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01HOCHIMINHCITY1221 | VIETRADE HCMC CLAIMS SEPTEMBER 11 EVENTS HURT VIETNAM EXPORTS, WORRIES ABOUT VN COMPANIES IN US MARKET [...] IN AN OCTOBER 26 MEETING, VIETRADE HCMC DIRECTOR CITES DAMAGE FROM THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11 TO VIETNAM'S EXPORTS, NOTING THAT EXPORT GROWTH IS ESTIMATED AT 7% THIS YEAR, A DRAMATIC FALL FROM LAST YEAR'S 30% INCREASE. ALTHOUGH LAUDING PASSAGE OF THE BTA, HE STATED THAT VIETNAMESE COMPANIES [...] |
2001-10-29 09:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VN BTA |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1265 | HCMC PARTY COMMISSION ON IDEOLOGY AND CULTURE FAVORS FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2001-11-09 07:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL VN |
02HANOI1523 | VIETNAM: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE AGENDA [...] SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CONTINUES A FRONT- BURNER ISSUE AMONG THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN VIETNAM. THIS CABLE SUMMARIZES TWO RECENT IPR SEMINARS IN HANOI SPONSORED BY FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND AND WHICH INCLUDED PARTICIPATION BY THE EMBASSY ECONOMIC SECTION, [...] |
2002-06-13 05:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
02HANOI2057 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND [...] ON AUGUST 15 - 16, 2002, IN HANOI, A NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON "EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND POLICIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES" WAS JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02057 210714Z POLICY OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, INVALIDS [...] |
2002-08-21 07:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON VN LABOR |
02HANOI2893 | VIETNAM: SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL [...] OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS VIETNAM HAS PUT IN PLACE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK NECESSARY TO PROVIDE BASIC PROTECTION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS DEMONSTRATED A SERIOUS LACK OF ABILITY TO ENFORCE THE REGULATIONS IT HAS IN PLACE. INTERNATIONAL DONORS HAVE RECOGNIZ [...] |
2002-12-04 07:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EAID ECON VN IPROP |
02HANOI791 | VISIT TO MONTAGNARD RETURNEES: THE OLD [...] (C) DURING A VISIT TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MARCH 30 - APRIL 3, I MET WITH MANY WHO HAD CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00791 01 OF 02 031025Z RETURNED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS IN CAMBODIA, BOTH UNDER UNHCR AUSPICES AND "SPONTANEOUSLY." AT THE TWO VILLAGES IN GIA LAI [...] |
2002-04-03 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CB VN ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI1808 | VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-16 02:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN |
04HANOI1180 | VIETNAM: NEW IPR ASSOCIATIONS [...] Summary: GVN efforts to improve enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) continue to lag. However, there are some encouraging signs that domestic industries are attaching more importance to the need for IPR protection. In recent years, several industries have established associations [...] |
2004-04-26 04:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
04HANOI1181 | Vietnam: MOT Proposes Changes to Textile Quota [...] This is a joint Embassy Hanoi/Congen Ho Chi Minh City message. 2. Summary: The Ministry of Trade (MOT) recently proposed changes to Vietnam's textile/garment quota allocation regime for 2005. The new regime would allocate quota based on factories' export revenue rather than on quantitie [...] |
2004-04-26 04:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD VN |
04HANOI2003 | VIETNAM: US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETINGS IN [...] During a visit to Hanoi July 12-13, 26 member firms of the US-ASEAN Business Council, accompanied by Ambassador and embassy officers, met with key GVN leaders including Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, Finance Minister Nguyen Sinh [...] |
2004-07-19 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD EINV VN IPROP ASEAN |
04HANOI2068 | VIETNAM: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX [...] This cable provides the suggested text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam. As requested reftel, post has also sent the ICS/A via email to EB/IFD/OIA Alexander T. Bryan. 2.Begin text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam: Vietnam - July 2 [...] |
2004-07-26 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC VN FINREF IPROP LABOR |
04HANOI966 | VIETNAM: MICROSOFT FOCUSED ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. While disappointed in the lack of progress in improving IPR protection in Vietnam, Microsoft remains committed to engaging the GVN on this critical issue. Microsoft and Business Software Alliance (BSA) representatives are looking at ways to encourage the GVN to adopt a legitim [...] |
2004-04-07 04:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
05HANOI1045 | VIETNAM: June WTO Bilateral Dates Proposed [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO VN WTO |
05HANOI1092 | VIETNAM: GVN Agrees to WTO Bilats June 13-16 [...] The Ambassador received a fax copy of a letter (in English) dated May 10 from Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu accepting the U.S. proposal for another round of WTO bilateral negotiations in Washington June 13-16 (reftel). According to the letter, VM Tu plans to lead the GVN delegation for t [...] |
2005-05-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO VN WTO |
