as "Project 30" to implement sweeping administrative and regulatory reforms in Vietnam that will affect all 22 national ministries and 64 provinces. This plan, developed by USAID with the [...]	2008-01-16 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID BEXP ETRD VM
08HANOI550	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On April 29, Deputy Prime Minister and Politburo member Truong Vinh Trong discussed with the Ambassador Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's planned visit to the United States, the cases of political dissidents Le Thi Cong Nhan and Bui Kim Thanh and Government of Vietnam (GVN) efforts against [...]	2008-05-12 03:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON TBIO PGOV SOCI PREL KCOR KHIV KPPAO
08HANOI552	GVN OPPOSES DISCUSSION OF HUMANITARIAN ISSUES AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM VM
08HANOI556	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR VM
08HANOI558	Vietnamese Provinces Work to Get Religious Freedom Right [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Government of Vietnam's Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) struggles to implement of the legal framework on religious freedom in some isolated provinces, a growing number of provincial and local authorities are having real success in promoting freedom of religion. [...]	2008-05-13 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI56	VIETNAM'S POOL OF SKILLED LABOR DRYING UP [...] Summary: Vietnam has earned a reputation for its industrious, low-cost, and young labor force. Unprecedented economic growth, however, is imposing severe demands on Vietnam's labor market. With local and foreign investors draining the talent pool, Vietnam's labor force no longer confers the a [...]	2008-01-16 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ILO ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI569	VIETNAMESE PRESS AND PUBLIC CONTINUE TO FIRE AWAY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Widespread criticism continued in the Vietnamese press and blogosphere over the arrest of two journalists for their reporting on the PMU-18 corruption scandal and high-profile figures have offered their support to the journalists. The case is widely seen as reflecting power strug [...]	2008-05-14 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI571	ZEN MASTER MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with the Ambassador, the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh noted improvements in religious freedom in Vietnam but said corruption and bureaucracy had hampered their visit. Hanh and a delegation of the order of Lang Mai from France are visiting Vietnam to attend the U [...]	2008-05-15 08:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI572	MOF AND SBV DISCUSS PLAN TO FIGHT INFLATION [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Governor Nguyen Van Giau and Finance Vice Minister Tran Xuan Ha on May 14 to discuss Vietnam's current macro-economic situation, including implementation of the Prime Minister's seven-point plan to fight inflation (Reftels). Se [...]	2008-05-15 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
08HANOI573	CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? VIETNAM'S MOBILE PHONE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's telecommunication market continues its rapid development, underpinned by the strong performance of the mobile phone sector, which surpassed 35 million subscribers in 2007. New market entrants and more flexible government regulations helped to drive down costs and incre [...]	2008-05-16 00:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD ECON KPRV VM
08HANOI579	BP TRANSFERS OPERATORSHIP OF SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary: BP Vietnam has complied with an order by state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and turned over operatorship of its South China Sea Blocks 5.2 and 5.3 to PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Company (PVEP),a PVN subsidiary. BP is a majority stakeholder with ConocoPhillips (CP) in 5.2/3 [...]	2008-05-16 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
08HANOI581	VIETNAM'S BIGGEST EVER SEIZURE OF MARIJUANA [...] Summary. The May 13 seizure of eight tons of marijuana resin by GVN authorities was the biggest such seizure ever in Vietnam. The drugs were found in two shipping containers transiting Mong Cai border gate in the Northeastern province of Quang Ninh into China. The shipment originated in Paki [...]	2008-05-16 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SOCI CH PK VM
08HANOI588	MOST RECENT CHOLERA OUTBREAK RECEDES [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials report that Vietnam's most recent outbreak of severe acute diarrhea is winding down. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) again responded promptly and effectively, victims from northern provinces that traveled to other parts of the country infected other people, dem [...]	2008-05-20 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI590	VIETNAM RESPONDS POSTIVIELY TO U.S. CODEX CHAIRPERSON [...] (U) On May 15, visiting U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Charles Lambert, accompanied by AgAttache, delivered reftel points on the candidacy of Dr. Karen Hulebak for Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) to Dr. Vu Ngo [...]	2008-05-20 08:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO VM
08HANOI592	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON PRIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM
08HANOI597	VIETNAM: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GPOI TRAINING [...] On May 8, poloff and DATT met with MOD External Relations Department Senior Colonel Nguyen Dinh Huy to reiterate the USG's previous invitation to the GVN to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)(Ref A) and to provide a list of possible GPOI training courses (Ref B). Seni [...]	2008-05-21 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI599	CLINICAL TRIALS FOR HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA VACCINE BEGIN IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 03:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI602	AMBASSADOR'S ROUNDTABLE IDENTIFIES KEY CHALLENGES TO [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a May 16 roundtable discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR) in Vietnam with more than 40 U.S. business community representatives. Participants discussed the ongoing challenges of weak enforcement of Vietnam's laws; low, non-deterrent penalty levels; [...]	2008-05-22 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI606	DPM HUNG SPEAKS ON INFLATION, BANKS AND FISCAL RESTRAINT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Nguyen Sinh Hung on May 21 to discuss macro-economic issues and the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) plans to address inflation. Hung acknowledged the challenges, but said there were plans to address State Owned Enterprise (SOE) ex [...]	2008-05-22 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
