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Viewing cable 07HANOI2064, VIETNAM'S FIRST OIL REFINERY TAKES SHAPE IN QUANG NGAI

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI2064 2007-12-11 04:41 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO8369
RR RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #2064/01 3450441
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 110441Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6868
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 4051
RUEHZS/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 002064 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND EEB 
USTR FOR DBISBEE 
TREASURY FOR SCHUN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ENRG EAID EIND EWWT SOCI TRGY EINV EPET ETRD
BEXP, VM 
SUBJECT: VIETNAM'S FIRST OIL REFINERY TAKES SHAPE IN QUANG NGAI 
PROVINCE 
 
REF:  (A) Hanoi 1817  (B) Hanoi 1838 
 
HANOI 00002064  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (U) Summary:  On November 29, members of the Embassy's Economic 
Section traveled to Central Vietnam's Quang Ngai Province to meet 
with government officials and tour the site of what will be 
Vietnam's first petroleum refinery, located in the nearby Dung Quat 
Economic Zone.  Quang Ngai Province is largely rural with an 
agrarian economy.  Officials estimate that 30 percent of the 
province's urban population lives in poverty, increasing to 50 
percent of those who live in the province's western mountainous 
districts.  Recent major floods killed 32 people, submerged tens of 
thousands of homes and businesses, and caused major damage to local 
infrastructure and crops.  Officials asked the Embassy for help to 
promote the province to American companies that seek to establish 
light industrial concerns in Vietnam and to find official 
development assistance (ODA) to build a water reservoir for 
residents on the nearby island of Ly Son.  End Summary. 
 
2. (U)  This is the third in a series of reports (Reftels) on trips 
by Embassy and Consulate General personnel to understand better the 
level of economic development and competitiveness in provinces 
throughout Vietnam.  On November 29, members of the Embassy's 
Economic Section traveled to Quang Ngai Province to meet with 
provincial officials and tour the Dung Quat Economic Zone and 
refinery. 
 
THE CENTER PLAYS CATCH-UP 
------------------------- 
 
3. (U) Despite a burgeoning population of 1.3 million people in 
greater Quang Ngai City, Quang Ngai Province is largely rural with 
an agrarian economy.  With twelve districts spread over mountainous 
terrain, coastal plain, and the nearby island of Ly Son, provincial 
officials face significant logistical challenges in providing 
services to its far-flung constituents.  (Note:  Quang Ngai Province 
moved up eleven spots, to number 48, in the 2007 Vietnam Provincial 
Competitiveness Index, but still lags near the bottom of the 
64-member provincial pack.  End Note). 
 
4. (SBU) In a relaxed and open discussion with provincial officials, 
Truong Quang Tuong, Quang Ngai's Director of Foreign Affairs, 
estimated that 30 percent of the people in Quang Ngai Province live 
in poverty (defined as less than USD 14 per month), increasing to 50 
percent of those who live in the province's western mountainous 
districts (Note:  Vietnam's national poverty rate in 2006 was 16 
percent.  End note).  He said that 47,000 people have disabilities 
and claimed that as many as 17,000 people are afflicted with 
symptoms of dioxide poisoning (Agent Orange).  Moreover, he said the 
province is beset by floods, drought, or typhoons nearly every year. 
 Recent major floods in the area killed 32 people, submerged tens of 
thousands of homes and businesses, caused major damage to roads, 
railways and bridges, and destroyed thousands of hectares of crops. 
Director Tuong estimated flood damage at VND 150 billion 
(approximately USD 10 million).  He asked the Embassy to help 
promote the province to American companies that seek to establish 
light industrial concerns in Vietnam and to find official 
development assistance (ODA) to build a reservoir on the island of 
Ly Son to provide clean drinking water to the several thousand 
people who live there. 
 
In the Zone 
----------- 
 
5. (SBU) The Dung Quat Economic Zone stands as the centerpiece of 
the Vietnamese government's efforts to stimulate economic 
development in central Vietnam and help the region catch up with the 
stellar growth of the country's north and south.  According to local 
officials, the zone is currently home to 102 industrial concerns 
with a total capital of USD 5.7 billion.  A few of the major 
projects currently under development include state-run Vinashin's 
ship building and repair facility, a Taiwanese-owned steel plant 
with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year, the Korean-owned Doosan 
heavy industry equipment factory, and polypropylene and carbon black 
manufacturing facilities. 
 
6. (SBU) The nucleus of the economic zone is the sprawling Dung Quat 
Petrochemical Refinery Complex, where approximately 18,000 workers 
are currently laboring to build Vietnam's first oil refinery and 
what will eventually be central Vietnam's largest deepwater seaport 
- overtaking Da Nang Port to the north.  State-owned PetroVietnam is 
financing the entire project after foreign investors, including 
Russia's Zarubezhneft, withdrew from the venture due to concerns 
over the refinery's location, far from the oil fields of southern 
Vietnam.  A consortium of foreign companies, including Spain's 
Tecnicas Reunidas and Japan's JGC Corporation, is working to 
 
HANOI 00002064  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
complete the refinery, which includes a nearby tank farm and marine 
loading terminal, in time for the scheduled February 2009 opening. 
The facility will have an annual processing capacity of 6.5 million 
tons of crude oil, or 130,000 barrels per day. 
 
7. (U) Although crude oil is Vietnam's number one export, the 
country presently imports all of its refined petroleum products due 
to a lack of refining capacity.  The Dung Quat Complex is the first 
of five planned refineries in Vietnam.  The Nghi Son Refinery and 
Petrochemical Complex in northern Vietnam's Thanh Hoa Province is 
scheduled to open in 2011 with an annual processing capacity of 
seven million tons of crude oil.  The third complex, in southern 
Vietnam's Baria-Vung Tau Province, is scheduled to open in 2013. 
The GVN also plans to open a 100 percent foreign invested refinery 
near the seaport of Vung Ro in southern Phu Yen Province, and a 
joint-venture refinery in Can Tho Province in the Mekong Delta. 
 
MICHALAK