05HANOI1782 | VIETNAM APPROVES OF U.S.-SINGAPORE STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points July 11 to Hoang Xuan Hai, Section Chief in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Asia II Department. Defense Attache delivered the same points July 12 to Senior Colonel Nguyen Quang Bieu, Section Chief in the External Relations Department of the Minist [...] |
2005-07-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL SN VN |
05HANOI2857 | ASEAN PARTNERSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge met a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official October 27 and made key points on the ASEAN Enhanced Partnership, the upcoming Human Rights Dialogue and the New Embassy Compound. The MFA official complained about what the GVN feels is an increased tempo of meetings [...] |
2005-10-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AMGT ASEAN VN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI3053 | AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS AI, WTO, [...] (SBU) Summary: Over lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador covered a comprehensive array of bilateral issues, focusing heavily on the recent GVN ban on imported poultry products and Vietnam's bid to enter the WTO. VFM Bang accepted the proposal to hold the Human Rights [...] |
2005-11-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AMGT PREF VM ASEAN VN WTO HUMANR RELFREE AFLU APEC |
05HANOI468 | VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO |
05HANOI575 | VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-09 04:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN |
05HANOI794 | VIETNAM: GVN WTO WORKING PARTY DOCUMENT SUBMISSION [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. Â [...] |
2005-04-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO APECO VN WTO |
05HANOI817 | VIETNAM: PM DIRECTIVE ON ADVANCING WTO LEGISLATION [...] On April 4, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai issued a Directive aimed at advancing the pace of Vietnam's legislative calendar in support of WTO accession. The Directive follows on and provides guidance for implementing the legislative program the GVN presented to the National Assembly (NA) on Mar [...] |
2005-04-07 08:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD VM WTRO VN WTO |
05HANOI888 | VIETNAM: GVN Submits revised WTO Services Offer [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. The Ambassador received a letter dated April 15 and CD- Rom from Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu transmitting the GVN's revised WTO services offer and three additional documents related to Vietnam's bilateral market access negotiations wit [...] |
2005-04-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO VN WTO |
05RANGOON1198 | ASEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BURMA: PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, like their ASEAN colleagues (ref A) encourage U.S. engagement with the Burmese regime, but share generally negative views on the current situation and prospects for progress in Burma. Of this group, only the Thai [...] |
2005-10-21 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN |
06BEIRUT3299 | UNSC ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM U/S BURNS (LEBANON) [...] (C) On October 13, Charge spoke with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh to reinforce, per ref (a), the U.S. position on the race between Venezuela and Guatemala for the Latin American seat in the UN Security Council. Salloukh acknowledged our previous messages on this issue, initiated [...] |
2006-10-13 10:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VN LE |
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 |
06PHNOMPENH1088 | CAMBODIA: ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS HIGHLIGHT TOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental leaders cited land degradation and encroachment on protected areas as Cambodia's most pressing environmental concerns during a June 7 roundtable discussion. Wildlife traffickers seem to operate in small, decentralized networks with Vietnam as either a destinati [...] |
2006-06-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PHUM ECON CB VN CN |
06PHNOMPENH1694 | A/S HARTY DISCUSSES ADOPTIONS, IVS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. RGC officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY) told visiting CA A/S Harty that they support Cambodia's ratification of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and have added the Conventi [...] |
2006-09-19 01:31:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CASC PREL PREF CB VN |
06PHNOMPENH2138 | DRUG PRECURSORS AND DEFORESTATION IN CAMBODIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In addition to being home to a multitude of endangered and threatened flora and fauna, the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia also contain aromatic trees being harvested and processed illegally to produce high quality sassafras oil, a substance used to produce methamp [...] |
2006-12-05 04:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ESTH PGOV CB VN |
06TOKYO6249 | VIETNAM'S PM VISITS JAPAN; ISSUES JOINT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Vietnam's Prime Minister concluded a positive four-day visit to Japan on October 22, drawing favorable reviews in the press for the growing relationship between the two countries. DPRK sanctions and UN reform were also on the agenda. Prime Minister Dzung stressed his strong opposition [...] |
2006-10-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EAID JA VN |
07BANGKOK354 | THAILAND WARILY WATCHES VIETNAM'S ECONOMIC RISE [...] Summary: A long string of bad economic news from Thailand coupled with a seemingly non-stop slew of positive news out of Vietnam has sparked great angst from Thai business and government officials that the country will soon fall behind their rapidly growing neighbor. Thai economic analysts f [...] |
2007-01-18 07:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN TH VN |