08HANOI607	EXBS EQUIPMENT HANDOVER TO GVN HIGHLIGHTS EXPORT CONTROL [...] Summary: At a May 21 ceremony, the Ambassador presented USD 1.2 million of EXBS-funded, export control-related equipment to the GVN. In his remarks, the Ambassador highlighted our successful cooperation in this area and encouraged the GVN to continue strengthening its export control regime. [...]	2008-05-23 05:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL VM
08HANOI610	VIETNAM ECON HIGHLIGHTS: LIFTING CAPS ON RICE EXPORTS AND [...] (U) This cable is part of an ongoing series on developing economic stories in Vietnam. RICE EXPORT CAPS MAY BE LIFTED ------------------------------ 2. (U) Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Minister Cao Duc Phat said that Vietnam may lift its ban on new rice export contracts begin [...]	2008-05-23 07:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI611	GVN ELABORATES ON UPCOMING HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) In a May 23 meeting with Poloffs, the MFA handed over an 18-person list of the GVN delegation to the May 29 United States - Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) in Hanoi and elaborated on the agenda sessions that the GVN will lead. Assistant Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung, previously a d [...]	2008-05-23 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI612	CIVAIR: VIETNAM WILL GET BACK TO US ON AVSEC/19 DEMARCHE [...] Econoff asked for Government of Vietnam (GVN) support, and delivered reftel talking points along with complete versions of the AVSECP/19 working papers, to Mr. To Tu Hung, Deputy Director of Aviation Security of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV). 2. Mr. Hung said he would [...]	2008-05-23 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON KTIA VM
08HANOI614	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Kramer: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit is well timed to focus Vietnamese leaders on the importance we attach to human rights in strengthening and deepening our bilateral relationship in the year ahead. Overall, the U.S.-Vietnam re [...]	2008-05-23 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
08HANOI617	CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES ON VESAK DAY CELEBRATIONS: THE [...] (SBU) Summary: While the vast majority of Vietnamese Buddhists celebrated Vesak Day with an exuberantly colorful display of Buddhist traditions and full GVN support throughout Southern Vietnam, the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) held private ceremonies at their pagodas. Whi [...]	2008-05-27 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI622	CIVAIR: VIETNAM LENDS SUPPORT TO USG AVSECP/19 POSITIONS [...] In a May 23 email, Mr. To Tu Hung, Deputy Director of Aviation Security of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) expressed support for several USG positions outlined in working papers to be presented at the nineteenth Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP/19) in Montreal, May [...]	2008-05-28 02:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON KTIA VM
08HANOI632	CAN PROMOTING HO CHI MINH'S "MORAL EXAMPLE" CURB [...] (C) In response to "rampant corruption," GVN leaders have undertaken a national drive to convince people to follow Ho Chi Minh's "moral example." A central-level Party steering committee, which includes several Politburo members, meets regularly to assess the campaign's progress. However, CPV [...]	2008-05-30 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KPAO PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI633	TORCH RELAY OR TUG OF WAR: GVN AND CHINESE [...] (C) Western media accounts of a peaceful, controlled April 29 Olympic torch rally in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) missed the intense wrangling between Vietnamese and Chinese officials over control of the event. The opening ceremony included an unwelcome intervention by the Chinese ambassador, a GVN [...]	2008-05-30 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH VM
08HANOI634	Part I: Latest Economic Data Sends HCMC Analysts Into A [...] (SBU) Summary: After a record of good performance through the first half of 2007, missteps in fiscal and monetary policy have set the stage in 2008 for concerns that the GVN needs stronger macro-economic management. High inflation, exchange rate fluctuations and lack of SOE control have erode [...]	2008-05-30 11:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI64	Draft Biotech Regulations Could Hamper Trade [...] Summary. This cable provides translation of Vietnam Food Administration's latest draft biotechnology regulations, which are expected to be formally notified to the WTO soon. On their face, the regulations could hamper or restrict U.S. exports of biotech products. Post would welcome comments [...]	2008-01-17 09:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTRO TBIO USTR VM
08HANOI643	VIETNAM: FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS [...] Summary: Forced and child labor (as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005) is not generally used to produce goods in Vietnam. While there is some evidence that abuses do sometimes occur, they are neither widespread nor systematic. Indeed, much of the inform [...]	2008-06-02 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON POL EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI VM
08HANOI649	VIETNAM'S OIL AND MINING COMPANIES EXTRACT REVENUES WHERE [...] Summary: As rising domestic energy demands compel Vietnam's transition from exporter to net importer of crude oil and coal, state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and the Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) are expanding their horizons. PetroVietnam, which expects a 140 percent inc [...]	2008-06-03 09:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM
08HANOI654	STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM KEY TO IMPROVING THE BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) got an earful of solicited advice from domestic and foreign businesses on how to improve its business climate at the GVN-sponsored Vietnam Business Forum on June 2. Commonly-cited prescriptions included redoubling efforts against corruption and red [...]	2008-06-04 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM
08HANOI655	MFA NOTIFIED ABOUT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM VM
