Major VN efforts vital for successful WTO talks; U.S. negotiator

For Vietnam to gain success in its bilateral talks with the U.S. about its entry to the World Trade Organization, the country needs to exert all efforts to meet the U.S. requests, said a U.S. negotiator recently.

“But, there are many issues within Vietnam’s reach,” said Joseph Damond, the head negotiator of the U.S. delegation for the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral trade agreement signed in July, 2000.

Mr. Damond told Thanh Nien that the current talks between the two countries in Washington, D.C. was a good opportunity for Vietnam to move forward.

Resolution on Vietnam by Veterans for Peace

VETERANS FOR PEACE, INC.

NATIONAL OFFICE
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October 1, 2004

Dear Senator,

I am writing you on behalf of Veterans For Peace to urge you to oppose and vote against passage of the Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004 (S 2784).

U.S. architect firm to hold seminar on Vietnam ecotourism

A leading U.S. ecotourism planning and design firm, Andersen Group Architects (AGA), will host a workshop Nov. 5 to discuss Vietnam’s ecotourism in Ho Chi Minh City, the firm announced Oct. 21.

The workshop, “Building a Sustainable Future for Tourism in Vietnam”, will focus on 10 issues facing ecotourism in Vietnam and participants will discuss strategies for ecotourism planning and development in the country, according to AGA.

Vietnam, U.S. officially start WTO talks

Twenty Vietnamese negotiators arrived in the U.S. Oct. 24 for the three-day bilateral trade negotiations with the U.S. for Vietnam’s bid to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO), said the Trade Ministry.

Deputy Trade Minister Luong Van Tu heads the Vietnamese delegation, while his U.S. counterpart is Dorothy Dwoskin, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for WTO and Multilateral Affairs.

More US servicemen's remains repatriated

A ceremony to repatriate five sets of remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held at Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi on Monday, October 18.

The ceremony was attended by representatives from the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP), the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), and the US Embassy in Ha Noi.

Vietnam to resume WTO talks with U.S. later this month

Later this month Oct. 26 to 28, Vietnam will resume bilateral trade negotiations with the U.S., which will take Vietnam a step closer to becoming a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
By the end of this week, Vietnamese Deputy Trade Minister Luong Van Tu will fly to the American capital city, Washington DC, to carry out talks, according to the Trade Ministry.

Trade leads way in U.S. relations

For the casual reader of the international pages of any newspaper, the U.S.-Vietnamese relationship may seem rocky at times. Vietnam is regularly at the receiving end of U.S. legislative action, be it resolutions on human rights or attempts to bar Vietnamese fish and shrimp from U.S. tables.

Vietnam Supports U.S. POW/MIA Mission

by Jerry D. Jennings
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
For Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Affairs

The U.S. government is committed to the fullest possible accounting of Americans who are missing in action from all conflicts. As the President's "point man" for this mission, I exercise policy control and oversight of a worldwide team of some 600 specialists who carry out that mission.

Remember the past, look to the future

Vietnam's Trade Minister Truong Dinh Tuyen visited Washington this summer to talk trade. His key message is that Vietnam remembers its past, but that the key is to look to the future.

Success based on economic integration, quality of growth

by Vu Khoan, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam

Since 1986, Vietnam has been pursuing a policy of economic openness (doi moi), promoting a multi-sector economy through the transformation of the centrally planned into a market system under state regulation, combining economic growth with social development, optimizing internal resources while taking advantage of international and regional integration.

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