07BANGKOK5364 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Regional EXBS Advisor for Thailand and Vietnam assumed duties in Bangkok on September 10. A CBP team conducted a 5-day International. Border (Land) Interdiction Training (IBIT II) course in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, including donation of a CT-30 kit and radiation pagers. Advisor completed emb [...] |
2007-10-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
07BANGKOK5766 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor and ISN/ECC Desk Officer met with key Thai export and border control officials, October 1-2. All Thai ministry officials were supportive of U.S. training and cooperation. EXBS Advisor visited Laem Chabang port and conducted initial deconfliction coordination with CSI team as [...] |
2007-11-13 07:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
07BANGKOK5782 | EXBS VIETNAM: MEETINGS WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) EXBS Advisor and POL Officer met with Vietnamese border and port control officials in Hanoi, Lang Son, and Haiphong between October 30 and November 2, 2007. Rapid growth in industrial development and international trade is stretching the government's ability to monitor activities at lan [...] |
2007-11-13 23:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL VN |
07BANGKOK6153 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor completed an introductory visit to Vietnam, meeting with officials in Hanoi, Haiphong port and Lang Son border crossing. An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Bangkok, Nov. 27-29. Interest and participation were good; several possible follow-on activi [...] |
2007-12-14 09:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
07BANGKOK6236 | EXBS VIETNAM: MEETINGS WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (U) EXBS Advisor and local USG officials met with Vietnamese border security officials in Ho Chi Minh City and port, at Moc Bai border crossing with Cambodia, and at Border Guards headquarters in Hanoi, December 3-6, 2007. Vietnamese officials were uniformly anxious for cooperation and assist [...] |
2007-12-21 07:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL VN |
07BEIJING1518 | DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, VIETNAM AND JOINT [...] (C) Chinese scholars of Southeast Asian affairs told EAP DAS Eric John that Burma presents a major challenge and opportunity for United States-China relations following China's veto blocking a Burma resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The academics said China wants to cooperate wit [...] |
2007-03-08 04:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD UNSC CH BM VN XC |
07BEIJING2670 | CHINA-VIETNAM: BEIJING PRESSURING HANOI ON ENERGY [...] (C) Chinese protests last week over Vietnamese energy exploration and survey activity in the South China Sea were especially "heavy-handed" and timed to gain leverage during the visit of Vietnam's National Assembly Chair to Beijing, according to a Vietnamese diplomat. MFA officials confirmed [...] |
2007-04-20 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PHUM CH VN PF |
07BEIJING598 | LATEST ROUND OF CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER TALKS BREAK [...] (C) Chinese negotiators walked out of Sino-Vietnamese border talks without agreement January 20, leaving the Vietnamese delegation feeling disappointed and overlooked, according to our contacts. "Golf diplomacy" by Chinese VFM Wu Dawei and Vietnamese VFM Vu Dung could not overcome a negative [...] |
2007-01-26 08:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG CH VN PF |
07BEIJING972 | DID HU JINTAO ASSESS VIETNAM'S POLITICAL REFORMS [...] (C) An officer at the Vietnamese Embassy said he finds credible reports circulating among ASEAN diplomats in Beijing that President Hu Jintao wrote the phrase "this is not Socialism" on a document Hu was given describing political reforms at Vietnam's April 2006 10th Party Congress. The ques [...] |
2007-02-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH VN |
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 |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1064 | ERO CALLS AN GIANG INCIDENT UNACCEPTABLE, PROMISES MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to the Consul General's previous protest (septel) over harassment and interference of Consulate staff during a routine FPU investigation in An Giang province, ERO Deputy Director Le Hung Quoc said evicting Consulate personnel from the hotel in An Giang was not acceptab [...] |
2007-10-17 06:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT ASEC PREL VN |
07HOCHIMINHCITY801 | TRAFFICKERS POSING AS MARRIAGE BROKERS CONVICTED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-30 08:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KTIP SMIG KWMN PREL PHUM MY VN |
07JAKARTA2191 | VIETNAMESE PM'S TRIP FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's August 8 visit to Indonesia generated positive rhetoric about Indonesia-Vietnam relations. The visit also produced a number of economic cooperation agreements. Some Indonesians look to Vietnam as a potential strategic partner, especia [...] |
2007-08-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ID VN CN |
07LAPAZ2954 | EVO BACKS HUGO THREAT TO TURN BOLIVIA INTO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: In an interview released November 4, Bolivian President Evo Morales supported Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's threat to turn Bolivia into another Vietnam for forces that might attempt a coup against Morales. Media pundits and opposition leaders vehemently criticized the state [...] |
2007-11-06 14:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL VN |
07LAPAZ3220 | VENEZUELAN PLANE CONTROVERSY GOES INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Although facts are emerging, rumors continue to run rampant concerning the aborted landing of a Venezuelan C-130 Hercules airplane. Forced to leave one Bolivian town by a rock-wielding mob, the plane was unable to land at another Bolivian town as protesters blocked the runway. A [...] |
