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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03HANOI1043 |
MONITORING VISIT TO KY SON PHASE II PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Much to the relief of district officials and following extensive delays, the UNODC-funded Ky Son Phase II is up and running. Agriculture and livestock models -- the focus of the USG assistance to this project -- are being implemented in a number of communes dispersed around [...] |
2003-04-29 05:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV EAID LA VM UNODC CNARC |
| 03HANOI1063 |
NAM CAN BORDER OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Vietnam - Laos Nam Can border crossing in Nghe An province opened to foreigners in January 2003. There appears to be a frenzy of building activity in and around the border, but cross border traffic remains modest. Smuggling of drugs and other contraband in the border are [...] |
2003-05-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR SOCI PGOV ETRD ECON EAID LA VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1504 |
LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY. In what Vietnam's state-controlled media reported as the "largest single heroin seizure ever" in Vietnam, Quang Tri provincial counternarcotics police seized approximately 40 kilograms of heroin entering Vietnam in a truck near the Lao Bao border crossing. Five people are under [...] |
2003-06-17 06:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1549 |
NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2003 [...] (U) In response to ref a request, post is providing responses keyed to 2003 certification demarche points (ref b) as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Un [...] |
2003-06-20 06:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1615 |
GVN RESPONSE TO DRAFT LOA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Embassy received MFA's long-awaited response to the draft LOA on counternarcotics on June 26. It appears that the USG and GVN views still differ in the areas of taxes, immunities, certification, and Leahy. Full text of G [...] |
2003-06-30 02:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1671 |
An Giang: TIP Problem Depends on Point of View [...] (U) Summary: An Giang local government and mass organization officials do not agree on the seriousness of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in their province. Women's Union and the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (DOLISA) officials portray a fairly serious problem while loc [...] |
2003-07-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC TIP |
| 03HANOI1885 |
LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM (PART II) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Some of Vietnam's state-controlled media have reported that a second comprehensive search of the same truck seized on June 9 led to the recent discovery of another 33 kilograms of heroin, in addition to the 40 kilograms uncovered during the first inspection. A senior [...] |
2003-07-24 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI213 |
NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS DECREE: A RAY OF HOPE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new GVN decree may enhance international counternarcotics cooperation and offer new hope for the long- awaited conclusion of a US-Vietnam Counternarcotics Agreement. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ COOPERATION IN PRINCIPLE ------------------------ 2. (U) On Jan [...] |
2003-01-28 05:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI2320 |
NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS SUCCESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent drug trial in Hanoi concluded on August 29 with a variety of harsh punishments, including four death sentences. According to government prosecutors, this was an exceptionally serious case, involving many people, in a drug-trafficking ring between Lai Chau province an [...] |
2003-09-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI2622 |
MEKONG SUBREGION ANTI-DRUG COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: At a recent six-party ministerial-level anti- drug conference in Hanoi, Thailand and China pushed hard for more concrete action against ATS and precursor chemicals. Conferees agreed that border liaison offices were effective and should be expanded, but one visited by poloff on the [...] |
2003-10-14 11:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR EAID CH VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI3288 |
VIETNAM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior members of the General Criminal Division of the Ministry of Public Security described their frustration with current laws preventing them from engaging in closer cooperation with U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies, and described the trafficking in persons sit [...] |
2003-12-19 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP CNARC |
| 03HANOI329 |
2002 OFFICIAL VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS [...] (U) BELOW ARE OFFICIAL 2002 VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS PROVIDED BY THE STANDING OFFICE FOR DRUG CONTROL OF VIETNAM (SODC). THIS TABLE UPDATES REF B SUBMISSION. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT INCSR SUMMARY TABLES. SUMMARY TABLES FOR THREE YEARS -- 1. COCA. VIETNAM PRODUCED NO COCA IN 2001 OR PREV [...] |
2003-02-11 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI3350 |
2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM |
| 03HANOI353 |
DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnamese provincial drug treatment centers range from the most basic to relatively modern. Most suffer from a lack of physical and material resources. The addict population is a combination of those who enter voluntarily and others who are undergoing "compulsory" treatment. W [...] |
2003-02-13 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI376 |
TAIWAN-VIETNAM DRUG COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The drug connection between Vietnam and Taiwan is a "chronic, but not large" problem." A large heroin seizure in Taiwan last May was "unprecedented." Relations between the Taiwan Ministry of Justice/Investigative Bureau (MOJ) liaison officer based in Ho Chi Minh City and his [...] |
2003-02-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV PINS VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI381 |
POSITIVE ON ASEAN COUNTERTERRORISM INITIATIVES [...] (U) According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs ASEAN Department (MFA/ASEAN) expert Nguyen Thanh Huy, the GVN "is fully committed" to the international struggle against terrorism and will accede to ASEAN's "Agreement on Information Exchange and Establishment of Communication Procedures" signed [...] |
2003-02-18 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM ARF ASEAN CNARC |
| 03HANOI549 |
COMMUNITY DRUG TREATMENT IN VIETNAM: NOT MUCH TO IT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite improved national guidance on community drug treatment as well as an increasing awareness among authorities of the need for more rehabilitation services at different levels, implementation appears rather thin and uneven, primarily due to a lack of trained personnel and i [...] |
2003-03-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV SOCI VM HIV AIDS CNARC |
| 03HANOI550 |
REVIVING THE COUNTERNARCOTICS LOA [...] (SBU) Pham Quang Vinh, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of International Organizations, told poloff on March 7 that the "will is there for completing the LOA in the next several months. What remains is to work on the technical details." Vinh said that h [...] |
2003-03-07 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI554 |
UNODC CONCERN OVER VIETNAM FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 8. 2. (U) UNODC country representative Dr. Doris Buddenberg contacted poloff on March 6 to express concern over Department's decision to reprogram USD 740,000 originally intended to fund UNODC's law enforcement project "Interdiction and Seiz [...] |
2003-03-07 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI669 |
VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the future. Cross border smuggling of drugs and other goods as well as human trafficking have emerged as significant problems. Vietnam reportedly does not view the [...] |
2003-03-19 02:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP |
| 03HANOI827 |
LARGE DRUG CASE IN LAI CHAU PROVINCE RESULTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam's state-controlled media gave prominent coverage to what was described as the "largest drug case ever" in the northwestern province of Lai Chau. The trial concluded on March 14, with the provincial people's court handing down six death sentences (two others had also bee [...] |
2003-04-03 06:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY1233 |
FACE TO FACE WITH SMUGGLERS AND OFFICIALS ALONG THE [...] An Econ trip to the town of Chau Doc and the border area of An Giang Province revealed energetic levels of small time smuggling that is largely tolerated by local authorities. That fat man on the motorcycle may simply have his clothing stuffed full of cartons of cigarettes, locals say, but th [...] |
2003-12-15 11:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ECON CB ETRD PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI CNARC TIP |
| 04HANOI1193 |
COUNTERNARCOTICS LOA: NOW IN EFFECT [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated April 26, the MFA officially informed Embassy that the Counternarcotics Letter of Agreement signed in English in December 2003 and in Vietnamese in February 2004 is now in effect. (Text in para 3.) 2. (U) Embassy will now work with the Standing Office of [...] |
2004-04-27 03:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI1321 |
POROUS BORDERS, LOW ANTI-DRUG CAPACITY IN [...] (U) Summary: Authorities in central Vietnam appear enthusiastic about supporting the national anti-drug policy, but have limited capacity and training. The land border with Laos is porous and difficult to control, making this a likely route for narcotics traffickers and a possible route for t [...] |
2004-05-09 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV EAID PTER VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI1584 |
ESTABLISHMENT OF DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE UNITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A key element of a UN-led, U.S.-funded anti-drug project setting up drug interdiction task force units in six Vietnamese provinces bordering China, Cambodia, and Laos is underway. The three-year project focuses on generating [...] |
2004-06-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL EAID VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI1587 |
NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2004 [...] (U) In response to incoming request, post is providing responses keyed to 2004 certification instruction points as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Unit [...] |
2004-06-03 03:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI2205 |
DEATH SENTENCE CASE OF JOHN NHU HUNG NGUYEN [...] (U) Summary. AmCit John Nguyen has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking. Post believes that this penalty is disproportionate to his crime, and given the state of Vietnam's judicial system, requests clearance on talking points supporting Mr. Nguyen's request for leniency. End Summary [...] |
