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Viewing cable 06HOCHIMINHCITY1110, CHINA NATIONAL DAY IN HCMC FALLS FLAT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06HOCHIMINHCITY1110 2006-10-02 05:41 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
VZCZCXRO6138
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHNH RUEHPB
DE RUEHHM #1110 2750541
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 020541Z OCT 06
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1528
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0010
RUCNARF/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 1612
UNCLAS HO CHI MINH CITY 001110 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV VM CH XC
SUBJECT: CHINA NATIONAL DAY IN HCMC FALLS FLAT 
 
1. (SBU)  Summary: China's National Day reception in HCMC was 
drab and declasse in comparison with the previous two years. 
Last year, local diplomats and businesspeople were struck by 
China's "charm offensive" and its increasing influence in 
Southeast Asia in particular.  The Chinese hosts were confident, 
outward-looking, and magnanimous and their event was technically 
sophisticated and elegantly understated.  This year, the hosts 
appeared withdrawn, the multimedia execution was flawed, and the 
"cultural" performances were Chinese kitsch. End Summary 
 
2. (SBU) Principal Commercial Officer and ConOff, both Chinese 
speakers, represented the U.S. Congen at the event hosted by 
China's CG and Dean of the Consular Corps, Madame Gao Deke.  The 
majority of the 300 guests were elderly, badly-dressed 
Vietnamese men, wearing labor hero or other Communist medals. 
Most seemed to know each other and congregated in small groups 
to talk, drink, eat, and smoke.  They did not interact with 
their Chinese hosts beyond exchanging greetings.  There were 
only five or six Westerners present, not counting hotel 
management.  The old Vietnamese cadres ignored the Westerners, 
the Chinese, and the few younger persons in attendance.  The 
Chinese hosts engaged almost exclusively a small number of 
Chinese, Hong Kong, and international businesspeople. 
 
3.  (SBU) Madame Gao gave a 15-minute speech in Chinese with 
Vietnamese consecutive interpretation.  English translation was 
projected on four screens visible from all points in the room. 
Whereas last year's English translation was smooth, this year's 
was imperfect and the person controlling projection of the text 
evidently did not know English; the text was consistently behind 
or ahead of the speech.  The speech was almost drowned out by 
the roar of conversation throughout the room.  The inattention 
of this year's audience also contrasted with respectful 
attention paid to Madame Gao at last year's event.  Madame Gao 
began by acknowledging the accomplishments of the Chinese 
people, "under the leadership of the Communist Party," which 
have allowed China develop from a "poor country" into a 
"relatively prosperous socialist country."  The modesty of this 
statement was a striking contrast to the confident, 
internationalist tone of her remarks last year.  With regard to 
the Sino-Viet bilateral relationship, Madame Gao focused on 
trade statistics and the several bilateral high-level state and 
Party visits of the past year. 
 
4. (SBU) The Vietnamese speaker was HCMC People's Committee Vice 
Chairman Nguyen Thanh Tai who's speech was devoid of content 
beyond the traditional fraternal socialist friendship between 
Vietnam and China. 
 
5. (SBU) Following the speeches and toasts, there was a series 
of "cultural performances" with performers dressed in curious 
outfits.  Some young women wore an amalgam of colorful "ethnic" 
blouses and variously-shaped hats, with mini-skirts and 
high-heel knee boots.  A couple of young men wore vaguely 
Uighur-looking short vests with no shirts, and gym shoes.  The 
sound system seemed not be functioning properly and the music 
and singing were badly distorted.  As the performances went on, 
the old Vietnamese cadres paid no attention and simply shouted 
more loudly to each other. 
 
6. (SBU) Comment:  What was most notable about this event was 
the lack of meaningful interaction among guests and between 
hosts and guests.  At last year's event, the Chinese hosts made 
an effort to engage all the guests and to introduce the 
Westerners to Chinese businesspeople and Vietnamese officials. 
This year, they appeared to make no such effort.  Also notable 
was the absence of younger, successful-looking guests.  Judging 
from this event, the Chinese Consulate General in HCMC is not 
reaching out to the next generation of Vietnamese leaders and 
entrepreneurs, but is careful to sustain its relationship with 
old Party cadres.  The Chinese friends of these cadres appear 
not to be as interested as they were last year in engaging 
Westerners or in showing the elite of Ho Chi Minh City that 
China is a future-looking power in Southeast Asia. 
 
WINNICK