2007-12-10 22:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL MARR BL VN |
07LAPAZ3243 | EVO BLASTS U.S. TO RALLY INCREASINGLY CRITICAL BASE [...] (C) Summary: Continuing his now nearly daily attacks on the United States, President Evo Morales told an El Alto crowd December 12 that "the U.S. Embassy is here to organize a conspiracy" against Morales' government. Harkening back to his days fighting "gringos" as a coca grower union leader, [...] |
2007-12-12 23:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL VN BL |
07LAPAZ3262 | MILITARY STANDDOWN MORE LIKELY THAN HEAVY HAND [...] (S) Summary: Over the past couple of days statements from military leaders have taken a conciliatory tone and moved away from the confrontational rhetoric from Armed Forces Commander General Wilfredo Vargas. Vargas relayed a message to the Ambassador that his troops would only intervene in " [...] |
2007-12-14 23:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ASEC PREL PGOV PINL VN CU BL |
07MANILA2590 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE [...] (C) Summary: Vietnamese First Deputy FM Le Cong Phung expressed a desire to continue improving the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral relationship during an August 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte on the margins of the ASEAN Regional SIPDIS Forum (ARF) in Manila. Phung requested a meeting wit [...] |
2007-08-01 12:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS VN |
07NASSAU631 | NEW GOVERNMENT: NO BAHAMIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel A request, Post has reviewed potential Venezuelan foreign aid to The Bahamas. The Bahamas is listed on Embassy Caracas' "Venezuela Dollar Diplomacy" spreadsheet as a potential recipient of aid under the Petrocaribe program. However, the GCOB never agreed to impl [...] |
2007-05-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PINR ENRG VN BF |
07PHNOMPENH1347 | CAMBODIA DEMARCHE ON HMONG AND MONTAGNARD [...] (SBU) On October 25, Deputy Chief of Mission Piper Campbell met with Ministry of Interior Cambodian National Police General Commissioner Hok Lundy to deliver the demarche on Hmong and Montagnard "material support" exemptions (ref B), following up with a letter to Hok Lundy. Post also deliver [...] |
2007-10-30 09:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KJUS CVIS CB LA VN |
08AMMAN902 | GOJ WORKING TO REPATRIATE STRIKING VIETNAMESE [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Labor is actively working with 176 striking Vietnamese workers, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to resolve any impediments to their voluntary return from Jordan to Vietnam. Minister of Labor Salem is fr [...] |
2008-03-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM SMIG JO VN |
08BANGKOK1435 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Hanoi, April 8-10. Advisor met with Customs specialists from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and European Commission (EC) to assess potential areas for collaboration or deconfliction. The Thai translation [...] |
2008-05-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK1705 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) A Technical Introduction to Strategic Trade Control Licensing Workshop was conducted in Bangkok, May 14-16. Almost one-half million dollars of equipment was donated to Vietnam Customs and Border Army on May 21. Advisor and POLOFF met with officials from several Vietnamese ministries. An [...] |
2008-06-05 03:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK2029 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Vietnamese licensing officials received Tracker software training in Washington, DC, June 9-12. Advisor and FSN Program Assistant attended the EXBS Annual Conference in Washington, DC, June 9-11. Advisor took annual leave in US, June 16-20. Advisor participated in meetings with ISN Actin [...] |
2008-07-03 08:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK2394 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS held a Technical Introduction to Licensing Workshop in Hanoi, July 9-11, and a National Control List Workshop in Bangkok, July 22-24. EXBS donated six Toyota Landcruisers to the Vietnamese Border Guards on July 10. EXBS coordinated with the Defense Attache Office (DAO) to send a Thai [...] |
2008-08-08 08:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK2588 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Three Thai officials and EXBS FSN attended the Export Control Academy, August 11-15 in Athens, GA. Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted Tracker User Training in Hanoi, August 11-14. Advisor represented ISN Bureau at a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) [...] |
2008-08-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK3068 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor conducted meetings with embassy and Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, Sept. 22-23. Advisor met with Royal Thai Customs officials on Sept. 25. New EXBS Program Assistant in Vietnam started work on Sept. 3. Upcoming events include an Enterprise Outreach Seminar and a regional UN 1540 W [...] |
2008-10-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK3268 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the Ninth International Export Control Conference in Croatia, Oct. 20-22. The EXBS program co-sponsored an Industry-Government Outreach Seminar with the Ministry of Commerce on Oct. 22. The ASEAN regional UN 1540 Workshop in Bangkok, scheduled f [...] |
2008-10-31 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK3579 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Interagency Relations and Infrastructure Workshop in Bangkok, Nov. 3-5. ECC Desk Officer Rachel Owen met with Vietnamese officials, Nov. 3-4. Advisor, Vietnam Program Assistant and Thai and Vietnamese officials attended the Export Control [...] |
