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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
00HANOI1161	2000-05-26 09:37	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Hanoi

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260937Z May 00

2000HANOI01161 - UNCLASSIFIED
 
 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ0496

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ACTION DRL-02   

INFO  LOG-00   NP-00    AID-00   AMAD-01  CIAE-00  DODE-00  WHA-00   
      SRPP-00  EAP-00   EB-00    UTED-00  H-01     TEDE-00  INR-00   
      IO-00    LAB-01   L-00     MOFM-04  MOF-03   NSAE-00  NSCE-00  
      OIC-02   OPIC-01  PRS-00   P-00     SP-00    SS-00    STR-00   
      TRSE-00  USIE-00  PRM-01   G-00     NFAT-00  SAS-00     /016W
                  ------------------5BD1F3  260940Z /38    
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9958
DEPTLABOR WASHDC PRIORITY
USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 
INFO AMEMBASSY TOKYO 
ASEAN COLLECTIVE
AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY

UNCLAS HANOI 001161 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR DRL/IL, IO/T, EAP/BCLTV 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR ILAB 
USMISSION GENEVA FOR HAGEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ELAB PHUM BM VM ASEAN LABOR
SUBJECT: VIETNAM VIEWS ON BURMA AND THE ILO 
 
REF:  SECSTATE 94961 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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SUMMARY 
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¶1. THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GOV) FAVORS RESOLUTION 
OF THE FORCED LABOR ISSUE IN BURMA THROUGH 
NEGOTIATION RATHER THAN IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS, AS 
THE LATTER WOULD ONLY SERVE TO ISOLATE BURMA, 
ACCORDING TO VIETNAM'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
(MOFA).  IF NEGOTIATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL AND A 
RESOLUTION AGAINST BURMA IS INTRODUCED AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE, VIETNAM WOULD VOTE 
AGAINST IT.  THE GOV ALSO HOPES THE OTHER ASEAN 
COUNTRIES WOULD JOIN IT IN A COMMMON POSITION AGAINST 
THE RESOLUTION.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2. ON MAY 26 ECONOFF AND POLOFF DISCUSSED THE ISSUE 
OF FORCED LABOR IN BURMA WITH VU VAN MIEN OF THE 
DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AT MOFA. 
WE ALSO REQUESTED A MEETING WITH RELEVANT OFFICES AT 
THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, INVALIDS, AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS 
(MOLISA) BUT WERE REFERRED BY THEM TO MOFA. 
 
¶3. AFTER LISTENING TO OUR PRESENTATION BASED ON 
REFTEL, MR. MIEN SAID VIETNAM OF COURSE WAS AGAINST 
FORCED LABOR.  HE SAID THE BURMA ISSUE HAD BEEN 
BROUGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO) 
IN 1999 BUT AT THAT TIME MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING 
VIETNAM, DID NOT SUPPORT THE ILO'S COURSE OF ACTION. 
BECAUSE IT DID NOT WANT TO `ISOLATE' BURMA, VIETNAM 
HAD VOTED AGAINST THE ILO RESOLUTION. 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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¶4. MIEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA (GOB) WANTED TO 
RESOLVE THE FORCED LABOR ISSUE THROUGH COOPERATION 
WITH THE ILO.  THE GOB THEREFORE HAD INVITED `WITHOUT 
PRECONDITIONS' A TECHNICAL COOPERATION MISSION HEADED 
BY THE SPECIAL ENVOY OF ILO DIRECTOR GENERAL SOMAVIA 
TO VISIT BURMA DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 23. 
 
¶5. IF THE GOB AND ILO WERE UNABLE TO COME TO 
AGREEMENT ON A COURSE OF ACTION AND THE ISSUE WAS 
BROUGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE FOR A 
VOTE, VIETNAM `COULD NOT' VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE 
RESOLUTION.  HE EMPHASIZED AGAIN THAT THE MATTER MUST 
BE CONCLUDED THROUGH NEGOTIATION SO AS NOT TO ISOLATE 
BURMA THROUGH IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.  FURTHERMORE, 
HE SAID THE GOV HOPED THE ASEAN COUNTRIES WOULD ADOPT 
A COMMON POSITION OPPOSING SUCH A RESOLUTION, AS THEY 
DID IN 1999. 
 
PETERSON 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED

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