08HANOI656	GVN SENDING MEDICAL TEAM TO BURMA [...] On June 3, poloff discussed reftel points about the Burmese regime's ongoing restrictions and forced relocations with MFA Asia II Department Burma Desk Officer Tran Nguyen Thao. Thao said the GVN has no additional information about the situation of relief workers' access in Burma. The GVN ha [...]	2008-06-04 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM BM VM
08HANOI657	Vietnam Fatherland Front Discusses Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and DRL/IRF officer met with Mr. Tran Dinh Phung, Permanent member of the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Presidium and Head of its Board for Ethnicity and Religious Affairs (Vice Minister rank),on May 28 to discuss the VFF role in the promotion of religious freed [...]	2008-06-04 09:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI658	Part II: GVN ANNOUNCES FURTHER MEASURES TO INSTILL [...] (U) This cable is part of an ongoing series on Vietnam's macroeconomic situation. 2. (SBU) Summary: Facing persistent high inflation and market concerns about the stability of the dong, the Government of Vietnam (VN) has begun to make a more concerted and public effort to address growing ma [...]	2008-06-04 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI662	Updates from Vietnam's Northern Evangelical Church [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 28 meeting with Poloff and visiting DRL/IRF officer, Evangelical Church of Vietnam - North (ECVN) General Secretary Pastor Au Quang Vinh discussed current conditions for the Protestant church in Vietnam. While highlighting a lack of harassment incidents for the first h [...]	2008-06-05 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM

08HANOI663	VIETNAM - 2008 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 4, Poloff delivered the 2008 TIP Report Country Narrative for Vietnam, as well as reftel talking points, to Mr. Pham Hoang Tung, Chief of the Legal and Consular Affairs Division, Consular Department, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Poloff reviewed with Tung the recommend [...]	2008-06-05 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI664	GVN Updates on Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 30, Poloff and visiting DRF/IRF officer met with Mr. Dang Tai Tinh, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),to discuss the 2008 Human Rights Dialogue and implementation of the legal framework on religion [...]	2008-06-05 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI667	VIETNAM: SFRC STAFFDEL STUDIES TRANSPARENCY IN EXTRACTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff members Jay Branegan and Marik String visited Hanoi May 25-29, 2008 to meet with GVN officials, private sector energy companies and NGOs to discuss transparency in extractive industries. The Extractive Industries Transparency [...]	2008-06-06 05:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY SOCI IBRD AID VM
08HANOI668	DRL AS KRAMER MEETS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF HIGH PROFILE [...] (SBU) In a private meeting in Hanoi with Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and the Ambassador, Mrs. Vu Minh Khanh, the wife of jailed human rights lawyer and Protestant activist Nguyen Van Dai and Mrs. Tran Thi Le, the mother of jailed human rights [...]	2008-06-06 05:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ASEC VM
08HANOI672	ARRESTED JOURNALISTS PAWNS IN CPV POWER STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: While contacts report that state-controlled media outlets have been ordered to cease reporting the story, outrage over the arrest of two journalists who broke a major corruption scandal in 2006 continues. At a Swedish Embassy-organized "Dialogue on Anti-Corruption" attended by sc [...]	2008-06-06 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI677	VIETNAM REQUESTS ENVIRONMENTAL DELIVERABLES FOR UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings, the Minister and Senior Vice-Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) detailed to the Ambassador priority issues for the Government of Vietnam (GVN) during the upcoming visit to Washington by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Both officials high [...]	2008-06-09 02:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
08HANOI682	UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM HOLD ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) This year's Human Rights Dialogue was a candid and constructive exchange, with both sides vowing to move the bilateral relationship forward in the one arena where the USG and GVN continue to have serious differences. The USG delegation, lead by DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer, urged [...]	2008-06-09 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI688	VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM
08HANOI694	VIETNAM'S FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS LACK BITE [...] (SBU) Summary: The second recent major cholera outbreak served as a backdrop to the recent March announcement by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to focus on food safety issues. Earlier this year, Vietnam initiated a USD 81 million-4-year plan consisting of six different food safety and hygiene pr [...]	2008-06-10 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV TBIO EFIN ETRD VM
08HANOI695	Part III: PM VOWS TO DEFEND THE CURRENCY, REJECTS CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Prime Minister told a group of bankers on June 8 that the GVN has no plans to devalue the dong and will continue to intervene to defend the currency. He rejected the notion of capital controls, which he said would be a mistake. The PM further stated that Vietnam is not co [...]	2008-06-10 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI70	UPDATE ON POLITICAL PRISONERS NGUYEN VAN DAI AND LE THI [...] (SBU) Summary: Imprisoned human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan have been moved from a temporary detention facility in Hanoi to separate prison locations away from the city. According to family members, Ms. Nhan is suffering harsh conditions and has had her Bible confiscated [...]	2008-01-18 08:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KIRF VM
08HANOI711	PETROVIETNAM STILL NEGOTIATING DETAILS OF IRAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) On June 10, poloff discussed Ref B points about reports of PetroVietnam's investment in Iran's energy sector with MFA West Asia and Africa Department specialist Nguyen Quynh Phuong. Ms. Phuong said the two sides are still negotiating details of the investment. She characterized the agree [...]	2008-06-13 08:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IR PREL VM