2008-12-08 06:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
08BANGKOK3698 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Advanced National Control List Workshop in Hanoi, Dec. 10-12. Rapiscan x-ray system installation and operator training in Vietnam was completed Dec 5. The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue is being prepared for shipment from [...] |
2008-12-19 04:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
08BANGKOK411 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) CBP conducted an International Seaport Interdiction Training (ISIT II) course at Laem Chabang port, Thailand, January 7-11. A planning session and System Administrator training for the Tracker licensing system was conducted in Hanoi, January 14-18. EXBS Advisor visited Bangkok Port on J [...] |
2008-02-08 05:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK44 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor met with Vietnamese border security officials in Ho Chi Minh City and port, at Moc Bai border crossing, and at Border Guards Headquarters in Hanoi. Officials were uniformly supportive of U.S. assistance. Australia, Japan, and the European Union are also providing trade contro [...] |
2008-01-04 09:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
08BANGKOK864 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor participated in a foreign embassy drug enforcement community trip to the northernmost land and river border crossing sites from Thailand into Burma and Laos, Feb. 11-13. Advisor visited Danang port and Lao Bao border crossing in central Vietnam, Feb. 28-29. The Washington State [...] |
2008-03-19 03:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TH VN |
08BANGKOK997 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) US Customs and Border Protection conducted an International Seaport Interdiction Training (ISIT) course, March 3-7, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted an Export Control Enforcement Training course, March 10-14, in Bangkok Thailand. Advisor me [...] |
2008-03-28 08:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
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 |
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 |
08HAVANA316 | COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON CUBAN ROLE IN [...] (C) COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR LONDONO TOLD US 15 APRIL THAT CUBA CONTINUES TO PLAY AN UNUSUALLY DISCREET ROLE IN COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR. THE CUBANS HAVE STUCK TO THEIR ALMOST COMPLETE SILENCE ON THE ISSUE. FM PEREZ ROQUE, IN LONDONO'S VIEW ON DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM RAUL CASTRO, TOLD GR [...] |
2008-04-16 14:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU CO EC VN |
08HAVANA462 | HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS HAVANA: DEATH WATCH OR PROOF OF [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid an unannounced (in Cuba) visit to Havana on June 16. His arrival scrambled air traffic at Jose Marti airport, resulting in several arriving USINT personnel being diverted briefly to Varadero. 2. (U) According to press reports, Chavez met for three [...] |
2008-06-17 21:16:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CU VN |
08HAVANA464 | FIDEL APPEARS IN VIDEO AND PRINT MEDIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-18 20:51:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CU VN |
08HOCHIMINHCITY248 | OUSTING CORRUPT LEADER IS A START, BUT CAN THO NEEDS [...] (SBU) Following allegations of land-deal corruption, the Communist Party Central Committee reprimanded and fired Can Tho People's Committee Chairman Vo Thanh Tong on March 3. This is good news for the "capital of the Mekong" and an encouraging, though not unprecedented, development. Can Tho's [...] |
2008-03-07 11:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PINR VN |
08HOCHIMINHCITY711 | FUEL PRICE HIKES SQUEEZE HCMC RESIDENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Last week the Government of Vietnam (GVN) took analysts and consumers by surprise when it hiked fuel prices 31 percent with no advance notice. HCMC analysts saw an immediate impact on the city's workers (one estimated his office workers will spend an additional 5 percent of the [...] |
2008-08-06 01:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV VN |
08LAPAZ56 | EVO RECASTS HIMSELF AS PEACEMAKER [...] (C) Summary: Despite heated rhetoric leading up the event, a January 7-8 meeting between Bolivian President Evo Morales and nine department prefects (state governors) was surprisingly conciliatory. Participants agreed to attempt to resolve demands from opposition-led departments with a nation [...] |
2008-01-08 22:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL VN BL |
08LONDON1151 | (C) BP PREFERS TO MANAGE CHINESE PRESSURE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY The Chinese government has threatened action against BP assets on the mainland if the company does not halt new projects in disputed South China Sea waters. BP would like to keep any reactions to Chinese pressure over the company's activities in the South China Sea within commercia [...] |
2008-04-23 15:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PBTS PGOV PREL CA VN UK |
08MOSCOW2127 | CHAVEZ VISIT TO MOSCOW YIELDS LITTLE BEYOND TALK [...] (C) Summary: Russia's self-professed "multivector diplomacy" and a keen interest in picking Hugo Chavez's pocket resulted in a full program of meetings on July 22 with Medvedev and Putin, flanked by an array of senior Russian officials, even as Russia took steps to lower the profile of the hy [...] |
2008-07-24 10:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS EPET ETRD RU VN |
