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Viewing cable 07HANOI622, CONSULAR DISTRICTS AND CONSULATES: ANOTHER PROTEST;

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI622 2007-04-02 04:48 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO2501
PP RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #0622/01 0920448
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 020448Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5039
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 2830
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 000622 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT PASS TO EAP/MLS; OFM; L/EAP; L/CA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV AMGT VM
SUBJECT: CONSULAR DISTRICTS AND CONSULATES: ANOTHER PROTEST; 
PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES OPPOSE REDISTRICTING, GVN WOULD LIKE OFFICIAL 
REQUEST ON THE DANANG APP 
 
Ref: A) Hanoi 255; B) Hanoi 599; C) STATE 40151; B) HANOI 239; 
C)HANOI 255; C) 06 HCMC 1483; D) 06 HCMC 246 
 
1. (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 receiving CDA's response, Dzinh explained that 
many in the MFA agree that the HCMC consulates of the United States 
and others, such as Japan, China and Russia, should have their 
districts officially expanded to have authority beyond the city's 
immediate environs.  However, provincial authorities' opposition to 
redistricting has prevented the MFA from taking steps to allow this. 
 In a separate meeting with Charge March 29, MFA Americas Department 
DG Pham Van Que explained that a written request from the USG on the 
Danang American Presence Post (APP) would aid Que in initiating MFA 
and GVN consideration of this matter.  Post requests permission to 
transmit a written request, with the appropriate caveats, such as 
the need for Congressional approval.  In so doing, we hope to 
advance our "medium-term strategy" to resolve the consular district 
issue (Ref A).  End Summary. 
 
Consular Districts -- Another Protest 
------------------------------------- 
 
3. (SBU) MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh 
called in the CDA on March 29, primarily to discuss issues regarding 
the release of dissident Phan Van Ban (Ref B).  After dealing with 
that, Dzinh presented another protest against the "out of district" 
activities of officials of Congen HCMC.  Dzinh asserted that, during 
2006, ConGen HCMC officers made 19 visits outside the Ho Chi Minh 
City consular district "without first notifying GVN authorities." 
DG Dzinh reiterated the GVN's position that visits without prior 
notification violate Vietnamese regulations and the Vienna 
Convention on Consular Relations.  Furthermore, the GVN is concerned 
because, if consular officers travel on business outside of Ho Chi 
Minh City without notifying the GVN beforehand, the GVN cannot 
provide security.  "A terrorist incident could take place, hurting 
Vietnam's image," Dzinh said.  (Note:  The Consulate General always 
notifies the HCMC External Relations Office of its official travel 
outside of Ho Chi Minh City.  However, the GVN assumes that all "out 
of district" activities must be approved by the GVN in advance and 
arranged by GVN or provincial officials.  The Consulate General does 
not follow that GVN expectation, especially in regard to its 
extensive travel to investigate consular fraud.  End Note.) 
 
4. (SBU) The CDA responded, deploying points in our latest 
diplomatic note (Ref C, which was being separately delivered that 
day to the MFA).  He explained that ConGen HCMC officials currently 
carry out their functions from Thua Thien-Hue Province southwards, 
per the 1997 exchange of letters between then-Charge Desaix Anderson 
and Assistant Foreign Minister Bui Hong Phuc.  This exchange 
provides that ConGen HCMC personnel "may perform official duties in 
the Thua Thien-Hue Province and territory southward in the same 
manner as official duties performed in Ho Chi Minh City," the CDA 
explained. 
 
5. (SBU) After this round of sparring, Dzinh volunteered that China, 
Russia and Japan have also complained about the current situation, 
in which foreign consulates are accredited only to the 
provincial-level municipal jurisdiction in which they are sited. 
Many in the MFA want to change the current scope of various 
third-country consular districts.  The issue is not that consulates 
are restricted by law to their host cities, he explained.  Rather, 
under Vietnamese practice, each provincial jurisdiction has a veto 
on changing the current consular districting status quo.  General 
provincial opposition to extending HCMC's consular district has been 
strong, and has prevented previous Hanoi efforts to expand consular 
districts.  DG Dzinh suggested that the MFA might begin with a 
strategy of recruiting provinces adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City to 
accept such a change in consular jurisdiction, and expand gradually 
to include other provinces. 
 
Danang APP 
---------- 
 
6. (SBU) As addresses know, Mission Vietnam is hopeful that 
Vietnamese interest in adding one or more consulates in the United 
States, and announcing that decision in conjunction with President 
Nguyen Minh Triet's proposed visit to the United States later this 
year, will give us leverage to revisit and finally address the 
consular district issues (Ref A).  In a separate meeting March 29, 
MFA Americas Department DG Pham Van Que reiterated the GVN's 
interest in having the United States and Vietnam open new 
 
HANOI 00000622  002 OF 002 
 
 
consulates.  Que reported that, to help spur quick GVN inter-agency 
consideration of this matter, it would be helpful for the United 
States to formalize its request to open a consulate in Danang, which 
has been the subject of informal discussion to date. 
 
7. (SBU) Action Request:  Post requests that the Department 
authorize the Embassy to transmit a formal request, with appropriate 
caveats, to the GVN to initiate the process of GVN consideration of 
APP Danang. 
 
MARINE