2004-08-10 08:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI2284 |
TALKING THE TALK AND WALKING THE WALK DURING DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY. June is "Drug Awareness Month" in Vietnam, and this year's campaign was billed as a success. Typically energetic government-encouraged anti-drug publicity events were accompanied by atypically successful drug trafficking enforcement operations throughout the country, with severa [...] |
2004-08-18 00:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM SOCI VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI2435 |
Ambassador's August 31 Farewell Call on DPM Vu [...] (SBU) Summary: During his August 31 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Ambassador underlined the importance of bilateral strategic dialogue and urged Vietnam to strengthen law enforcement and related cooperation, take positive steps in the areas of human rights and religious [...] |
2004-09-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE WTO CNARC |
| 04HANOI2518 |
VIETNAM'S JUSTICE SECTOR: CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE [...] (U) This message incorporates the report of the ICITAP/OPDAT team that visited Hanoi July 19-23 2004 in advance of planned DOJ counternarcotics training activities. 2. (U) Summary: DOJ is ready to implement the training programs supported with INCLE funds and listed in the U.S.- Vietnam Cou [...] |
2004-09-15 00:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI2734 |
VIETNAM'S LARGEST DRUG CASE EVER [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Recent counternarcotics successes, culminating in the arrest of the key members of a drug syndicate billed as the nation's largest ever, have not lifted the flagging spirits of Vietnam's counterdrug officers. Departing from their usual relentlessly optimistic propaga [...] |
2004-10-04 22:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI3335 |
VIETNAM: INSCR RESPONSE PART II, MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Although the government monitors international financial transactions in Vietnam closely, it is not clear whether the procedures are adequate to preclude money laundering or terrorism financing. Some branches of the government are more cooperative than others in trying to addres [...] |
2004-12-20 04:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL VM EUN CTERR CNARC FINREF |
| 04HANOI405 |
ADMIRAL FARGO DISCUSSES AREAS OF FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on February 9, Admiral Thomas Fargo, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, highlighted the recent improvement of bilateral relations, and discussed establishment of an IMET p [...] |
2004-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM CNARC CTERR |
| 04HANOI447 |
ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...] |
2004-02-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP |
| 04HANOI535 |
YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...] |
2004-02-25 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC |
| 04HANOI638 |
A PRISON FOR THE WORST OFFENDERS [...] (U) Summary. At what was described as only one of two prisons nationwide for serious male criminal offenders, conditions were basic, clean, and orderly. Prisoners must work without pay on prison farms, which produce most of the prison food. Almost 40 pct of the prisoners were convicted on [...] |
2004-03-03 05:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PGOV SNAR SOCI VM CNARC CTERR HUMANR |
| 04HANOI663 |
RECENT MAJOR DRUG CASES IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A recent large drug trial in Ho Chi Minh City concluded on February 26, with the People's Court handing down four death sentences, four life imprisonments, and other lengthy prison terms. 140 other suspects are to be tried at a later date. Other cases in Son La, Da Nang, and N [...] |
2004-03-05 02:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 04HANOI920 |
U.S.-VIETNAM DRUG COOPERATION COULD STRENGTHEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: GVN Defense and Public Security Ministries, as well as the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), are "eager" to work on implementation of the new bilateral counternarcotics letter of agreement. Training and infrastructural assistance are high GVN priorities; all are interested i [...] |
2004-04-02 00:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR EAID PREL VM CNARC |
| 05HANOI1073 |
Counternarcotics Efforts in Vietnam's NW Highlands [...] (SBU) Summary: Lao Cai is a significant transportation route for narcotics between Vietnam and China, Provincial Counternarcotics Police Director Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Xuan Ngoai told the Ambassador on April 23. His unit, which receives some USG funding routed through the United Nations [...] |
2005-05-09 08:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV VM CNARC |
| 05HANOI1416 |
The Ambassador's June 13 Meeting with the Prime [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 13 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to discuss the latter's upcoming trip to the United States and a number of pending issues, including Vietnam's WTO accession bid. The Prime Minister expressed his commitment to using his visit to construct the framework for fu [...] |
2005-06-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM WTO HIV AIDS AFLU HUMANR RELFREE CNARC |
| 05HANOI1430 |
NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION FOR VIETNAM FOR 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam has made substantial progress on the key metric of opium poppy cultivation and heroin production. Interagency Mission consensus is that Vietnam now has less than 200 hectares of opium under cultivation, and that represents a shifting patchwork of small fiel [...] |
2005-06-15 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 05HANOI228 |
VIETNAM - CHINA COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In 2004 China and Vietnam made an effort to increase counternarcotics cooperation both along the border and at the policy level. This effort culminated in a December 2004 joint case that resulted in several arrests and the seizure of 10.3 kilograms of heroin. Despite this high-p [...] |
2005-01-27 03:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CN CVR CNARC |
| 05HANOI243 |
NATION'S BIGGEST DRUG TRIAL IN HCMC [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's state-controlled media gave prominent coverage to the trial for what was described as Vietnam's "largest drug case ever." The trial concluded on January 24, with the Ho Chi Minh City municipal People's Court handing down seventeen death sentences, ten life imprisonmen [...] |
2005-01-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 05HANOI2831 |
AMB/QUANH NINH CMTE: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Quang Ninh, the north easternmost province of Vietnam and a key gateway to China, has high levels of economic growth, thorny economic liberalization problems, some of the worst trafficking, smuggling and narcotics problems in the country, and substantial natural resources as wel [...] |
2005-10-26 07:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM SOE TIP CNARC HUMANR RELFREE WTO |
| 05HANOI3031 |
MPS TO FBI: LET'S UPGRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early November visit of an FBI delegation to Hanoi, led by Ms. Deborah Pierce, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division (CID), and Mr. Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent-in-Charge, Office of International Operations, offered the opportunity for the Mission to st [...] |
2005-11-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC VM CNARC CTERR |
| 05HANOI3237 |
INCSR, PART I, VIETNAM [...] (U) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2005. Specific actions included: sustained efforts of counternarcotics law enforcement authorities to pursue drug traffickers; increased attention to interagency coordination; continued coop [...] |
2005-12-09 06:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 05HANOI3358 |
VIETNAM: 2005-2006 INCSR RESPONSE PART II FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request (reftel). 2. (U) Summary: In addition to Vietnam's underdeveloped financial sector, its large black market economy, weak customs controls, and substantial remittances make it an easy place to launder money. While the Government of Vietnam [...] |
2005-12-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM CNARC FINREF CTERR |
| 05HANOI4 |
GVN PROVIDES INFO, ASKS FOR AID AGAINST [...] (SBU) On December 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) delivered a written demarche, translated below, to Poloff (who provided it soon after to EAP/BCLTV (ref)). The document recounts the plan of a Vietnamese American group called the Provisional Government of Vietnam (a.k.a the Governme [...] |
2005-01-03 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VM CNARC |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1073 |
RIOT AT HCMC DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 2 riot in a HCMC juvenile rehabilitation center for drug users and sex workers resulted in the escape of approximately 800 detainees. Most of the detainees have returned to the center, some voluntarily, some involuntarily. Authorities reported to us that fewer than [...] |
2005-10-14 12:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM KHIV VM CNARC HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY11 |
DELTA FACES DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting the Mekong Delta, the Ambassador found that considerable investment in infrastructure, education and government reform are needed to set conditions for rapid economic growth. The long, porous border with Cambodia is a challenge for local officials, who are struggling t [...] |
2005-01-06 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM KCRM SMIG SNAR LABOR HIV AIDS TIP CNARC |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY328 |
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...] |
2005-03-30 01:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY398 |
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, HIV/AIDS AND HCMC'S DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary. HCMC is struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for injecting drug users, one of the principal vectors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Vietnam. HCMC maintains 21 rehabilitation centers for roughly 30,000 drug addicts, who are administratively -- and oft [...] |
2005-04-14 11:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM CNARC HIV AIDS |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY984 |
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND HIV/AIDS IN HCMC (UPDATE) [...] (SBU) The visit of an INL-led team to HCMC underscored the need for new approaches in drug rehabilitation and in HCMC's 20 drug rehabilitation centers. HCMC is still struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for the 30,000 injecting drug users and commercial sex wor [...] |
2005-09-16 07:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM VM KHIV CNARC HIV AIDS RELFREE |