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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
01HANOI3186	2001-12-04 10:26	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Hanoi

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2001HANOI03186 - UNCLASSIFIED
 
 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ3756

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FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4935
INFO AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 
ASEAN COLLECTIVE
USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 003186 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV AND EAP/RSP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN 
 
¶1.  (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR 
FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS 
AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE.  WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARILY AS PHOTO OPS.  THE 
PRESIDENT DID CALL FOR COOPERATION AGAINST INTERNATIONAL 
TERRORISM ON AT LEAST ONE STOP.  END SUMMARY. 
 
¶2.  (U)  THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER HAS BEEN NOTEWORTHY FOR THE 
NUMBER OF HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIAL VIETNAMESE VISITS ABROAD.  IN 
ADDITION TO THE CURRENT VISIT TO CHINA BY COMMUNIST PARTY 
SECRETARY-GENERAL NONG DUC MANH, ONGOING VISITS TO SOUTH AND 
 
SIPDIS 
NORTH AMERICA BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN TAN DZUNG, AND 
A EUROPEAN VOYAGE BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN MANH CAM, 
VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG VISITED FOUR ASEAN 
NATIONS -- BRUNEI, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, AND THE PHILIPPINES. 
THIS FLURRY OF OFFICIAL VISITS COINCIDED WITH THE VIETNAMESE 
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S WINTER SESSION AND THE NA'S NOVEMBER 
28TH RATIFICATION OF THE US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE 
AGREEMENT. 
 
¶2. (U)  THE MFA BRIEFED US AND FRENCH DIPLOMATS ON PRESIDENT 
LUONG'S TRAVELS ON NOVEMBER 21.  ACCORDING TO THE MFA, THE 
COMMON THEME ON PRESIDENT LUONG'S TRAVELS WAS PROMOTION OF 
BILATERAL TIES RATHER THAN EXPANSION OF ASEAN RELATIONS, 
ALONG WITH THE USUAL REFERENCES TO MUTUAL NON-INTERFERENCE 
AND MUTUAL COOPERATION.  LUONG'S REMARKS ALSO EMPHASIZED 
ENHANCING TRADE AND FOSTERING POLITICAL STABILITY IN THE 
REGION.  MOST STOPS INCLUDED SIGNING OF VARIOUS AGREEMENTS 
AND PROMISES TO PROMOTE BILATERAL TRADE. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) BRUNEI: THE VISIT TO BRUNEI NOVEMBER 12-14 WAS 
SIGNIFICANT FOR NEW AGREEMENTS ON TOURISM AND TRADE.  BRUNEI 
EMBASSY SECOND SECRETARY SITI ZULIA HAJI TENGAH TOLD POLOFF 
THAT HER COUNTRY WAS ESPECIALLY PLEASED THAT THE VIETNAMESE 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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HEAD OF STATE HAD FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO ACCEPT THE SULTAN'S 
FOUR-YEAR-OLD INVITATION.  DURING THE VISIT, THE TWO SIDES 
SIGNED AN MOU ON BILATERAL COOPERATION DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE 
GREATER AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND TOURISM.  SHE PREDICTED, 
HOWEVER, THAT OIL AND NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE 
TWO PETROLEUM-EXPORTING STATES WILL BE LIMITED, GIVEN THAT 
MALAYSIA SEEMS TO HAVE BEATEN BRUNEI TO THE PUNCH IN 
VIETNAM'S OIL AND GAS SECTOR.  SHE NOTED HER COUNTRY'S HOPES 
THAT ANTICIPATED DIRECT AIR-SERVICE LINKING BANDAR SERI 
BEGAWAN AND HO CHI MINH CITY WILL SPARK MORE PRIVATE SECTOR 
INTEREST BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.  SHE ADDED THAT NO 
GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT DIRECT TRADE IS EXPECTED OR PLANNED 
AT THIS TIME. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) CAMBODIA: LUONG'S ARRIVAL IN PHNOM PENH ON 
NOVEMBER 26TH MARKED THE FIRST VIETNAMESE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT 
SINCE THEN-PRESIDENT LE DUCH ANH'S VISIT IN 1995.  CAMBODIAN 
EMBASSY SECOND SECRETARY CHIM VICHANY RATED LUONG'S MEETINGS 
AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL."  TRADE AND INVESTMENT, PARTICULARLY 
ALONG THE BORDER, WERE THE PRIMARY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION. 
BOTH SIDES AGREED THAT CITIZENS IN THE BORDER PROVINCES 
WOULD NOT NEED TRAVEL DOCUMENTS TO CROSS, AND THAT EACH 
INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CARRY GOODS VALUED UP TO USD 
35 DOLLAR DUTY FREE.  VICHANY ALSO NOTED THAT PHNOM PENH WAS 
LOOKING TO VIETNAM AND ITS RELATIVE ECONOMIC SUCCESS TO 
ASSIST CAMBODIA IN DEVELOPING ITS OWN ECONOMY.  CONTRARY TO 
VIETNAMESE MEDIA REPORTS THAT DISCUSSIONS ON BORDER 
DEMARCATION ARE CONTINUING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF  "MUTUAL 
UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS," VICHANY CLAIMED THAT 
THIS ISSUE HAD ALREADY BEEN RESOLVED. 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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¶5.  (U) INDONESIA:  BOTH SIDES HAVE EXPRESSED SATISFACTION 
THAT THE NOVEMBER 10-12 VISIT FURTHERED THE SPIRIT OF 
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN MAKING 
PROGRESS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT AIR SERVICE, INCREASING 
TWO-WAY TRADE (IN PARTICULAR RICE EXPORTS FROM VIETNAM), AND 
PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION.  THE 
TWO PRESIDENTS ALSO REPORTEDLY ADDRESSED THE NEED TO 
FINALIZE THE DELINEATION OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF BETWEEN 
THE TWO COUNTRIES, WITH LUONG REITERATING VIETNAM'S DESIRE 
TO KEEP THIS DISCUSSION IN A BILATERAL FORMAT.  BOTH 
PRESIDENTS ALSO VOICED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST 
TERRORISM.  THE NOVEMBER 5-6 ASEAN MEETING AND THE OCTOBER 
21-23 APEC SUMMIT'S DISCUSSIONS ON TERRORISM WERE CITED AS 
FRAMEWORKS TO FOLLOW IN FUTURE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL EFFORTS 
AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES. 
 