08PHNOMPENH103 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TOUT MEASURED PROGRESS, HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Civil society leaders presented a "glass half full" picture of Cambodian progress on a variety of political, economic, and human rights issues to Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel during his January 16 [...] |
2008-01-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB CB CM VN |
08PHNOMPENH637 | CAMBODIA: REPATRIATION OF 32 MONTAGNARDS MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary: An involuntarily repatriation proceeding of 32 Montagnard persons took place in a mostly quiet manner and without disruption during the early morning of August 1. In contrast to the repatriation that took place on July 18 (reftel), there was no protest during the August 1 proc [...] |
2008-08-04 01:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM VN CB |
08STATE76533 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050112606 for the export of Integrated Engine Display Systems (IEDS) for the C-212 aircraft t [...] |
2008-07-16 19:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC VN |
08TOKYO544 | JAPAN PLANS NO ACTION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE [...] (C) The consortium led by Japan's Idemitsu Corporation to develop oil fields with PetroVietnam in the South China Sea has decided for business reasons to suspend work there, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Rep [...] |
2008-02-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PBTS ECON PREL JA CH VN |
08USUNNEWYORK146 | VIETNAM UN MISSION/CONSULAR DUAL ACCREDITATION [...] Vietnamese PermRep Loung Minh Le has sent Ambassador Khalilzad an informal note requesting his support for the Vietnamese Government's decision to appoint two persons at its Mission to the UN to provide visa services. Attached to the informal note was a undated diplomatic note from the Vietn [...] |
2008-02-14 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP VN UN |
08VIENTIANE226 | GMS SUMMIT CELEBRATES IMPROVED REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The third Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit March 30-31 featured the meeting of all six GMS heads of state in Laos. The GMS leaders agreed to the "Vientiane Plan of Action for GMS Development," an ambitious 5-year plan with a reported $20 billion price tag. During the two h [...] |
2008-04-11 04:37:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL ETRD PGOV LA CH CM VN BM TH |
09BANGKOK1090 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the Export Control Academy, Athens, GA, April 13-24. Program Assistant attended an ASEAN Export Control Workshop co-hosted by Thailand and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Apr. 27-29. DOE's Todd Perry conducted follow-on meetings [...] |
2009-05-01 06:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
09BANGKOK1293 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA DVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) The Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) conducted an Export Control Assssment in Vietnam May 4-11. Advisor and embassy officials met with port, naval and marine police officials in Cambodia May 7-8. Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted the second phase of a Tracker [...] |
2009-05-28 10:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTT MNUC PARM PREL CBTH VN |
09BANGKOK1651 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended the annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 1-4. Advisor and Program Assistant visited Thai border crossings with Cambodia, June 17-19. Advisor briefed Cambodian officials on proposed EXBS program, June 23. Officials from Thailand and Vietnam attended the [...] |
2009-07-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB ID |
09BANGKOK1728 | U.S.-MEKONG MINISTERIAL INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | LA TH VN CB OPDC PREL |
09BANGKOK1956 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Wisconsin Project staff conducted proliferator database training in Bangkok, July 14-16. Advisor conducted EXBS program coordination meetings in Jakarta, July 16-17. U.S. Coast Guard conducted Port Security training at Bangkok and Laem Chabang ports, July 20-31. Advisor escorted a deleg [...] |
2009-08-10 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN |
09BANGKOK2306 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor escorted a delegation of Thai officials on an International Visitors Program to Washington, D.C., August 3-5. Vietnam Program Assistant escorted Vietnamese officials on a visit to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters and training facilities, August 3-7. Advisor observed nuclear and radi [...] |
2009-09-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
09BANGKOK250 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) conducted Boarding Officer Courses at Laem Chabang and Bangkok ports, Jan. 12-23. Advisor conducted consultations in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6-8. The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue was shipped from the UK and is due to arrive in Vietnam on Feb. [...] |
2009-02-02 00:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
09BANGKOK2595 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an Anti-Corruption and Integrity Awareness Workshop in Thailand, Sep. 14-15. Advisor conducted meetings with post and Vietnamese officials in Hanoi and a visit to Lao Cai border crossing, Sep. 21-25. Advisor met with officials from Thailand's [...] |
2009-10-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB CH |
09BANGKOK2868 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor met with officials from Thai Customs and the Ministry of Commerce to discuss proposed activities for FY10. Advisor also transferred remaining radiation pagers to Customs. Hanoi Program Assistant coordinated FY10 proposals for Vietnam. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted WMD Boarding O [...] |
