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    This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

    130704Z Nov 02

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    TAGS: PREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER FR VM CONS
    SUBJECT:  GVN PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP
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    REF:  A.  PARIS 7928  B.  HANOI 2209

    ¶1.  (SBU) SUMMARY.  GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED PRESIDENT
    TRAN DUC LUONG'S OCTOBER 28-31 STATE VISIT TO FRANCE AS
    "SUCCESSFUL," MUCH ALONG THE LINES AS EMBASSY PARIS'
    EXCELLENT WRAP-UP (REF A).  ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS HERE,
    FRANCE WOULD LIKE TO SEE VIETNAM "BE MORE FORCEFUL IN ITS
    REFORMS."  OTHER ISSUES RAISED, IF BRIEFLY, INCLUDED HUMAN
    RIGHTS, TERRORISM, AND ADOPTIONS.  SEVERAL FRENCH
    MINISTERIAL VISITS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR DURING 2003.  END
    SUMMARY.

    ¶2.  (SBU)  PRESIDENT LUONG'S TRIP TO FRANCE CAME AT THE TAIL
    END OF STATE VISITS TO IRAN, NAMIBIA, CONGO, AND ANGOLA,
    FOLLOWING LUONG'S PARTICIPATION EARLIER IN OCTOBER IN THE
    NINTH SUMMIT OF FRENCH-SPEAKING NATIONS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON.
    HIS VISIT WAS THE FIRST BY A GVN STATE PRESIDENT SINCE
    FRANCE AND VIETNAM ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IN 1973.
    LUONG'S LARGE ENTOURAGE INCLUDED ABOUT 100 GOVERNMENT AND
    BUSINESS OFFICIALS, INCLUDING FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DY
    NIEN, HEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE NGUYEN VAN CHIEN,
    MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT LE HUY NGO,
    MINISTER OF TRADE TRUONG DING TUYEN, MINISTER OF HEALTH TRAN
    THI TRUNG CHIEN, MINISTER OF POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS DO
    TRUNG TA, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH STATE-OWNED AND
    PRIVATE ENTERPRISES.  LUONG SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME IN PARIS,
    BUT WENT TO LYON FOR A DAY'S VISIT TO A PHARMACEUTICAL
    COMPANY AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

    ¶3.  (SBU)  FRENCH EMBASSY EMBOFF EMMANUEL FARCOT CLAIMED
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    THAT THE ABSENCE OF PREVIOUS STATE VISITS TO FRANCE OVER THE
    PAST THIRTY YEARS WAS NOT "PARTICULARLY UNUSUAL," GIVEN THAT
    ONLY "WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS" HAD VIETNAM AND FRANCE
    ENGAGED IN "MEANINGFUL" EXCHANGES AND PROGRAMS.  PREVIOUS
    HIGH-EVEL VISITORS HAVE INCLUDED THEN-PRESIDENT MITTERAN
    IN 1993 AND PRESIDENT CHIRAC JUST BEFORE THE 197
    FRANCOPHONE SUMMIT IN HANOI.  ON THE VIETNAMES SIDE, THEN-
    PRIME MINISTERS PHAM VAN DONG AND PIME MINISTER VO VAN KIET
    VISITED FRANCE IN 1977 ND 1993, RESPECTIVELY.

    --------------------
    VITNAM A "PRIORITY"
    --------------------

    ¶4.  (SU)  ACCORDING TO FARCOT, FRANCE VIEWS VIETNAM AS A
    "PRIORITY" COUNTRY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.  FRENCH BILATERAL
    ASSISTANCE, WHICH AMOUNTED TO ABOUT USD 70 MILLION IN 2001,
    SUPPORTS PROJECTS IN: (1) LEGAL AND POLITICAL TRANSITION;
    (2) RESEARCH FOR EDUCATION MODERNIZATION; (3) RURAL
    DEVELOPMENT; AND, (4) POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND MEDICAL
    ASSISTANCE (REF B).  MUCH OF FRANCE'S ODA IS IN THE FORM OF
    CONCESSIONAL LOANS, HOWEVER.  FRANCE WILL LIKELY PROVIDE UP
    TO USD 30 MILLION IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS A "LOAN" FOR THE
    CONSTRUCTION OF THE PHU MY II POWER PLANT IN SOUTHERN
    VIETNAM.