08HANOI712	NONPAPER ON LATEST IAEA IRAN REPORT DELIVERED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) On June 10, poloff discussed reftel points about the latest IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program with MFA International Organizations Department Peace, Security and Disarmament Section Chief Do Hung Viet. Viet mentioned that he ha [...]	2008-06-13 08:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA VM
08HANOI713	VIETNAM: NON-PAPER ON CSC DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 08:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM VM
08HANOI714	INTEREST RATES GO UP, DONG GOES DOWN [...] (U) Summary. The State Bank of Vietnam raised several key interest rates by 2.0 percentage points, in an effort to rein in inflation and slow lending growth, the latter of which is running at more than 60 percent higher than a year ago. Even with these increases, however, deposit and lending [...]	2008-06-13 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI715	GVN WILL SUPPORT ARF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS STATEMENT, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN will support an ARF Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness, but cannot take the lead due to resource constraints. Burma was cited as an example of why such preparedness is needed, and also why an ASEAN member should take the lead. End Summary 2. (SBU) On June [...]	2008-06-13 09:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF EAID ASEAN BM VM
08HANOI717	DRL A/S KRAMER MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI [...] (C) On the margins of the annual USG - GVN Human Rights Dialogue, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with two of Vietnam's leading political dissidents and democracy activists on May 30 in Hanoi. Post informed the Ministry [...]	2008-06-16 02:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM OVIP PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC VM
08HANOI72	IMF Speaks on Vietnam's Macroeconomic Policy [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Country Director for Vietnam gave a briefing on Vietnam's macroeconomic performance for the second half of 2007. The IMF concluded that economic growth and performance was and will continue to be strong, but that certain macroeconomic policies are contributing to infla [...]	2008-01-18 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
08HANOI725	MEGAPORTS PROPOSAL DELIVERED TO VIETNAM CUSTOMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA VM
08HANOI728	GVN URGED TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN PSI AND GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 00:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM VM
08HANOI730	POLITICAL ACTIVIST LE THI CONG NHAN WILL NOT BE [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has contacted post concerning two persons of concern, Le Thi Cong Nhan and Bui Kim Thanh, both mentioned during our recent Human Rights Dialogue. The U.S. Government has pressed for the release of both individuals. According to an MPS offic [...]	2008-06-18 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI731	SCENESETTER FOR U.S. VISIT OF VIETNAM PRIME MINISTER DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Prime Minister views his June 24 White House meeting as an opportunity to confirm to all -- including those who hate us -- that the United States will remain a big part of Vietnam's future. In particular, he will celebrate our remarkable economic partnership, built on [...]	2008-06-18 09:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF EAIR VM
08HANOI732	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN KWMN PHUM VM
08HANOI736	GVN and the Vatican Discuss Normalization, Property Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent visit of a Vatican delegation for talks with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) did not result in any tangible progress on the issue of normalization of relations, although the issue was discussed. Discussions also addressed practical concerns of the Vietnamese Catholic [...]	2008-06-20 09:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM VM
08HANOI738	FOCUS ON U.S. BUSINESS IN VIETNAM: DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS; [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (U) This cable is the first in a series focusing on issues on the U.S. private sector and business agenda in Vietnam. 3. (SBU) Summary: The issu [...]	2008-06-20 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV VM
08HANOI739	VIETNAM TO RESUME RICE EXPORTS IN JULY [...] Vietnam announced on June 18 that it would resume rice exports from July 2008, lifting the ban that it had placed last March. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) expects to be able to export up to one million tons of rice from July to September, bringing 2008 totals to 3.5 million tons by October. [...]	2008-06-20 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON ETTC VM
08HANOI743	VIETNAM ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: WIDER TRADING BAND, IMPORT [...] This cable is part of an ongoing series on developing economic stories in Vietnam. SECURITIES COMMISSION WIDENS SHARE TRADING BAND --------------------------------------------- -- 2. The State Security Commission (SSC) widened the daily trading band on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange [...]	2008-06-23 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EAID ECPS ECON EAGR VM
08HANOI746	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S ECONOMIC AGENDA PURSUES TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's 12th National Assembly jumped right into the debate over how to improve the country's macroeconomic situation, grilling ministers and publicly grumbling about the country's economic management. In the end, the Assembly fell in line behind the Government's macroeconomic [...]	2008-06-24 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM
08HANOI748	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS CASES, CONSULAR [...] (C) Summary. During a June 20 meeting with Ministry of Public Security Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong, the Ambassador again urged the GVN to take positive action on several human rights cases. The Vice Minister's response was noncommittal. Noting apparent GVN "security concerns" about an ex [...]	2008-06-25 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI749	GVN Discusses Domestic Violence Prevention [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her June 9-11 meetings with GVN officials in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Andrea Bottner, Senior Coordinator, Office of International Women's Issues, highlighted progress and discussed challenges related to domestic violence in Vietnam. Ms. Bottner praised the passage of le [...]	2008-06-25 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PGOV VM