2009-11-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB SN JP |
09BANGKOK3075 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor presented a briefing on the EXBS Program to Thai, Philippines and Indonesian officials during DTRA's WMD Interdiction Workshop at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), Bangkok, Nov. 2-6. Advisor visited DEA's Airport Interdiction Program facility in Chiang Mai, Thailan [...] |
2009-12-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB JP |
09BANGKOK3223 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Export Control Experts Meeting in Hanoi, Dec. 8-10. Thai officials impounded an aircraft carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea on Dec. 11. Thai officials attended International Border Interdiction Train [...] |
2009-12-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN |
09BANGKOK612 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and Program Assistant visited border crossing points in northeast Thailand Feb. 4-12. Advisor discussed plans for an anti-corruption workshop with the Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue arrived in Vietnam. The U.S [...] |
2009-03-10 12:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN |
09BANGKOK895 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an assessment for expansion of the Tracker licensing system in Vietnam, Mar. 2-6. CTP conducted an Interagency Relations and Infrastructure Workshop in Hanoi, Mar. 17-19. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a maritime security assessment in Vietna [...] |
2009-04-07 23:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN |
09BEIJING2699 | PRC FOCUSED ON ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: China's primary interests in the South China Sea (SCS) are to defend its claimed territorial boundaries, protect and develop its claims to natural resources, and maintain freedom of navigation, according to an Embassy contact. Scholars and officials suggest China prefers to addr [...] |
2009-09-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PHUM PGOV VN CH |
09BEIJING3263 | CHINA QUIETLY USHERS IN AG BIOTECH REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) In early November 2009, China authorized the first commercialization of major biotech food crops. A government website confirmed their approval of phytase corn and Bt rice. Despite little fanfare, this will revolutionize China's agriculture and may be the global agricultural development [...] |
2009-12-07 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN |
09BEIJING3401 | SMUGGLING OF FOOD PRODUCTS INCREASES ON CHINA'S SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) U.S. exports of agricultural products smuggled into China have surged due to an increase in politically motivated trade restrictions. China's border with Vietnam has become a prime transit point for trade in beef, pork, and poultry. A smuggler involved in this trade recently described h [...] |
2009-12-21 03:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN |
09GUANGZHOU635 | Guangxi Opens Its Doors, But Does Not Roll out the Carpet [...] (SBU) Summary: On his initial visit to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Consul General Goldbeck promoted trade and investment, advanced the possibility of establishing an American Corner and learned about Sino-Vietnamese cooperation on trafficking in persons. He also discussed the plans o [...] |
2009-11-18 09:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD KTIP PGOV KIRF SOCI CH VN |
09HANOI614 | VIETNAMESE MILITARY REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO VISIT THE [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese military officials for the Department of State's clearance to pay a working visit to the United States Coast Guard scheduled from July 24 to August 1, 2009. The visit is funded by the United States Government through the Export Control and related B [...] |
2009-07-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL VN |
09HANOI634 | VIETNAMESE MILITARY/SECURITY REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese military and security officials for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the Weapon of Mass Destruction nonproliferation training course titled "INTERDICT/RADACAD" in Washington from July 27-31, 2009. The visit is funded by the Unite [...] |
2009-07-08 07:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL VN |
09HANOI758 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "COMPLEX [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese banking officials, and two alternates, for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the training course titled "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" in Bangkok from October 5-9, 2009. The visit is funded by the International Law Enforcement [...] |
2009-08-11 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL SNAR VN |
09HANOI90 | VIETNAMESE SECURITY FORCE REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING (DATT, [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese Armed Forces members for Department clearance for participation in USSOCOM exercise Sovereign Challenge. Hanoi Post did not find any credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals. The approximate cost for this tr [...] |
2009-02-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL VN |
09HOCHIMINHCITY674 | LOWER MEKONG INITIATIVE: FORECAST MEKONG IN THE DELTA [...] (U) Summary: One practical byproduct of the Secretary's Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) is the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) effort to help the Mekong countries assess how climate change and human activities impact the Mekong basin. USGS held a Forecast Mekong workshop in Can Tho city Decemb [...] |
2009-12-16 11:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV EAID TH VN |
