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Viewing cable 07HANOI1414, GVN PONDERS DELIVERABLES FOR A PM VISIT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI1414 2007-08-08 14:39 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO4314
RR RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #1414/01 2201439
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 081439Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6032
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 3495
RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 001414 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, INR/B AND EB/TPP/BTA/ANA 
STATE PASS USTR FOR DBISBEE 
USDOC FOR 4430/MAC/ASIA/OPB/VLC/HPPHO 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL VM
SUBJECT: GVN PONDERS DELIVERABLES FOR A PM VISIT 
 
Ref:  Hanoi 1060 
 
1. (SBU) Summary.  In his farewell meeting with the Ambassador, the 
Chairman of the Office of the Government (OOG) said that the GVN is 
mulling a number of "deliverables" for Prime Minister Zung's 
September visit to the United States.  Among them, he cited 
long-pending deals on the purchase of Boeing aircraft, power 
generation, ports and mining, and even resolution to the protracted 
negotiations over a Peace Corps program and the new embassy 
compound.  Progress on the commercial deals, according to the 
Ambassador, would help address concerns about Vietnam's growing 
trade imbalance.  At the meeting, Ambassador Marine also urged 
Vietnam to tackle political reforms without delay, warning that the 
country's development would be truncated without greater freedoms. 
End Summary. 
 
DELIVERABLES UNDER CONSIDERATION 
-------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) OOG Chairman Doan Manh Giao told Ambassador Marine during 
their July 30 meeting that his office had been tasked with putting 
together a package of deliverables for the visit of Prime Minister 
Nguyen Tan Zung to the United States in late September for the 
opening of the United Nations General Assembly.  Giao told 
Ambassador Marine that the deliverables under consideration included 
a deal on Vietnam Airlines' negotiations with Boeing aircraft for 
the purchase of ten 787s, and giving final green light to Gannon 
Power Vietnam's power generation project for the industrial zones of 
Dong Nai Province in the south and SSA Marine's Cai Lan port project 
in northernmost Quang Ninh Province, both of which are pending 
investment licenses.  The Chairman also mentioned supporting Alcoa 
and state-owned Vinacomin's joint venture to develop a bauxite mine 
and alumina refinery in the southern province of Dak Nong. 
 
3. (SBU) Giao said that he would consider also recommending as 
deliverables the establishment of Peace Corps project in Vietnam and 
the go-ahead for the construction of a new embassy compound -- both 
of which the Ambassador raised as part of his agenda for the meeting 
(see paragraphs 9 and 10).  The OOG oversees day-to-day running of 
the Cabinet and advises the Prime Minister, in a manner akin to our 
Chief of Staff. 
 
AMBASSADOR URGES VIETNAM TO TACKLE POLITICAL REFORM... 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
 
4. (SBU) The Ambassador said that all of the ingredients of a 
successful bilateral relationship were in place, save one: political 
reform.  "A successful and developed society cannot thrive without 
genuine and open plurality," he said.   The Ambassador noted that, 
despite progress in some fronts, "there are areas that are worse 
than they were three years ago," when he began his term. 
 
5. (SBU) Ambassador Marine called on the GVN to allow people to 
speak out freely and the media to grow into its natural role as a 
watchdog against excesses.  He praised Prime Minister for pledging 
to reform governance and the rule of law, and Deputy Prime 
Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem for embracing cooperation 
with the United States in this area in his recent response to 
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (reftel), but said that it was high 
time for concrete action. 
 
6. (SBU) The Ambassador mentioned anti-corruption efforts as one 
governance challenge that the two countries could tackle 
immediately.  He said that the U.S. stood ready "right now" to 
assist Vietnam in this regard, but that we need to develop a 
concrete plan for implementing new cooperative programs. 
Ultimately, he said, "the government has to allow people and the 
media to hold" office-holders accountable. 
 
7. (SBU) Chairman Giao acknowledged that Vietnam needed to "do more 
on democracy, including rule of law, freedom of speech, religious 
freedom and freedom to express political views."  He urged the 
United States to continue pressing these issues through dialogue, 
not confrontation, and added that the Vietnamese leadership 
understood that "the bilateral relation is not just about the 
economy and trade." 
 
... AND WARNS ABOUT TRADE IMBALANCE 
----------------------------------- 
 
8. (SBU) The Ambassador raised the possibility that Vietnam's 
significant trade surplus with the United States, which grows larger 
every year, could start drawing flak.  Although confident that as 
Vietnam opens its markets to U.S. products the pressure would 
subside, the Ambassador  urged Chairman Giao to look into short-term 
ways to reduce the imbalance.  The Chairman said that he agreed that 
 
HANOI 00001414  002 OF 002 
 
 
the commercial deliverables were the short-term solution. 
 
(RE)MAKING THE CASE FOR NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND 
-------------------------------------------- 
 
9. (SBU) The Ambassador drew smiles from his host when he quipped 
that he would be "ashamed to have you visit my office because the 
embassy building is so ugly and so inappropriate, given the state of 
our relationship."  Giao said that the new embassy compound (NEC) 
should be a GVN priority, terming the current situation 
"regrettable." 
 
PLEA FOR THE PEACE CORPS 
------------------------ 
 
10. (SBU) The Ambassador said that the impasse over the 
establishment of a Peace Corps program, despite high-level GVN 
support, was as frustrating as inaction on the NEC.  "Every minister 
I meet tells me that the GVN wants to make it happen, and yet the 
negotiators can't close the deal," he lamented. Chairman Giao said 
that he would follow up and mentioned it as a potential PM 
deliverable. 
 
MEETING AND CONTEXT 
------------------- 
 
11. (SBU) The meeting was one of Ambassador Marine's farewell calls 
on Vietnamese leaders.  Chairman Giao, who is also leaving his post 
at the end of the month, warmly greeted and thanked Ambassador 
Marine for his contributions to Vietnam's successes, citing in 
particular the Bilateral Trade Agreement, WTO accession and the 
visits of President Triet and Deputy Prime Minister Khiem to the 
United States, and of President Bush to Vietnam.  The Ambassador 
thanked the Chairman and his staff for his valuable assistance 
during his tenure. 
 
MARINE