08HANOI750	NGOs, Vietnam Women's Union Address Domestic Violence [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her June 9-11 visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Andrea Bottner, Senior Coordinator, Office of International Women's Issues, participated in roundtable discussions with the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and local and international NGOs, visited to two women's shelters hotli [...]	2008-06-25 07:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PGOV VM
08HANOI752	VIETNAM: UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO VM
08HANOI757	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON RENEWAL OF UNSCR 1267 MONITORING TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 00:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC VM
08HANOI761	VIETNAM: SHAPING ASSISTANCE IN BURMA DEMARCHE DELIVERED; [...] (SBU) On June 27, poloff discussed reftel points about shaping post-cyclone humanitarian assistance to Burma with MFA Asia II Department Burma Desk Officer Tran Nguyen Thao. Thao mentioned that the GVN has already urged Burmese authorities to allow foreign relief workers to conduct humanitaria [...]	2008-06-30 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID BM VM
08HANOI762	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AG EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC VM
08HANOI774	SBV CAN'T SEE THE FOREX FOR THE TREES [...] (SBU) On June 26, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) issued Official Letter 5728 prohibiting banks from performing dollar-dong trades through a third currency. Previously, some banks had been trading from dong to a third currency (often Euros) and then into dollars in an attempt to circumvent the [...]	2008-07-02 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI777	GVN RESPONDS ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) On July 2, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Officer Ho The Nam and delivered points on the UNSC Chapter VII resolution on Zimbabwe (reftel). Poloff also left a copy of the draft UNSC resolution with Nam. Nam gave no indication as to the [...]	2008-07-02 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI
08HANOI783	PROMINENT VIETNAMESE BUSINESS LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) In late June, Poloffs met Le Thien Thanh, who like many children of leading Vietnamese communists, is a wealthy businessman and General Director of the Thien Mien Company. Thanh's father, Le Duan, was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) for close to 30 years and is sa [...]	2008-07-03 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI784	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE URGING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 04:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KV VM
08HANOI793	UPDATE ON RELEASE OF BUI KIM THANH FOR EVALUATION [...] (SBU) As reported in reftel, IOM will send a psychiatrist from Bangkok during July 15-17 to conduct Ms. Bui Kim Thanh's psychiatric evaluation as the next step in her P-1 processing. Poloff contacted Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official Dao Tam Chau to inform him of the scheduled July 16 [...]	2008-07-09 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI798	VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON DRAFT ZIMBABWE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PHUM ZI VM
08HANOI80	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - VIETNAM'S FIRST HUMAN FATALITY OF [...] (U) Summary: Contacts at the National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases (NIITD) confirmed to Embassy staff the first human infection and fatality due to H5N1 in Vietnam for 2008. On January 18, a Vietnamese man from Tuyen Quang province passed away after consuming members of his [...]	2008-01-24 04:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI802	VIETNAM WOULD WELCOME FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS ON ARAB GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 06:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC VM
08HANOI804	NORTHERN VIETNAM FOOD POISONING OUTBREAK MAY BE ANTHRAX [...] (SBU) The Vietnamese media recently reported a food poisoning outbreak in northern Ha Giang province, along the Chinese border, resulting in at least two deaths. Early reports suggest an epizootic association with anthrax and there is no known evidence of bioterrorism. Officials acknowledge 4 [...]	2008-07-11 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED ASEC PTER VM
08HANOI806	VIETNAM ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: FARMERS BENEFIT FROM HIGHER [...] This cable is part of an ongoing series on developing economic stories in Vietnam. RISING FOOD PRICES INCREASE AVERAGE WELFARE ------------------------------------------- 2. Rising food prices have benefited Vietnam's average household welfare and helped push down further the poverty ra [...]	2008-07-11 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR EAIR ETRD VM
08HANOI808	SENIOR VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL SAYS ZIMBABWE SITUATION NO [...] (SBU) On July 11, the Ambassador met with Vietnamese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh to deliver Ref. A points on the UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. Minh said he read the U.S.-sponsored draft resolution "carefully." Hanoi has concluded that the situation in Zimbabwe is not a thre [...]	2008-07-11 11:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI XA ZU
08HANOI814	CIVAIR: SAFETY ISSUES COULD RESULT IN EUROPEAN BLACKLIST OF [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. aviation experts from the FAA, Boeing, and Robinson Aviation met with officials of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) and Vietnam Airlines. The team discussed the results of a December 2007 civil aviation safety audit conducted in Vietnam by the Internation [...]	2008-07-14 03:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ECON BEXP KTIA VM
08HANOI825	HANOI: ARF REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROPOSAL IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 06:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM
08HANOI832	HANOI DOUBTS NAM FOREIGN MINISTER'S STATEMENT WILL BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR
08HANOI842	MOLISA FAVORS LOU EXTENSION AND LABOR DIALOGUE NEXT WEEK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) would like to sign a four-year extension of the Letter of Understanding with the U.S. Department of Labor. It also proposes to send a Vice Minister to Washington at the end of July/beginning of August to sign the exten [...]	2008-07-21 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON VM