09HOCHIMINHCITY686 | VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COAST PROVINCES REBOUND IN THE AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Subject: Officials in Khanh Hoa and Binh Dinh gave themselves high marks for their preparation and response to Typhoon Mirinae, which hit Vietnam's south central coast on November 2. Perhaps rightly so, because ConGen HCMC's December 9-11 visit to the region found life has effectively re [...] |
2009-12-23 07:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA TBIO EAID VN |
09LAPAZ11 | CRY FRAUD: PRE-DENOUNCING REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Podemos Party launched its first wave of voter fraud accusations January 5, focusing on sudden large increases in the electorate and increased support for the government in key regions. Former National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero told us the attacks [...] |
2009-01-06 13:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM VN BL |
09LAPAZ126 | BOLIVIA POST-ATPDEA: WOOL COATS TO CARACAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of December 15, Bolivian exporters can no longer use the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) to send their goods tariff-free to the United States. While most goods can enter the United States under the General System of Preferences (GSP), many exporters, m [...] |
2009-01-28 18:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB KTEX VN BR |
09LAPAZ66 | EVO BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL; ATTACKS VATICAN [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales announced January 13 that Bolivia would break relations with Israeli, although the Israeli Honorary Consul told us he is still waiting for a formal notification from the Foreign Ministry. Morales also claimed he would charge Israel with war crimes at the Int [...] |
2009-01-14 22:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OFDP VN IS VT BN |
09LAPAZ94 | SENATE MURDER PLOT TURNS INTO PANDO "TELL ALL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian television networks aired testimony January 19 from the supposed organizer of the pro-government, September 11, 2008 campesino (peasant farmer) march in Pando Department that accuses Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana of arming the group with the purpose of violently [...] |
2009-01-22 22:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR VN BL |
09PHNOMPENH246 | CAMBODIA BORDER CROSSING VISITS HIGHLIGHT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodian National Police officials from the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department (AHTJP) recently joined Emboffs at the Poipet border crossing area of Banteay Meanchey province to highlight the Cambodia-Thailand cross-border trafficking in persons (TIP) s [...] |
2009-04-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN EAID TH VN CB |
09STATE120631 | ARF BEGINS PREPARATIONS FOR INTER-SESSIONAL YEAR, VISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: November 9-11, officials from ARF's 27 nations gathered in New Delhi to discuss the coming year's ARF cooperation agenda and to provide updates on ARF's efforts in transnational security and preventive diplomacy. Vietnam briefed its plans for the ARF Vision Statement implementa [...] |
2009-11-23 19:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF ASEAN NK BM AF PK KNNP KPIR PTER EAID VN |
09STATE130501 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050204437 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled C-295 aircraft parts [...] |
2009-12-23 15:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SP VN |
09STATE83775 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests the assistance of Embassy Hanoi and Embassy Singapore in conducting a pre-license check on application 050183563 for the export of thermal imaging systems to Vi [...] |
2009-08-12 13:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC VN SN |
09VIENNA1026 | AUSTRIA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: STRUGGLING THROUGH CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Catholic Church has had a number of high-profile clashes with the Vatican in 2009. Cardinal Schoenborn, Archbishop of Vienna and head of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, publicly criticized the Pope's decision in January to rescind the excommunication of a bishop who [...] |
2009-08-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF VN AU |
10BANGKOK367 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor participated in a Thai Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) border trip to Chiang Mai, Jan. 11-13. Advisor met with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTArF) Director, Department of Border Affairs, on Jan. 15 regarding December's International Border Interdiction Training (IBIT) in Mc [...] |
2010-02-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
10MADRID60 | REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN 050204437 [...] SUMMARY: Post has made pre-license inquiries requested reftel regarding dealings between Vietnamese security forces and Spanish aerospace and defense leader European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) CASA. David de Teran, Head of Export Compliance for EADS CASA, informed Pol-Mil officer t [...] |
2010-01-21 12:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SP VN |
10VIENNA151 | AUSTRIA: RECORD DECLINE IN CATHOLIC CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN [...] Summary: A record number of Austrian Catholics chose to leave the Church formally in 2009, cancelling their annual contributions. The departures are widely attributed to a number of controversies that wracked the Church during the year, especially the abortive Vatican appointment of an ultraco [...] |
2010-02-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KIRF VN AU |