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Viewing cable 07HANOI997, CONSULAR DISTRICTS: GVN REITERATES ITS CASE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI997 2007-05-25 10:27 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO6588
PP RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #0997/01 1451027
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 251027Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5482
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 3118
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 000997 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT PASS TO EAP/MLS; OFM; L/EAP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV AMGT VM
SUBJECT: CONSULAR DISTRICTS: GVN REITERATES ITS CASE 
 
Ref: (A) HANOI 622 and pervious 
 
1. (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 MFA Consular Department, gaining 
additional insights into the history of the issue and the MFA's 
purported interest in rectifying the situation along the lines 
desired by the USG.  We anticipate discussions leading to the 
establishment of APP Danang could help move forward on this 
important issue.  In the meantime, we will continue to operate as we 
always have in southern Vietnam.  End Summary. 
 
2. (U) On May 17, Embassy received another diplomatic note from the 
MFA on the subject of consular districts, the latest in a recent 
exchange. 
 
3. (SBU) Begin full text of note: 
 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
 
No.  0434/CH-LS-QH 
 
The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam presents its compliments to the 
Embassy of the United States of America in Hanoi and has the honor 
to reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note #0545/07 dated 05/11/2007 
as follows: 
The Consular Department would like to reconfirm that: 
 
-- According to the regulations of Vietnam and the agreement between 
the two sides, the consular district of the Consulate General of the 
United States of America in Ho Chi Minh City is Ho Chi Minh City, 
which includes its urban and suburban areas. 
 
-- Regarding the regulations for the operations of the Consulate 
General of the United States of America in Ho Chi Minh City, these 
were clearly specified in the diplomatic notes of the Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam numbered 
142/NG-LS dated 05/09/2001 and 035/NG-LS dated 01/30/2007 to foreign 
diplomatic missions (including the U.S. Embassy) in Vietnam, and 
214/CH-NG-LS dated 05/02/2007 to the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam. 
 
The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam avails itself of this opportunity to 
renew to the Embassy of the United States of America in Hanoi the 
assurances of its highest consideration. 
 
Hanoi, May 15, 2007 
 
End text. 
 
4. (SBU) In a May 17 conversation with the DCM, MFA Consular 
Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh reiterated points raised 
in his ministry's note, requesting that U.S. consular officers based 
in HCMC seek and obtain prior approval for official actions outside 
HCMC.  He reiterated that consular officials operating outside HCMC 
are "out of district," which allows Vietnam to impose this condition 
under international law. 
 
5. (SBU) According to Dzinh, he and the MFA understand and even 
sympathize with the U.S. desire to clarify the consular district 
issue.  According to Dzinh, the MFA sought and obtained approval in 
2004 from then-Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to expand consular 
districts for all nations with consular establishments in Vietnam 
beyond their host jurisdictions, which are in all cases centrally 
controlled municipalities.  PM Khai made this expansion contingent 
on the agreement of every province which would be affected by the 
change, however.  According to Dzinh, many provinces refused to be 
"covered" from Ho Chi Minh City, stalling the initiative. 
 
6. (SBU) The DCM restated the U.S. position, i.e., U.S. consular 
personnel based in HCMC would notify, but not seek approval of, GVN 
officials for work performed in the area from Thua Thien-Hue south, 
as defined by the 1997 U.S. letter on that subject.  The DCM 
applauded the MFA's apparent recognition that the GVN position, 
under which consular establishments of all nations in Vietnam are 
accredited only to a host city, is rather odd and should be changed. 
 Dzinh volunteered that he was interested in exploring whether 
provinces around HCMC might agree to a province-by-province 
expansion of consular districts, as defined by the GVN. 
 
7. (SBU) Comment: Over the past 10 years, U.S. consular officers 
based in HCMC have been able to carry out their duties in the vast 
majority of cases, despite the very clear position of the GVN 
(reftel).  We will continue to manage this situation, but with the 
hope of negotiating an agreed position.  We plan to use the 
discussion of the opening of a small consulate (APP) in Danang to 
 
HANOI 00000997  002 OF 002 
 
 
break the logjam, carving out a small district for that post which 
will physically separate the area covered by the consular section in 
Embassy Hanoi and the southern part of the nation.  In the meantime, 
we expect occasional protests, and will respond as in the past. 
 
MARINE