08HANOI846	GAS PRICE INCREASE FUELS INFLATION, UNHAPPINESS [...] (U) The GVN announced new fuel price increases on Monday, July 21. Gasoline prices went up 31 percent, diesel up 14 percent, and petroleum products kerosene and mazut went up 44 and 37 percent respectively. The increase follows an 11 percent hike on gas and a 36 percent increase on diesel i [...]	2008-07-22 08:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI847	VIETNAM ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: IMPORT LICENSING, RICE EXPORT [...] This cable is part of an ongoing series on developing economic stories in Vietnam. More transparency is expected for OTC securities market --------------------------------------------- ---- ----- 2. According to Mr. Nguyen Vu Quang Trung, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Securities Trading [...]	2008-07-22 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI857	LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT MFA, HANOI CITY GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has added three vice ministers, although with some of the four current ministers likely to take other positions how many total vice ministers the ministry will have remains to be seen. There is speculation that the changes lay the groundwork for curr [...]	2008-07-23 08:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI864	VIETNAM SEEKS STRONGER U.S. SUPPORT AGAINST CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam, an MFA official told Pol Counselor in a July 24 meeting that Vietnam will protect the interests of ExxonMobil. He also requested a strong express [...]	2008-07-24 09:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CM VM
08HANOI865	GVN CLAMPDOWN ON PRESS CLAIMS MORE VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Two popular State-controlled but reformist newspapers based in Ho Chi Minh City that ran stories on corruption replaced editorial leaders and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently interrogated the paper's chief editors. While the dailies portrayed the moves as nothing out of the [...]	2008-07-24 09:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI869	DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER IN HANOI [...] (U) After visiting Singapore for the ASEAN Regional Forum, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun will visit Hanoi July 25 - 27 before travelling on to Iran for a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement. According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung, on July 26 Minister Pak will meet Viet [...]	2008-07-25 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CB KN VM
08HANOI87	EAP DAS MARCIEL AND GVN DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE, [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel discussed human rights, cooperation in governance reform and law enforcement, and a possible visit by Prime Minister Dung [...]	2008-01-25 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ABLD PBTS PHSA PHUM PREL ECON VM
08HANOI871	VIETNAM NOT RUSHING TRADE DEALS [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has ongoing trade and investment multilateral and bilateral negotiations with Australia and New Zealand, the EU, Chile, Japa [...]	2008-07-28 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KTDB VM
08HANOI873	HANOI SAYS "CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES" NECESSARY FOR UNMEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 03:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER
08HANOI877	CPV PLENUM TAKES PLACE AMID TALK OF MID-TERM [...] (C) From July 9-17, the Party's 181 Central Committee (CC) members convened in Hanoi amid a backdrop of high inflation and talk of a possible mid-term Party Congress. Mission sources report that CC members do not favor holding a mid-term Congress, although some leaders are using recent econom [...]	2008-07-30 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI878	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MERCURY ISSUES AT THE ADHOC [...] (U) As requested, ESTH delivered this demarche to the Vietnam Environmental Protection Agency (VEPA) in mid-June. VEPA officials first stated that they would respond by letter, than suggested a meeting, subsequently cancelled the meeting, requested additional time to consider the issue, and fi [...]	2008-07-30 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR ETRD SENV VM
08HANOI88	SOY SAUCE WAR: HCMC PROVINCIAL AIDS COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Newspaper reports highlighting corruption investigations of HCMC Provincial AIDS Committee (PAC) Vice Chairman Le Tran Giang have focused attention on his conduct but seem unlikely to lead to his dismissal. Dr. Giang has the political backing of HCMC People's Committee Vice Cha [...]	2008-01-25 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PROP SOCI TBIO EAID SNAR KHIV VM
08HANOI881	GVN HAS TOUGH ECONOMIC CHOICES AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Dohner, in meetings with Vietnamese government officials on July 2 and 3, conveyed that Vietnam's prospects are still strongly positive but appropriate policy choices over the next few months would be critical to achieving a more stable [...]	2008-07-30 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI883	IMF CONGRATULATES WHILE CAUTIONING THE GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Resident Representative in Hanoi believes the macroeconomic situation in Vietnam has stabilized in the short term, citing exchange rates and the stock market as reflective of increasing investor confidence. He cautions, however, that a reduction in interest rates is pr [...]	2008-07-31 00:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI887	VACCINATIONS AND MODERNIZATION - KEY COMPONENTS TO [...] (U) Summary: In three southern provinces looking to boost poultry production, local officials and businesses have focused on the development of large-scale modern poultry farms and comprehensive vaccination programs as the keys to avian influenza prevention efforts. Provincial officials proudl [...]	2008-07-31 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HANOI897	RUSSIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PRESSURE ON EXXONMOBIL [...] (SBU) Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam (Reftel),Russian Econ/Commercial Counselor Vadim Bublikov shared with Poloffs and Econoff Russia's "deep concern" about the situation and how it could affe [...]	2008-08-04 00:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CM VM
08HANOI898	VIETNAM NUCLEAR SECTOR MOVING FORWARD WITH U.S. SAFETY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A high-level Department of Energy (DOE) delegation recently visited Vietnam to discuss the safe and secure development of the Vietnamese nuclear sector and Vietnamese entry into the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). Vietnamese officials seemed quite interested in GNEP, [...]	2008-08-04 01:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON TRGY BEXP PARM KNNP VM