    ¶5.  (U)  ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE, FRANCE RANKS SIXTH AMONG
    VIETNAM'S FOREIGN INVESTORS, WITH 120 PROJECTS CAPITALIZED
    AT ABOUT USD TWO BILLION.  (NOTE:  IN COMPARISON, THE U.S.
    RANKS 15TH, BUT MUCH US INVESTMENT COMES FROM US
    SUBSIDIARIES IN THE REGION AND SHOWS UP AS THIRD COUNTRY
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    INVESTMENT, IN PARTICULAR FROM SINGAPORE.  END NOTE).  THERE
    ARE NEARLY 200 FRENCH COMPANIES AND ENTERPRISES OPERATING IN
    30 PROVINCES AND CITIES THROUGHOUT VIETNAM.  FRENCH
    INVESTMENTS FOCUS ON AVIATION (AIRBUS "COMPETES" WITH BOEING
    FOR THE VIETNAM AIRLINES FLEET -- SEE PARA 9),
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, AND TOURISM.  TWO-WAY TRADE IS
    APPROXIMATELY USD 1.4 BILLION, WITH THE BALANCE (ABOUT 73
    PERCENT) HEAVILY FAVORING VIETNAM.  VIETNAM'S EXPORTS
    INCLUDE FOOTWEAR, TEXTILES, AND AGRICULTURAL AS WELL AS FOOD
    PRODUCTS, WHILE IT IMPORTS MACHINERY, APPLIANCES, AND
    PHARMACEUTICALS FROM FRANCE.

    ¶6.  (U)  FRANCE AND VIETNAM STILL ENJOY SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL
    TIES.  FRANCE PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE ANNUAL HUE FESTIVAL
    AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS.  THE NUMBER OF
    FRENCH TOURISTS HAS INCREASED FROM 25,000 IN 1992 TO 80,000
    IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2002, ACCORDING TO THE US-
    VIETNAM TRADE COUNCIL, MAKING FRANCE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF
    TOURISTS AMONG EU MEMBER STATES.  FRANCE PROVIDES
    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ABOUT 400 VIETNAMESE STUDENTS ANNUALLY.
    APPROXIMATELY 400,000 VIETNAMESE -- MAINLY OLDER PEOPLE --
    STILL SPEAK FRENCH.  HOWEVER, AS DR. BUI HUY KHOAT, DIRECTOR
    OF THE INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN STUDIES OF THE NATIONAL CENTRE
    FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES, OBSERVED, "OLDER PEOPLE
    LOOK TOWARDS FRANCE, THE MIDDLE AGED TOWARDS RUSSIA, AND THE
    YOUNGER GENERATION TOWARDS THE US."

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    ¶7.  (SBU)  FRANCE'S RESIDENT VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY, NUMBERING
    ABOUT 300,000, ALSO MAINTAINS LINKS WITH VIETNAM.  ACCORDING
    TO EMBOFF FARCOT, THE FRANCO-VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY IS IN
    GENERAL "FAVORABLY DISPOSED TOWARDS THE BILATERAL
    RELATIONSHIP."  SPECIFICALLY, FARCOT CITED THE "CONSIDERABLE
    MORAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT" AMONG THESE RESIDENTS FOR THE
    ESTABLISHMENT F A FRENCH-VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY IN HO CHI
    MINH CTY.  HE OPINED THAT, SINCE MOST OF THE VIETNAMESE HAD
    LIVED IN FRANCE FOR A LONG TIME, THEY DIFFER FROM THE US-
    BASED VIET KIEU COMMUNITY, WHICH IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF MORE
    RECENT REFUGEES.

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    MEET AND SIGN
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    ¶8.  (U)  DURING HIS VISIT, LUONG HELD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS
    WITH SENIOR FRENCH OFFIALS, INCLUDING PRESIDENT CHIRAC,
    PRIME MINISTER JEAN PIERRE RAFFRIN, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
    CHAIRMAN JEAN-LOUIS DEBRE, SENATE LEADER CHRISTIAN PONCELET,
    AND THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
    CHAIRMAN AND FORMER PRIME MINISTER EDWARD BALLADUR.

