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Viewing cable 08HANOI533, VIETNAM RETHINKS QUESTIONABLE REVISIONS TO LAW ON DRUG

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08HANOI533 2008-05-07 10:06 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 HANOI 000533 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
AMEMBASSIES PASS TO PEPFAR COORDINATORS, ESTH, AND HEALTH ATTACHES 
STATE FOR OGAC (AMBASSADOR DYBUL AND JHOLLOWAY) 
HHS/OSSI/DSI PASS TO HHS/OGHA (WSTIEGER, LVALDEZ, CHICKEY, 
CMCCLEAN), NIH/FIC (RGLASS), SAMHSA (WCLARK/JSTEIN), AND FDA 
(MPLAISIER/BCOREY) 
USAID FOR ANE (CJENNINGS, MWARD) AND GH (KYAMASHITA, KHILL) 
BANGKOK FOR USAID/RDM/A (OCARDUNER, CBOWES) 
CDC FOR COGH (SBLOUT), CCID (MCOHEN), and GAP (DBIRX, RJSIMONDS) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PROP SOCI TBIO EAID SNAR KHIV VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM RETHINKS QUESTIONABLE REVISIONS TO LAW ON DRUG 
PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
 
REF: A. Hanoi 406 B. Hanoi 1082 (2007) C. Hanoi 508 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Initial drafts of a revised Vietnamese Law on Drug 
Prevention and Control (LDPC) contained several elements of concern 
to Vietnam's international donors.  In particular, the draft law 
would have: (a) mandated that injecting-drug users (IDU) be detained 
for five years; (b) contained inconsistencies with the HIV Law; and, 
(c) failed to balance the criminal enforcement of drug control with 
the health aspects of harm reduction (ref A).  These changes created 
possible discrepancies with Vietnamese obligations under 
international agreements.  Despite late notification, advocacy led 
by the United Nations, with participation from the United States and 
other donors, has caused the GVN to revisit these provisions.  This 
experience demonstrates both the need for, Vietnam's openness to, 
and the effectiveness of international engagement with Vietnam.  We 
will continue to engage our Vietnamese colleagues to improve this 
legislation.  End Summary. 
 
Internationals Unite to Provide Rapid Input 
------------------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) In February 2008, we learned that the National Assembly 
(NA) had tasked the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to chair a 
drafting committee to create a revised LDPC by a deadline of March 
19.  The NA reportedly requested quick action in order to authorize 
national application of the use of five-year administrative 
detentions into "06" centers before temporary permission for 
five-year detention expires in August 2008.  To date, Ho Chi Minh 
City (HCMC) has made use of the temporary provision.  The existing 
LPDC provides for a two-year maximum in government-run IDU 
rehabilitation centers.  Although the MPS committee invited the 
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to provide 
assistance, the timeline seemed to limit the opportunity to do so. 
The Ambassadors' Informal HIV Coordination Group reviewed the issue 
and quickly sent a letter on March 11 to Deputy Prime Minister 
Truong Vinh Trong, Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, 
Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control, to advocate for 
critical modifications and to slow the process.  The donors 
emphasized that "HIV harm reduction can only be successful with 
strong multi-sectoral and inter-ministerial collaboration, and drug 
treatment is a key element of this response." 
 
Problems with Proposed Legislation 
---------------------------------- 
 
3. (SBU) The U.S. PEPFAR team and its international partners 
contributed to the overall analysis of the law, concluding that 
portions of the draft law contradicted language in other Vietnamese 
statutes (e.g., Law on HIV Prevention and Control, No. 64/2006/QH11 
and associated implementing decree, No. 108/2007ND-CP of 26 June 
2007) and in regional and international conventions to which Vietnam 
is a party.  Other language ran counter to mainstream usage for HIV 
and drug control policies around the world.  For example, the new 
LPDC would require peer-outreach workers to report known drug use 
among HIV-infected clients.  Moreover, we determined that the 
provision in the draft law to permit public security officers to use 
firearms against HIV-infected individuals if the officers felt 
"threatened with exposure," may conflict with international 
 
HANOI 00000533  002 OF 003 
 
 
convention (e.g. with Principle 9 of the United Nations' Basic 
Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement 
Officials). 
 
4. (SBU) Traditionally, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has treated 
illicit drug use as a "social evil" with a focus on crime and 
trafficking prevention.  Consequently, the draft LPDC addressed 
demand and supply reduction, but did not adequately address harm 
reduction and drug treatment.  Although some elements of the MPS and 
the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), which 
manages the relatively popular "06" centers, support the institution 
of five-year administrative detentions, the centers have not proven 
effective at prevention or rehabilitation.  Instead, they may be 
vehicles for the spread of HIV among detainees.  To avoid a growing 
HIV epidemic, Vietnam needs to balance the control of illicit drug 
activities with the reduction of drug-related harm (Ref B). 
Further, drafts lacked explicit support for community-based 
comprehensive prevention programs, including methadone-assisted 
therapy. 
 
5. (SBU) Finally, the hurried nature of the process did not allow 
enough time for expert input and full consideration of possible 
impacts.  Similar exercises previously undertaken within Vietnam and 
in other countries normally require eight to ten months.  To ensure 
adequate time for discussion, technical assistance, and the 
achievement of consensus on these sensitive issues, the PEPFAR team 
and other international organizations recommended the draft LDPC be 
submitted for discussion in the October 2008 session of the National 
Assembly instead of the May session. 
 
International Response and U.S. Advocacy 
---------------------------------------- 
 
6. (SBU) Ambassador Michalak, with support from the PEPFAR Team, 
spoke in favor of a coordinated donor and UN agency approach at the 
March 6, 2008 meeting of the Ambassadors Informal HIV Coordination 
Group.  In follow-up the March 11 letter, which the group quickly 
sent to Deputy Prime Minister Trong, Ambassador Michalak reaffirmed 
U.S. concerns in an April 29 meeting with him.  During his April 
visit to Vietnam, Secretary Leavitt raised HIV/AIDS legislation in 
discussions with Minister of Health Nguyen Hoc Trieu and Prime 
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and advocated that the new law permit 
medication-assisted therapy in the context of overall national HIV 
efforts (Ref C).  (Note: After three years of U.S. Government 
advocacy, on April 24, 2008 the first Vietnamese patients began 
methadone maintenance therapy in Haiphong, through PEPFAR-supported 
clinics). 
 
Success: The GVN Re-Thinks Some Provisions 
------------------------------------------ 
 
7. (SBU) Advocacy from the international community has led to some 
apparent successes.  According to UNAIDS, these interventions, along 
with growing concern from several members of the NA, caused the GVN 
to eliminate the proposal to extend administrative detentions and to 
work towards harmonizing the draft legislation with international 
conventions (referring to the possible removal of the "open fire" 
clause for security officers due to human rights considerations). 
 
 
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