08HANOI90	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IPR ENFORCEMENT IN VIETNAM'S CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's mountainous northeast border region with China has tied its economic development plans to Vietnam's growing international trade. Provincial governments are making the most of their geographic advantages and reaping growth rates that exceed the 8.5 percent national aver [...]	2008-01-28 01:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EAID EINV ETRD OTRA EIND VM
08HANOI905	DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HANOI: NO FIRM PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun held official meetings in Hanoi with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. The two Vietnamese leaders reportedly told their North Korean guest that Hanoi [...]	2008-08-05 07:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CB KN PGOV PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI929	A Mixed Bag for Vietnam's Catholics in the Northwest [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent visits to Catholic congregations in Vietnam's Northwest Highlands highlighted inconsistent implementation of the legal framework on religion at the provincial, district and commune levels. Poloff, accompanied by Pol Specialist and Pol Intern, visited the towns of Moc Chau [...]	2008-08-08 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI934	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY, AUG. 21 to 24, 2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has eased the path [...]	2008-08-11 04:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI938	VIETNAM ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: FUEL PRICE HIKES TEMPER GOOD [...] (U) This cable is part of an ongoing series on developing economic stories in Vietnam. VN INDEX AND INFLATION IMPROVE BEFORE FUEL PRICE INCREASES --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Although Vietnam's inflation declined and the stock market went up during July, the f [...]	2008-08-13 04:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR ETRD VM
08HANOI94	PEPFAR VIETNAM'S STRATEGIC INFORMATION ACTIVITY [...] (U) Summary. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) plays an important role in U.S.-Vietnam relations and is the single largest vehicle for U.S. bilateral assistance. As in the 14 other PEPFAR nations, information collection and analysis play an important role in promoting AI [...]	2008-01-28 07:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PROP SOCI TBIO EAID SNAR KHIV VM
08HANOI940	VIETNAM PROPOSES TO "BEGIN IMMEDIATELY" WORK ON NON-MARKET [...] (U) On August 13, 2008, Embassy Hanoi received the following letter from Vietnam's Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr. Vu Huy Hoang, addressed to Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez, dated August 11. Post has the original copy of the letter on file. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Re: Establishing [...]	2008-08-14 00:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ETTC
08HANOI944	Harassment of Protestants in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa Province [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, post has received reports of three separate incidents of harassment by local authorities of two Full Gospel Church congregations in Thanh Hoa Province to the south of Hanoi. While post has yet to independently confirm the reports, the sources are reliable and [...]	2008-08-14 08:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI947	PRESIDENT TRIET REPORTEDLY ILL, AGAIN; PM DUNG [...] (C) Well-placed contacts say President Nguyen Minh Triet's prostate cancer has reappeared, but they provide different accounts as to whether he offered to resign. Our contacts tell us Politburo members do not want Triet to step aside because they worry that, given recent economic problems, lac [...]	2008-08-14 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON KCOR KNNP KPAO MARR MASS PGOV PHUM
08HANOI951	PM DUNG GETS THE BALL ROLLING ON WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW [...] (U) On August 13, 2008, Embassy Hanoi received the following letter from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of Vietnam, addressed to Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez, dated August 11. Post has the original copy of the letter on file. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. Secretary, All members [...]	2008-08-15 07:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ETTC
08HANOI965	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR STEPHEN [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and will highlight a broad area of bilateral defense and security cooperation that is gathering momentum in the wake of the Vietnamese Prime Minis [...]	2008-08-18 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
08HANOI966	AMBASSADOR RAISES CLIMATE CHANGE AND NUCLEAR COOPERATION IN [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Minister Hoang Van Phong of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),Ambassador Michalak highlighted growing U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on science and technology and the importance those issues played in making Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's recent [...]	2008-08-19 00:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
08HANOI967	HANOI TO PARTICIPATE IN US-THAILAND ARF STABILIZATION AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 03:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ARF MARR KCRS
08HANOI97	CATHOLIC CHURCH CHALLENGES GVN OVER LAND DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: A long simmering land dispute between Vietnam's Catholic Church and the GVN has heated up in recent weeks. Church leaders and their followers gather daily to pray in front of the old Vatican Embassy in Hanoi, one of many church properties taken over by the government after 1954 [...]	2008-01-29 01:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI972	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PBTS MO WI VM
08HANOI973	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EO 13382 DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR GM VM
08HANOI975	OIL PRODUCTION DOWN, REVENUES UP AT PETROVIETNAM [...] Summary: Shrinking reserves meant Vietnam produced only 16.5 million tons of crude oil in 2007, down 7.6 percent from 2006. Oil revenues increased sharply, however, as world prices soared. Vietnam, currently a net oil exporter, expects to be a net importer by 2015 due to rising domestic demand [...]	2008-08-20 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM
