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 08HANOI1228, CLIMATE CHANGE

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. #08HANOI1228.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08HANOI1228 2008-11-03 09:02 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO6930
RR RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #1228/01 3080902
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 030902Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8681
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 5258
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
RHMFISS/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUEHC/DEPT OF INTERIOR WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 001228 
 
( C O R R E C T E D  C O P Y - ADDED ADDRESSEE) 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, EAP/EP, OES/EGC, OES/STC 
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR ANE, G/ENV, EGAT/ESP (CHIP BARBER) 
STATE PASS TO EPA/OIA (DENNIS CUNNINGHAM AND MARK KASMAN) 
STATE PASS TO NOAA/NOS/OIA (JONATHAN JUSTI) 
USDA FOR FOREST SERVICE/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (CYNTHIA MACKIE AND 
KELLI YOUNG) 
INTERIOR FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (GREG SMITH) 
BANGKOK PASS TO RDMA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
SUBJECT: CLIMATE CHANGE 
 
Ref:   A. Hanoi 677 B. Hanoi 537 
 
HANOI 00001228  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (U) Summary:  At the October 28 Donor Committee on Climate Change 
meeting, the Danish Ambassador detailed Prime Minister Dung's  plan 
for the roll out of Vietnam's National Target Program to Respond to 
Climate Change.  Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao 
Duc Phat reiterated the seriousness with which the Government of 
Vietnam (GVN) views climate change and provided statistics detailing 
sea level and temperature increases within Vietnam.  Donors 
emphasized the need to coordinate Vietnamese responses with global 
efforts.  End Summary. 
 
Prime Minister Takes Lead in GVN Response 
----------------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) On October 28, UNDP hosted a meeting of the Donor 
Coordination Group on Climate Change to brief representatives from 
various Embassies, multilateral organizations, and NGOs about the 
status of GVN efforts to address the impacts of climate change. 
Danish Ambassador, Peter Hansen, who co-chairs the Donor 
Coordination Group with UN Resident Coordinator John Hendra, 
provided details of his recent meeting with Prime Minister Dung. 
During that meeting, the Prime Minister announced his intention to 
release the GVN National Target Program (NTP) as soon as he obtains 
Politburo approval - possibly in November.  The Politburo continues 
to try to balance the roles of the Ministry of Natural Resources and 
Environment (MONRE) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development (MARD), both vying for primacy in the GVN response to 
climate change.  While the Prime Minister assigned MONRE 
responsibility for the NTP, MARD has also developed its own climate 
change capabilities, making coordination difficult (Ref B). 
 
3. (SBU) According to the Danish Ambassador, the Prime Minister does 
not plan to wait for approval from the National Assembly, but wants 
to issue the NTP directly from his office to show his commitment to 
the issue.  Earlier this year, Prime Minister Dung agreed to 
personally head the GVN steering committee overseeing the NTP 
effort.  He also raised this issue during his recent visit to 
Washington (Ref A).  Once his office has published the NTP, the 
Prime Minister will meet in January 2009 with key members of the 
National Assembly to review implementation and financing, before 
National Assembly consideration of follow up measures at its 
scheduled meeting in May 2009. 
 
Agricultural Minister Stresses GVN Coordination . . . 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
4. (SBU) MARD Minister Phat stated that climate change was 
irreversible and that the GVN was firmly committed to working with 
the international community to address its impact.  Phat agreed that 
the GVN needed to raise awareness of climate change throughout 
various ministries, including his own.  Hoping to diffuse some of 
the tensions within the GVN, Phat stated that MONRE was in the best 
position to coordinate the GVN climate change response.  While 
acknowledging friction between MARD and MONRE, Phat stated that he 
and the MONRE Minister have established excellent communications 
(Note: the Danish Ambassador told Phat that better communications 
need to extend to lower level officials as, well). 
 
. . . and Notes Challenges 
-------------------------- 
 
5. (SBU) Phat then described ongoing impact of climate change in 
Vietnam.  According to Phat, Vietnam now faces stronger typhoons 
during longer storm seasons.  Of greater concern, these typhoons, 
which historically came ashore in the north or central parts of the 
country, now are striking a broader geographical region, including 
the heavily populated and intensively farmed Mekong Delta.  Phat 
stated that over the past 40 years, Vietnam has seen sea level rise 
of roughly five centimeters per decade and he expects this pattern 
to accelerate in the future.  According to MARD statistics taken at 
sites throughout the country, average temperatures increased 0.8 
degrees Celsius from 1980 to 2007.  Other sampling had shown growing 
salt water intrusion in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta. 
 
Donors Emphasize Need to Plug Vietnam 
into Global Efforts 
 
HANOI 00001228  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
------------------------------------- 
 
6. (SBU) Donors agreed to improve coordination.   Representatives 
from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International 
Organization for Migration (IOM) highlighted the need to integrate 
Vietnamese responses into regional and global programs.  IOM noted 
that Vietnam already sees a large number of people leaving the 
Mekong Delta during flood season to live temporarily in Ho Chi Minh 
City.  This flow will increase dramatically as sea levels rise, 
floods increase, and salt water intrusion intensifies.  Noting 
Vietnam's position as the world's second largest rice exporter, ADB 
emphasized that any shortfalls in Mekong Delta rice-crops (the 
Mekong Delta is Vietnam's rice basket) not only threaten domestic 
food security, but global rice supplies. 
 
MICHALAK