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Viewing cable 08HANOI1370, INTERIOR DELEGATION JOINS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY TO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08HANOI1370 2008-12-17 08:21 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO8163
OO RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #1370/01 3520821
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 170821Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8875
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 5400
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 6565
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
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 001370 
 
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) 
BANGKOK PASS TO RDMA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KFLU KHIV VM
 
SUBJECT: INTERIOR DELEGATION JOINS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY TO 
OPEN U.S.-SUPPORTED CLIMATE CHANGE INSTITUTE 
 
1. (U) Summary: From November 17-22, a delegation from the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary 
Timothy Petty, visited Hanoi and the Mekong Delta to promote 
U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on responses to climate change.  In 
Hanoi, a member of the delegation signed the charter for the new 
U.S.-Vietnam climate change working group, created during Vietnamese 
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's recent visit to Washington in June. 
 The delegation joined Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment 
and Science Claudia McMurray and Ambassador Michalak at the opening 
ceremony for the Interior-supported Delta Research and Global 
Observation Network (DRAGON) Institute at Can Tho University.  Both 
events attracted broad and positive press coverage.  End Summary. 
 
United States-Vietnam Climate Change Working Group Charter 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
2. (U) At a ceremony presided over by Vice Minister of Natural 
Resources and Environment Nguyen Cong Thanh and Ambassador Michalak, 
Dr. Gregory Smith, Director of the U.S. National Wetlands Center 
within the U.S. Geological Survey, and Dr. Tran Thuc, Director 
General of the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and 
Environment within MONRE, signed the charter for the U.S.-Vietnam 
climate change working group under the bilateral Science and 
Technology Agreement.  Following the announcement of the formation 
of the working group during Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's visit 
to Washington in June, the two governments selected Smith and Thuc 
as co-chairmen.  With Embassy assistance, the co-chairs now will 
select members for the working group, which likely will hold its 
initial meeting in Hanoi next June.  Prior to the signing, Vice 
Minister Thanh urged additional bilateral cooperation to respond to 
the challenges of climate change. 
 
3. (U) At the Ministry of Science and Technology, Vice Minister Le 
Dinh Tien reaffirmed his support for the U.S.-Vietnam climate change 
working group and for the U.S. Geological Survey-supported Delta 
Research and Global Observation Network (DRAGON) Institute at Can 
Tho.  MOST officials noted overall GVN excitement over the climate 
change working group and wanted it to serve as a model for other 
working groups under the bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. 
 
 
NGO Roundtable 
-------------- 
 
4. (U) To broaden the scope of U.S.-Vietnamese engagement on climate 
change, the delegation participate in a roundtable with local and 
international NGOs, during which Smith expressed his hope that the 
DRAGON Institute could coordinate its efforts with those funded by 
other donors and by NGOs.  The group also toured the Hanoi dike 
system to study similarities and differences between the Red River 
Delta and the Mississippi Delta and spoke to a group of school 
children about climate change and environmental science. 
 
DRAGON Institute Opening 
------------------------ 
 
5. (U) On November 20, Assistant Secretary McMurray joined the 
Interior delegation and Ambassador Michalak to attend the 
commencement of the DRAGON Institute at Can Tho University - the 
first of its kind in the world.  At the ceremony, attended by over 
100 academics and local officials, VIMHE's Thuc expressed the threat 
from climate change to Vietnam's significant poverty reduction 
successes.  The Rector of Can Tho University noted that DRAGON 
initiatives could assist Vietnamese climate change adaptation 
capacity, boost food security, and improve ecosystem management. 
McMurray highlighted DRAGON as an example of U.S. support for 
science-based responses to global warming.  Ambassador Michalak 
emphasized that the DRAGON Institute fit into ongoing U.S.-Vietnam 
climate change cooperation and was consistent with overall U.S. 
support for Vietnamese health and environmental programs. 
 
Mekong Delta Tour 
----------------- 
 
6. (U) Following the DRAGON Institute opening, the Interior 
 
HANOI 00001370  002 OF 002 
 
 
delegation and their counterparts from Can Tho University toured 
shrimp farms, rice farms, agricultural research stations, and 
mangrove swamps in Bac Lieu and Soc Trang provinces to gather more 
first-hand knowledge of climate change impacts and Vietnamese 
responses.  USGS will use this information to better tailor DRAGON 
products to fit Vietnamese needs, while gaining a clearer picture of 
similarities and differences with the Mississippi Delta. 
 
Press Coverage 
-------------- 
 
7. (U) The delegation's visit to Hanoi and the DRAGON opening 
ceremony attracted widespread and positive press coverage on the 
critical issues of climate change which is an area of growing focus 
in the Vietnamese media.  Local and international press provided 
detailed reports on the ceremonies for the signing of the climate 
change working group charter and the opening of the DRAGON 
Institute, emphasizing growing U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation.  Hanoi 
television also broadcast a report of the delegation's visit to the 
local Hanoi elementary school.  The Vietnamese press ran stories 
over a several day period, in conjunction with pieces covering 
Assistant Secretary McMurray's separate itinerary focusing on 
wildlife protection. 
 
MICHALAK