    ¶9.  (U)  AGREEMENTS SIGNED DURING THE VISIT RELATED TO:

    --VIETNAM'S PURCHASE OF FIVE A-321 AIRBUS AIRCRAFT, VALUED
    AT ABOUT USD 213 MILLION;
    --ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOURNALISM TRAINING CENTER;
    --CREATION OF A CENTER FOR INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE AT HANOI
    UNIVERSITY;
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    --TRAINING OF INSPECTORS AND MANAGERS IN THE EDUCATION
    SECTOR;
    --A PROJECT ON WATER SUPPLY AND HYGIENE IN RURAL AREAS;
    --ESTABLISHMENT OF A FRENCH UNIVERSITY IN HO CHI MINH CITY;
    --COOPERATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES;
    --A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR RESTORING THE LONG BIEN BRIDGE IN
    HANOI;
    --SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE VIETNAM-FRANCE
    DIALOGUE FORUM ON ECONOMY AND FINANCE; AND,
    --A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION FOR STANDARDIZING
    HOSPITAL TREATMENT.

    ¶10.  (U)  TRINH DUC DU, MFA'S EUROPE II DIRECTOR, SAID THAT
    PRESIDENT CHIRAC HAD CONFIRMED TO PRESIDENT LUONG THAT
    FRANCE "HIGHLY APPRECIATES" THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP.  HE
    ALSO ASSURED LUONG OF FRANCE'S CONTINUED FOR SUPPORT FOR
    VIETNAM'S ACCESSION TO THE WTO, A REMARK WIDELY REPORTED IN
    THE VIETNAMESE PRESS.  DU NOTED THAT FRANCE HAD AGREED TO
    SUPPORT VIETNAM IN ITS BID FOR A UN SECURITY COUNCIL NON-
    PERMANENT SEAT IN 2008-2009.

    --------------
    PUSHING REFORM
    --------------

    ¶11.  (SBU)  AT THE STATE DINNER FOR PRESIDENT LUONG,
    PRESIDENT CHIRAC CALLED ON VIETNAM "TO BE MORE AUDACIOUS" IN
    ITS REFORM EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF INCREASING
    GLOBALIZATION PRESSURES, ACCORDING TO MEDIA.  (THIS COMMENT
    WAS NOT REPORTED IN THE STATE-CONTROLLED VIETNAMESE PRESS,
    HOWEVER.)  EMBOFF FARCOT NOTED THAT "WE CONTINUE TO PUSH
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    VIETNAM TO ACCELERATE ITS ECONOMIC REFORMS," ESPECIALLY
    GIVEN THAT "SOME ELEMENTS" OF THE FRENCH BUSINESS COMMUNITY
    REMAIN "NERVOUS" ABOUT INVESTING IN VIETNAM.  AT THE TIME OF
    THE VISIT, A FRENCH PRESS REPORT CITED VIETNAM'S
    BUREAUCRACY, CORRUPTION, AND THE "WEIGHT OF THE STATE" AS
    FACTORS DRIVING AWAY POTENTIAL INVESTORS.  DR.KHOAT SAID
    SEPARATELY THAT PRESIDENT LUONG "WAS NOT SURPRISED TO HEAR
    CHIRAC'S COMMENT."  DR. KHOAT, WHILE CALLING THE CONCERNS OF
    POTENTIAL FRENCH INVESTORS "UNDERSTANDABLE," NOTED THAT
    VIETNAM "CAN THANK FRANCE FOR SOME OF THE WORST ASPECTS OF
    THE FRENCH BUREAUCRACY."