08HANOI980	DJ@ VU ALL OVER AGAIN: HANOI CATHOLICS RENEW PROTESTS OVER [...] (SBU) Catholic demonstrators this week renewed their claims to land near the Thai Ha parish in Hanoi. Predictably, State-controlled press praised local authorities for their reasonable reaction to the demonstrations and accused the Catholics of unlawful acts. A source in the Vietnamese Episco [...]	2008-08-22 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI981	VIETNAM'S EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES AND INDUSTRIAL PARKS: [...] (SBU) Summary. Industrial Parks (IPs) and Export Processing Zones (EPZs) are key components of Vietnam's growing economy. However, IPs and EPZs emit large amounts of air and water pollutants, while producing growing quantities of solid wastes. While the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has several [...]	2008-08-22 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM
08HANOI982	CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS PRISONER LISTS, RELIGIOUS/MEDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Participants at the Ambassador's August 21 luncheon of "like-minded" chiefs of mission agreed that the MFA has lately been more responsive in providing information about prisoners. Guests also concurred with the Ambassador's assessment of religious freedom in the Northwest, not [...]	2008-08-25 02:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CASC OTRA VM
08HANOI987	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 05:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC RS VM
08HANOI996	VIETNAM PROPOSAL FOR FY 2008 IPR OUTREACH PILOT PROGRAM [...] Mission Vietnam is pleased to submit a program proposal for consideration by EEB as part of the 2008 IPR Outreach Pilot Program (REF A). This proposal follows on our May 16, 2008 Roundtable with U.S. business representatives in Vietnam (REF B) and consultations with the Government of Vietnam's [...]	2008-08-28 06:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KIPR ECON ETRD VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1234	VIETNAM APPROVES SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam has approved a second stimulus package that extends and modifies elements of the existing package into 2010. This decision was hotly debated, with some economists and National Assembly (NA) members arguing that the danger of resurgent inflation outweighed any need for [...]	2009-11-19 09:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT ETRD KTDB VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1246	VIETNAM'S STRATEGY FOR COPENHAGEN [...] Please see paragraph 7 for Action Request. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) intends to play a more active role during the upcoming fifteenth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen next month. While V [...]	2009-11-23 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1274	Minister Defends Decree 97 in Face of Criticism from Charge, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 05:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1284	(SBU) UNSIC advances planning for April 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior United Nations (UN),European Union (EU),and USG officials met with government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi on November 25-27 in preparation for the 7th Inter-Ministerial Conference for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) to be held in Hanoi on April 19-21. The [...]	2009-12-01 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1290	(SBU) Avian H5N1 influenza A human fatality, Vietnam [...] (U) Summary: On November 30, 2009, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the death of a 23 year-old man in Dien Bien province (in northern Vietnam) from the avian H5N1 strain of influenza A. Over one month earlier, on October 21, Dien Bien had reported a poultry outbreak. This is the fi [...]	2009-12-02 03:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1292	PETROVIETNAM AND THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftel regarding investment in the Iranian energy sector by foreign companies, including PetroVietnam, Ambassador on November 27 in a previously scheduled meeting delivered reftel points to Ms. Nguyet Nguyen Nga, MFA Director General of Multilateral Economic Cooperation. [...]	2009-12-02 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI903	Vietnam on Anti-Israel UNGA Resolutions [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI909	Vietnam 'Unfriends' Facebook [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of speculation that the Government of Vietnam was considering blocking the popular social networking site Facebook, Internet users' worst fears began to materialize in mid November. The blockage began at first with only a few Internet service providers in certain re [...]	2009-11-25 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT ETTC PHUM KPAO VM CH
09AMEMBASSYHANOI911	Thrown Under the Popemobile? Hanoi Archbishop Submits Letter [...] (C) Summary: Sources in the Hanoi Archdiocese have confirmed that embattled Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet has offered to resign, citing health concerns and fatigue. The head of the Vatican's delegation to a Jubilee marking the Catholic Church's 350-year presence in Vietnam told the DCM November [...]	2009-11-25 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI913	VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Embassy contacts at the MFA and MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm, "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will support U.S. priorities for Cuba, as outlined in [...]	2009-11-27 02:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI917	Vietnam Says it is Pressing Burma for ASSK's Release [...] (SBU) Acting DCM and Poloff met with the MFA's Deputy DG for ASEAN Affairs, Vu Hung, December 2 to discuss EAP A/S Campbell and DAS Marciel's November 3-4 visit to Burma and to urge Vietnam to use its influence with Burma to press for genuine dialogue with Burma's democratic opposition and eth [...]	2009-12-02 05:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN BM VM

09HANOI1	Repatriated Vietnamese Workers Face Debt and Bureaucratic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of interviews conducted in November and December, ten Vietnamese workers repatriated from Jordan in March 2008 shared stories of their recruitment, treatment in Jordan, and the February 2008 strike that ultimately led to their return to Vietnam, as well as their exp [...]	2009-01-02 02:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP KWMN KCRM VM

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