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Viewing cable 07HANOI2006, AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S FIRST WEBCHAT DRAWS A MAJOR RESPONSE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI2006 2007-11-28 09:52 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO7678
RR RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #2006/01 3320952
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 280952Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6787
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 3991
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 002006 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, EAP/PD, EAP/P 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV PHUM VM
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S FIRST WEBCHAT DRAWS A MAJOR RESPONSE 
AND GENERATES SOME EDITORIAL ANXIETY 
 
 
1.  (U) Summary: On November 20 - Vietnam's National Teacher's Day - 
Ambassador Michalak participated in his first online webchat with 
VietnamNet Online, Vietnam's most widely read and influential online 
news outlet.  The almost two hour interview was carried live by 
video and audio stream on the site, with the Ambassador fielding 
dozens of questions, primarily on the day's theme of education.  But 
the interview also included a lengthy exchange on human rights and 
Vietnam's expansion of civil freedoms and, as has been the case in 
previous online interviews with American officials, the streaming 
video was unedited and available on the website for several days 
after the interview.  In addition, the unedited tape will be shown 
on VietnamNet's cable channel in the coming week.  While frank 
comments by the Ambassador on limitations to freedoms here remain on 
the web, VietnamNet cut from the final posted transcript the 
Ambassador's comment that "I think there are many people who would 
like to see multi-party elections in Vietnam tomorrow, but I don't 
think that's going to happen."  This reinforces the message that 
while press freedoms are finding room to grow, some boundaries 
remain.  End summary. 
 
AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S ONLINE DEBUT 
----------------------------------- 
 
2. (U) Ambassador Michalak participated in his first online webchat 
with VietnamNet on November 20 - Vietnam's National Teacher's Day. 
This online news outlet is Vietnam's most widely read and 
influential news outlet, averaging 50 million hits per day. 
Hundreds of questions were submitted by audience members for the 
Ambassador's consideration, many on the day's theme of education. 
The video of the full 100 minute interview was carried live on their 
website and announcement of the event and a photo of the Ambassador 
was the prominent headliner on their landing page.  PAS staff 
members were able to review incoming questions and ensure they were 
unfiltered. 
 
3. (U) Ambassador Michalak fielded dozens of questions on education, 
highlighting U.S. efforts to assist Vietnam in developing its ailing 
educational system, as well as encouraging Vietnamese students to 
consider studying in the United States, and demystifying the visa 
application process.  In addition, there were queries on the 
evolution of the bilateral relationship, globalization, and economic 
growth.  However, Editor in Chief Nguyen Anh Tuan, who was 
conducting the interview, seemed midway through the interview to 
move from asking readers' questions to pursuing his own train of 
inquiry and a lengthy discussion of human rights ensued. 
 
ONE LINE TOO MANY 
----------------- 
 
4. (U) Editor in Chief Tuan, a graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School 
and the recipient of a grant this year from that school, posed a 
number of questions on Vietnam's progress on human rights.  He 
suggested that Vietnam needed to move "step by step" on these 
freedoms, rather than simply making changes other countries wanted. 
He observed that blogs were becoming increasingly popular and that 
people felt they had access to information and could "discuss 
politics in the tea shop" and didn't care about the issue of 
freedoms of speech and association.  "Well, if they don't care about 
it," responded Ambassador Michalak, "then there's no harm in making 
it totally free." 
 
5.  (U) An hour after the interview, Editor Tuan contacted PAS to 
say they wished to cut one line from the final transcript of the 
webchat to be carried on the site.  The Ambassador had been asked if 
Vietnam shouldn't be allowed to address issues of human rights 
gradually rather than having to immediately comply with U.S. and 
other countries' criteria.  The Ambassador responded, "I think there 
are many people who would like to see multi-party elections in 
Vietnam tomorrow, but I don't think that's going to happen."  This 
line was cut. 
 
6. (U) Shortly thereafter, Tuan's staff sent an email saying they'd 
also like to cut the two lines that followed in which the Ambassador 
went on to talk about the detention of several individuals for 
peacefully expressing political opinions.  "That's why we have 
joined with other countries in calling for the release of Father Ly 
and other people who are in prison for what we believe is expression 
of their own political views," was the quote.  When PAS protested 
this extensive chop, Tuan relented and left those lines in the final 
version, which remains available on the web site and has received 
over 100,000 hits since the webchat.  The fully unedited version if 
also available on the Embassy website which receives thousands of 
page hits each day. 
 
7. (SBU) Comment: We are very pleased by the fact that the 
Ambassador's straightforward exchange remains on one of Vietnam's 
most-visited sites.  We hope for a repeat: in speaking with the 
Ambassador after the cameras were off after the interview, Editor 
Tuan said he looked forward to continuing the conversation on human 
 
HANOI 00002006  002 OF 002 
 
 
rights with the Ambassador, one with which he was clearly seized. 
But, he also reminded the Ambassador, some limits remain.  The one 
sentence ultimately removed, which deals with multi-party elections, 
crosses one of the current red lines.  Still, the dialogue on issues 
like human rights is more vibrant on Vietnam's internet than on any 
other form of media. 
 
Michalak