Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 08HANOI806, VIETNAM ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: FARMERS BENEFIT FROM HIGHER

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #08HANOI806.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08HANOI806 2008-07-11 10:31 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO4736
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHFK RUEHHM RUEHKSO RUEHNAG RUEHNH RUEHPB
DE RUEHHI #0806/01 1931031
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 111031Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8125
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 4913
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHZU/ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 000806 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SINGAPORE FOR TREASURY 
TREASURY FOR SCHUN 
USTR FOR DBISBEE 
STATE FOR EEB/IFD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN EAID ECPS ECON EAGR EAIR ETRD VM
SUBJECT:  VIETNAM ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: FARMERS BENEFIT FROM HIGHER 
FOOD PRICES, SUBSIDIES TO REMAIN, FOSSIL FUEL EXPORTS DECLINE 
 
HANOI 00000806  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  This cable is part of an ongoing series on developing economic 
stories in Vietnam. 
 
RISING FOOD PRICES INCREASE AVERAGE WELFARE 
------------------------------------------- 
 
2.  Rising food prices have benefited Vietnam's average household 
welfare and helped push down further the poverty rate, according to 
a June study released by the University of Minnesota.  Vietnamese 
farmers have been able to reap benefits from higher international 
prices for the export commodities that they grow, according to the 
Minnesota study, "Impacts of Rising Food Prices on Poverty and 
Welfare in Vietnam."  The paper showed that a 10 percent rise in 
food prices results in a 1.7 percent increase in average household 
welfare and a 0.6 percentage point decrease in the poverty rate. 
The foodstuff portion of Vietnam's consumer price index has risen 
31.9 during the first half of 2008 compared with the same period 
last year. 
Over 70 percent of Vietnamese households are entirely or partly 
dedicated to farming, and these same households make up the 
overwhelming majority (90 percent) of Vietnamese poor. 
 
DECLINING ENERGY PRODUCTION, RISING DEMAND 
------------------------------------------ 
 
3.  Vietnam's production of crude oil, natural gas, and coal is 
declining while demand is rising.  State oil company PetroVietnam's 
crude oil output is down 15 percent this year, to 7.2 million tons, 
and its natural gas output is down 4.7 percent, to 3.6 billion cubic 
meters.  Despite this, revenues are up 55 percent this year to $5.72 
billion, accounting for 19.3 percent of Vietnam's total export 
turnover, according to PetroVietnam Chairman Dinh La Thang.  For 
coal, Vietnam is likely to turn from a net exporter into an importer 
faster than it expected.  State-owned mining company Vinacomin 
anticipates that domestic demand for power generation will require 
Vietnam to import 34 million tons of coal in 2015, 144 million tons 
in 2020, and 228 million tons in 2025.  Vietnam is currently a key 
supplier of coal to China and Japan.  On July 4, the Government of 
Vietnam (GVN) announced that it would cut coal exports this year by 
more than 32 percent to about 22 million tons in order to meet local 
demand. 
 
GVN ABANDONS PHASING OUT SUBSIDIES IN 2008 
------------------------------------------ 
 
4.  On July 9, the GVN announced that it had ruled out price 
increases for petrol, diesel, power, coal, steel, and fertilizer for 
the remainder of the year.  The decision reverses a GVN pledge to 
phase out subsidies on fuel and other goods by June 2008.  The GVN 
will continue to cap gasoline prices at $3.40 per gallon, and will 
reimburse the state-owned retailers at the end of the year, as it 
has done in previous years. 
 
SLOWEST ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 7 YEARS 
---------------------------------- 
 
5.  Vietnam's economy grew 6.5 percent in the first half of the 
year, the country's slowest growth rate in seven years.  Factors 
contributing to the lower growth included the effect of the cooling 
of the stock and property markets on spending by consumers and 
investors as well as the tightening of credit (the latter as part of 
Government efforts to tame inflation by hiking interest rates). 
 
MORE JOBS, MORE STRIKES, NOT ENOUGH SKILLS 
------------------------------------------ 
 
6.  Vietnam's economy created more than 780,000 new jobs in the 
first half of 2008, but employers remain concerned about the lack of 
skilled labor and the rise in labor strife, with twice as many 
strikes this year as during the same period last year.  According to 
the GVN, 70 percent of the labor pool is unskilled and only nine 
percent of available employees have higher education.  Even many 
skilled workers are not properly qualified.  For example, a study 
earlier this year by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology 
Associations found that just 138 out of approximately 500,000 
engineers in Vietnam are properly qualified.  Meanwhile, Vietnam has 
experienced 330 "illegal" strikes in the first half of the year, a 
rate that will almost certainly exceed the approximately 400 strikes 
that took place in all of 2007.  Foreign investors have asked the 
GVN and union leaders to talk and train the workforce about pursuing 
mediation efforts instead. 
 
FLYING HIGH DESPITE ECONOMIC CONCERNS 
 
HANOI 00000806  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
-------------------------------------- 
 
7.  Two privately-owned airlines in Vietnam are expanding their 
fleets, while Danang International Airport plans to increase 
capacity six-fold by 2025.  Earlier this year, Viet Jet Air (VJA) 
leased two Boeing 737-700s for seven years and is preparing to lease 
a third.  Now, VJA plans to lease or buy as many as 20 more 
airplanes and hire up to 400 employees.  Vietnam's second 
privately-owned startup, Air Speed Up, also plans to expand its 
fleet with the purchase of ten Boeing 737s.  VJA is already flying, 
while Air Speed Up hopes to begin flights in September, both 
servicing domestic routes.  Meanwhile, the Danang International 
Airport, which handles one million passengers per year, hopes to be 
able to handle four million passengers by 2015 and six million by 
2025. 
 
MICHALAK