    ------------
    HUMAN RIGHTS
    ------------

    ¶12.  (SBU)  EMBOFF FARCOT SAID THAT THE FRENCH
    PARLIAMENTARIANS RAISED THE ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND
    PRESENTED THE GVN DELEGATION WITH A LIST OF "PRISONERS OF
    CONCERN" PREPARED BY THE FRENCH EMBASSY.  HE NOTED THAT,
    WHILE FRANCE DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE
    WITH VIETNAM, FRANCE "FULLY SUPPORTS" THE EU'S EFFORTS IN
    THIS AREA.  THE MFA'S DU AND DR. KHOAT SAID SEPARATELY THAT
    HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY WERE MENTIONED ONLY BRIEFLY
    DURING THE VISIT, HOWEVER.

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    TERRORISM
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    ¶13.  (U)  BOTH SIDES STATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING
    TERRORISM.  DURING THE VISIT, VIETNAM REITERATED ITS OFT-
    STATED POSITION THAT ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES AND
    INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MUST CONFORM TO THE UN CHARTER AND
    FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.  ACCORDING TO A
    VIETNAMESE PRESS REPORT, LUONG SPECIFICALLY "PROTESTED" ANY
    ANTI-TERRORISM ACTIONS THAT "INTERFERE WITH THE INTERNAL
    AFFAIRS OF INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES."

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    ADOPTIONS
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    ¶14.  (SBU)  WHILE NOT REPORTED IN THE STATE-ONTROLLED LOCAL
    MEDIA, THE ISSUE OF ADOPTIONS ALSO CAME UP DURING THE VISIT,
    EMBOFF FARCOT AND DR. KHOAT SAID SEPARATELY.  IT IS AN
    "EMOTIONAL" ISSUE IN FRANCE, ACCORDING TO FARCOT, WHO NOTED
    THAT, IN THE LATE 1990S, THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT BECAME
    CONCERNED OVER STORIES ABOUT BABY TRAFFICKING AND CORRUPTION
    IN THE ADOPTION PROCESS.  THE TWO GOVERNMENTS SUBSEQUENTLY
    SIGNED A BILATERAL AGREEMENT, THE RESULT OF WHICH WAS TO
    BRING THE ADOPTION PROCESS VIRTUALLY TO A HALT, MUCH TO THE
    CHAGRIN OF PROSPECTIVE PARENTS IN FRANCE.  EMBOFF FARCOT
    CONFIRMED THAT ONLY "10-15 BABIES WERE ADOPTED BY FRENCH
    CITIZENS THIS PAST YEAR."  DR. KHOAT EXPLAINED THAT THE
    AGREEMENT WAS DESIGN TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF PROVINCIAL
    AUTHORITIES OVER THE ADOPTION PROCESS AND TO ELIMINATE
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    "CONTRIBUTIONS" MADE DIRECTLY FROM ADOPTION MIDDLEMEN TO
    VIETNAMESE PROVINCIAL AGENCIES AND ADOPTION INSTITUTIONS.
    EMBOFF FARCOT SEPARATELY CLAIMED THAT PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES
    HAD PUT UP "MANY ROADBLOCKS" IN THE WAKE OF THE AGREEMENT.
    (NOTE:  CURRENTLY, ADOPTIVE PARENTS FROM MANY OTHER
    COUNTRIES CAN MAKE SUCH "CONTRIBUTIONS."  AS A RESULT, AT
    THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL BABIES ARE NOW BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS
    THOSE PARENTS AND AWAY FROM FRENCH PARENTS.   ACCORDING TO A
    2001 GVN DECREE, ALL COUNTRIES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A
    BILATERAL ADOPTION AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM BY JANUARY 2003.
    THIS SHOULD EVENTUALLY RE-LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD.  END
    NOTE.)

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    ¶15.  (SBU)  EMBOFF FARCOT SAID "SEVERAL" MINISTERIAL
    VISITORS AR EXPECTED IN 2003, INCLUDING THE MINISTERS OF
    TRADE, AGRICULTURE, AND JUSTICE.  THE MFA'S DU CLAIMED NOT
    TO KNOW OF ANY SPECIFIC PLANS FOR FUTURE SENIOR-LEVEL GVN
    DELEGATIONS TO FRANCE, BUT NOTED SOME VISITS ARE "LIKELY" IN
    BOTH DIRECTIONS.
    BURGHARDT

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