¶6.  (SBU) PHILIPINES:  LUONG'S NOVEMBER 14-16 VISIT WAS ONLY 
THE SECOND VIETNAMESE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES 
SINCE THE OPENING OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IN 1976 (THEN- 
PRESIDENT ANH VISITED IN 1995).   BOTH COUNTRIES AGREED TO 
INCREASE RICE EXPORTS AND THE TWO PRESIDENTS ALSO DISCUSSED 
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC SLUMP.  IN ADDITION, 
THE PHILIPPINES AGREED TO HELP SUPPORT VIETNAM'S EVENTUAL 
BID TO ENTER THE WTO.  HOWEVER, MANILA WAS REPORTEDLY 
DISAPPOINTED THAT THE TWO SIDES FAILED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT 
ON DEFINITIVE NUMBERS ON RICE EXPORTS OR THE PROBLEMATIC 
ISSUE OF VIETNAMESE VISA OVERSTAYERS. 
 
¶7.  (SBU) COMMENT:  PREDICTABLY, PRESIDENT LUONG'S TRAVELS 
HAVE BEEN HAILED IN THE VIETNAMESE MEDIA AS GREAT SUCCESSES. 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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THE RATIONALE FOR THE TIMING OF THESE TRAVELS REMAINS 
UNCLEAR, HOWEVER.  AS MUCH AS PRESIDENT LUONG EMPHASIZED 
ECONOMIC TOPICS AND STRENGTHENING BILATERAL RELATIONS IN 
GENERAL, HIS INTRA-ASEAN VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE MOSTLY AS 
LONG-AWAITED PHOTO-OPS. 
PORTER 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED

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